Design study of MEBT1 magnets for J-PARC linac power upgrade

Fuwa, Yasuhiro   ; Kitamura, Ryo   

In the J-PARC LINAC, the beam current and pulse width are being upgraded in order to increase the beam output power for the next decade. MEBT1 (Medium Energy Beam Transport 1) is located between the RFQ and the DTL to form an intermediate bunch structure for matching the transverse and longitudinal beams and for injection into the rapid cycling synchrotron in the later stage. Since the beam energy in MEBT1 section is low (3 MeV), the space-charge effect is expected to increase as the beam intensity increases. In this study, a new magnet has been designed and fabricated to suppress the beam loss caused by the space-charge effect. The new magnet is a combined-function magnet that can generate superimposed multipole components for beam focusing and space-charge effect compensation in a small space, and a permanent magnet is used to reduce the power consumption and the size of the equipment. In this presentation, the design of the magnet and its effect on beam dynamics will be discussed.