Choice of the basic variant for the NSC KIPT accelerator on nuclear and high energy physics

• Main Authors: Dovbnya, A.N., Guk, I.S., Kononenko, S.G., van der Wiel, M., Botman, J.I.M., Tarasenko, A.S.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Національний науковий центр «Харківський фізико-технічний інститут» НАН України 2004
• Series: Вопросы атомной науки и техники
• Subjects: Состояние действующих и проекты новых ускорителей
• Online Access: http://dspace.nbuv.gov.ua/handle/123456789/78474

Present worldwide (and European) developments and requirements in nuclear physics, related in particular to nuclear power needs, call for the development of a new generation of accelerators for the realization of this research. We propose to construct a facility at NSC KIPT, which produces continuous electron beams in the energy range of 5 to 400 MeV with a current up to one hundred microamperes. This facility is foreseen to provide both un-polarized and polarized electron beams of small emittance. World trends in accelerator developments indicate that the NCS KIPT accelerator should be a superconducting linear accelerator working in continuous mode, or an accelerator with beam recirculation. In both cases it is most expedient to use accelerating structures of the TESLA type. Estimations of capital expenses and operational costs for construction and operation of either the linear accelerator or the recirculator accelerator point to significant advantages of the second option. An advantage of the recirculator accelerator is also the opportunity to increase the energy in steps, according to the availability of financial means. Simulations of the particle movement in the recirculator accelerator, have shown that the output beam parameters satisfy all modern requirements on electron beams, as specified by the research that will be carried out using this facility.