10–15 Aug 2025
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Design study of an RF-Kicker module for bunch cleaning at the ATLAS Positive-Ion Injector.

WEP023
13 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

1401 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Poster Presentation MC7 – Accelerator Technology and Sustainability WEP: Wednesday Poster Session

Speaker

Deeksha Sinha (Northern Illinois University)

Description

Positive-Ion Injector at ATLAS accelerator facility can accelerate heavy ions and has three key subsystems -- an electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source, a 12-MHz multi-stage beam bunching system, and a 12-MV superconducting linac accelerator. The first stage of the bunching system is a multi-harmonic buncher that operates at 12.125 MHz and creates a bunch train with a period of 82.5 ns at ~70% bunching efficiency. The remaining unbunched beam must be removed to avoid the production of undesirable ‘satellite’ bunches, which can quench the superconducting solenoids downstream during operation. In this paper, we present the design of a resonant sine-wave RF-structure that effectively removes the bunch ‘tails’ using a vertically deflecting kick. We also discuss the effects of the RF-Kicker on the beam quality, which was estimated by TRACK3D simulations.

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Authors

Deeksha Sinha (Northern Illinois University) Michael Kelly (Argonne National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Brahim Mustapha (Argonne National Laboratory) Clayton Dickerson (Argonne National Laboratory)

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