Induction synchrotron and its applications

An RF synchrotron has been the indispensable device for nuclear physics and high energy physics experiments so far. Instead of this conventional accelerator, an induction synchrotron has been proposed and its demonstration is going to be done in the near future. The induction synchrotron is capable of accelerating a super-bunch of 1 μs long. A new generation of proton driver or hadron collider accommodating super-bunches, which claims to increase their luminosity ten times larger, is under consideration. Key devices to realize the novel induction synchrotron are a pulse modulator and induction accelerating cavity being operated at 1 MHz rep-rate. The concept and characteristics of the induction synchrotron are presented including the outline of R and D works. (author)