IH-DTL design with KONUS beam dynamics for KHIMA project

The Kombinierte Null Grad Struktur (KONUS) beam dynamics design of the interdigit H-mode drift tube linac (IH-DTL) for the Korea Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator (KHIMA) project is presented. We performed a KONUS beam dynamics simulation for a carbon beam (12C4+) with the LORASR code. The 12C4+ beam was accelerated from an input energy of 0.4 MeV/u to an output energy of 7 MeV/u by the IH-DTL operated at 200 MHz. The optimization aims were to increase the transmission efficiency and to minimize the beam emittance growth, beam loss, and project costs. The buncher with two gaps and two quadrupole doublets were placed between the RFQ and the IH-DTL. The whole IH-DTL consists of two tanks, 56 acceleration gaps, and four quadrupole triplets. It achieves a transmission efficiency of 100%. The total length from the exit of the RFQ to the exit of the IH-DTL is approximately 507.7 cm.