Compact superferric FFAG accelerators for medium energy hadron applications

Medium energy hadron beams are desirable in various applications such as accelerator-driven subcritical systems (ADSR), high intensity neutron sources and carbon therapy. Compactness and easy operation characters are important for this energy region, especially in the case of medical use purposes. This paper introduces a novel superferric scheme with scaling fixed-field alternating gradient (FFAG) accelerators, which can provide 400 MeV/u carbon ions for cancer therapy. By employing a maximum field of 5 T with a high field index, 8.5 m diameter with 85 cm radius excursion is achieved in a single FFAG ring. The lattice configuration and design of superferric magnet sectors with high permeability materials were described in detail. This scheme can also be extended to other hadron applications.