Longitudinal splitting of bunches with variable energies in synchrotron

Abstract

The ever-enriching beam application has put for-ward more demands on accelerators. If multiple bunches of different energies can be extracted for FLASH point scanning in a short time (< 500 ms), the spatial dose distribution advantage of proton Bragg peak can be combined with the temporal effect ad-vantage of FLASH. This paper provides three methods for generating short bunches in synchrotron. By adjusting the pulse parameters of the barrier voltages in the induction synchrotron, the short bunches can be easily generated. The short bunches can be kicked out of the beam reference orbit by kickers. When the pro-cess is repeated for many times, and the energy-changing process is added to the time interval during which the short bunches are continuously generated, the short bunches of multiple energies can be extracted in one working cycle. By finely controlling the changes of rectangular pulses, the number of particles in the short bunches can be better controlled, making an important contribution to further enriching the application of synchrotron.