Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X Qing Ji, David Grote, John Staples, Thomas Schenkel, Andrew Lambert, and Derun Li Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA September 20, 2012 52 nd ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams Supported by the Office of Science, U. S. Department of Energy under contract number of DE-AC02-05CH11231. Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 1/19
Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) Project X is a high intensity proton facility being proposed by Fermilabto support a world-leading program in neutrino and flavor physics. PXIE is the centerpiece of the Project X R&D program Validate the concept for the Project X front end, thereby minimizing the primary technical risk element within the Reference Design. Ion Source Demonstrate up to 10 ma CW H- production Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) Minimum emittance growth Pre-chopping 3 MW @ 3 GeV 200 kw @ 8 GeV 2 MW @ 120 GeV Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 2/19
Filament Discharge H-Ion Source PXIE baseline H - ion source identified. DC filament, Penning, and RF H - ion source evaluated. Filament driven H - source provides a rapid-entry, low risk solution cw 10 ma, proven technology No Cs Emittance should meet specifications at 10mA of output beam current normalized rmsemittance< 0.2 πmm mrad Limited lifetime of the filament ( ~ 500 hrs@ 5mA operation) Two ion sources with a switching magnet shorten downtime significantly Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 3/19
Up to 10 ma of H-Ion Beam Demonstrated Beam Current 10.00 9.00 8.00 Ion source assembly was purchased from D-Pace Designed for 15 ma H - beam production Acceptance tests up to 10 ma Ion source is now installed at LBNL Performance was verified Faraday cup current (ma) 7.00 6.00 5.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 Arc Power (W) Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 4/19
Emittanceand Stability Meet Specification Emittance Normalized rms emittance (pi mm mrad) 0.14 0.12 0.1 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.02 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 H- Beam current (ma) Beam stability ~ +/- 1.18% No active feedback control loop, No adjustment of any parameters including source operation conditions, extraction electrode biases. Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 5/19
PXIE LEBT Conceptual Design Solenoid 1 Gate valve Beam current monitor Beam stop (Faraday cup) Solenoid 2 Ion source and extraction Emittance scanner goes here Bending magnet View port (top and side) for beam profile monitor LEBT chopper Two-solenoid magnetic lens with partially neutralized beam transport LEBT is ~ 1.3 m long. Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 6/19
PXIE LEBT Optics LEBT beam dynamics has been simulated using various codes Solenoid 1 WARP simulation: snapshot of particle distribution at x-z Solenoid 2 Trace 3D X, m RFQ entrance Astra TLAT Chopper Aperture WARP 3D Z, m All results have good agreement. I = 10mA E k = 30keV Deflecting voltage: ± 650 V with 90% space charge neutralization throughout the LEBT Y, m X, m X, rad X, m Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 7/19
LEBT and Chopper Beam Dynamics Simulation Partial space charge neutralization will be lost along the beam in the chopper and maybe through the second solenoid. Typical space charge neutralization time ~ 50 µsec at 10-6 Torr. Beam dynamics study is crucial to investigate the time-dependence of the space charge neutralization in the segment after the chopper Beam stability Emittance growth Time-dependent simulation of LEBT chopper using WARP 3D Chopper + solenoids Simulations performed with particle interactions Chopper Solenoid Beam dump H - H 2+ e - Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 8/19
Simulation Including Particle Interactions with Background Gas WARP 3D is a particle-in-cell code, developed to achieve end-to-end 3D self-consistent timedependent simulations of beam. acceleration, focusing and compression along accelerator, Particle loss at walls, interaction with desorbed gas and electrons, halo neutralization from plasma in chamber. WARP 3D being further developed to support PXIE Includes multiple interactions Charge exchange H - + H H + H - Ionization e - + H H + + 2 e- Detachment H - + H 2 H + e- Detachment H - + H 2 H + H 2 + e - Ionization e - + H 2 H 2+ + 2e - Ionization H - + H 2 H - + H 2+ + e - A. V. Phelps, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 19, 653(1990). From Aladdin cross section database http://www-cfadc.phy.ornl.gov/home.html NIST Electron impact cross sections http://physics.nist.gov/physrefdata/ioniz ation/xsection.html Via TxPhysics library J. F. Williams, Phys. Rev., 154, 9(1967). Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 9/19
Simulation Results Preliminary results shows ε xx increases ~ 20% NERSC 1 Node 24 CPU 24 Hrs 6 µs of particle interactions Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 10/19
Chopper Simulation Benchmark Experiment Setup Emittance scanner Chopper Solenoid Ion Source Faraday cup Simulation shows that @ 16 KeV, there is a beam waist between the solenoid and emittancescanner. Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 11/19
16 KeV, 3.5mA H-Beam pulsed @ 50% duty factor Pulse width shorter cw 2KHz 250µs 5KHz 100µs 10KHz 50µs 20KHz 25µs 50KHz 10µs 100KHz 5µs 200KHz 2.5µs 500KHz 1µs 1MHz 0.5µs Higher repetition rate Less space charge neutralization Beam waist moves downstream Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 12/19
Emittanceand Twissparameters vs. Rep Rate Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 13/19
Effect of Pulse Duty factor 80% 80µs 60% 60µs 40% 40µs 20% 20µs 10KHz 80% 16µs 60% 12µs 40% 8µs 20% 4µs 50KHz 80% 4µs 60% 3µs 40% 2µs 20% 1µs 200KHz Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 14/19
Emittance and Twiss parameters vs. Pulse Duty Factor Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 15/19
16 KeV, 3.5mA H-Beam pulsed @ 1 MHz cw 90% 0.9µs 80% 0.8µs 70% 0.7µs 50% 0.5µs 40% 0.4µs 30% 0.3µs 20% 0.2µs Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 16/19
Emittanceand Twissparameters @1MHz Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 17/19
Future Plan WARP 3D simulation Simulation of 3.5 ma, 16 kevhbeam dynamics in a chopper and solenoid as in the benchmark experiment Emittanceand twissparameter vs. pulse repetition rate Comparison between simulation and experimental results Time-dependent simulation of both two-and three-solenoid LEBTs including particle interactions with background gas. Chopper Chopper Solenoid ~30 cm Solenoid Clearing electrode ~75 cm Design 1: two-solenoid Absorber Solenoid-to-RFQ = 8cm Design 2: three-solenoid Absorber Solenoid Solenoid-to-RFQ ~ 10cm Courtesy of L. Prost, A. Shemyakin Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 18/19
Summary PXIE H-ion source has been tested at LBNL. Beam current, emittance, and stability all meet the functional specification requirements. A two-solenoid magnetic lens LEBT has been proposed. Time-dependent WARP 3D simulations of particle interactions, such as electron detachment, charge exchange, H-ionizations etc. in the LEBT are still ongoing. Preliminary results showed that, from the chopper to the entrance of RFQ, emittanceincreases ~ 20%. Chopper simulation benchmark experiment has been performed at various pulse duty factor and repetition rate. A collection of emittanceand twissparameter data have been taken, which are ready to be used in benchmarking WARP 3D simulations. Q. Jiet al Beam dynamics studies of H-beam chopping in a LEBT for project X 19/19