DESIGN OF X-BAND MEDICAL LINEAR ACCELERATOR WITH MULTIPLE RF FEEDS AND RF PHASE FOCUSING ∗

A design of 6 MeV X-band 9.3 GHz medical linear accelerator is presented. It is composed of four separate clusters of accelerating cavities, where a coherent RF excitation is provided separately to each cluster. The use of multiple accelerating sections with multiple RF feeds permits the use of inexpensive RF sources. The first cluster is Alternate Phase Focusing (APF) RF cavities, providing radial and longitudinal beam focusing without the use of heavy and bulky magnets or solenoids. The three other clusters used for acceleration are composed of multiple standing wave sections operating in the Pi-mode. Each section has been designed and optimized for high shunt impedance by means of 2D SUPERFISH code and 3D CST code. A two dimensional code, named PTCC, was developed to facilitate design and analysis of the different parts of the accelerating structure.