Design and field measurement of dipole magnets for a 300-MeV proton and heavy ion synchrotron in SESRI

Abstract

Space Environment Simulation and Research Infrastructure (SESRI) is a new national research infrastructure under construction at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. Its 300-MeV proton and heavy ion accelerator is a major radiation source, and a compact synchrotron has been designed with a circumference of less than 44 m. The synchrotron dipoles are essential components of the accelerator, and they have been designed and tested carefully to meet the stringent physical requirements. The measured transverse field homogeneity is less than 2 × 10-4 from 0.2 T to 1.4 T and roughly agrees with the simulated results. With a modified linear programming algorithm, the integral magnetic field uniformity within 0.2–1.1 T is optimised from 6 × 10-4 to 1.5 × 10-4, and the corresponding multi-pole field-component errors are greatly reduced. By shortening the pole ends, the reproducibility of integral field among six magnets at 0.2 T is less than 3 × 10-4. In addition, the transient effect of the magnetic field is also evaluated and tested. Through analysis of the transient effect and structural strength, low-carbon steel and stainless steel are selected for the side plates and end plates, respectively. According to the transient measurement results, the feedforward compensation can be implemented to produce a more accurate current waveform. On 1 January 2022, the beam was successfully accumulated with the preset current waveform, and the beam intensity met the design requirements.