RF SYSTEMS FOR JHF SYNCHROTRONS

Based on the measurements of the magnetic cores and R&D works, MA(Magnetic Alloy)-loaded cavity will be adopted for the RF cavity of JHF 50 GeV Main Ring and 3 GeV Booster. Because of high stability at large RF amplitude, high gradient of acceleration voltage (>50 kV/m) is available. By a test cavity, 2.5 kV/core has been already achieved in the CW operation using one MA core of 2.5 cm thickness. For the pulse operation, 5.5 kV/core has been obtained. Another advantage is that the system does not require the tuning system because of the cavity band width is wide enough to cover the RF frequency. A stability analysis shows that the RF system without the tuning loop has wider stable region than high Q cavity system with the loop. A multi-particle simulation shows that the RF system is also stable for the periodic transient and the RF bucket distortion. However, the distortion should be corrected when the Q value of the cavity is low (Q<2).