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MOPLT008 |
The Mechanical Design for the LHC Collimators
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- A. Bertarelli, O. Aberle, R.W. Assmann, E. Chiaveri, T. Kurtyka, M. Mayer, R. Perret, P. Sievers
CERN, Geneva
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The design of the LHC collimators must comply with the very demanding specifications entailed by the highly energetic beam handled in the LHC: these requirements impose a temperature on the collimating jaws not exceeding 50°C in steady operations and an unparalleled overall geometrical stability of 25micro-m on a 1200 mm span. At the same time, the design phase must meet the challenging deadlines required by the general time schedule. To respond to these tough and sometimes conflicting constraints, the chosen design appeals to a mixture of traditional and innovative technologies, largely drawing from LEP collimator experience. The specifications impose a low-Z material for the collimator jaws, directing the design towards graphite or such novel materials as 3-d Carbon/Carbon composites. An accurate mechanical design has allowed to considerably reduce mechanical play and optimize geometrical stability. Finally, all mechanical studies were supported by in-depth thermo-mechanical analysis concerning temperature distribution, mechanical strength and cooling efficiency.
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MOPLT005 |
An Improved Collimation System for the LHC
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536 |
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- R.W. Assmann, O. Aberle, A. Bertarelli, H.-H. Braun, M. Brugger, L. Bruno, O.S. Brüning, S. Calatroni, E. Chiaveri, B. Dehning, A. Ferrari, B. Goddard, E.B. Holzer, J.-B. Jeanneret, J.M. Jimenez, V. Kain, M. Lamont, M. Mayer, E. Métral, R. Perret, S. Redaelli, T. Risselada, G. Robert-Demolaize, S. Roesler, F. Ruggiero, R. Schmidt, D. Schulte, P. Sievers, V. Vlachoudis, L. Vos, G. Vossenberg, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva
- I.L. Ajguirei, I. Baishev, I.L. Kurochkin
IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region
- D. Kaltchev
TRIUMF, Vancouver
- H. Tsutsui
SHI, Tokyo
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The LHC design parameters extend the maximum stored beam energy 2-3 orders of magnitude beyond present experience. The handling of the high-intensity LHC beams in a super-conducting environment requires a high-robustness collimation system with unprecedented cleaning efficiency. For gap closures down to 2mm no beam instabilities may be induced from the collimator impedance. A difficult trade-off between collimator robustness, cleaning efficiency and collimator impedance is encountered. The conflicting LHC requirements are resolved with a phased approach, relying on low Z collimators for maximum robustness and hybrid metallic collimators for maximum performance. Efficiency is further enhanced with an additional cleaning close to the insertion triplets. The machine layouts have been adapted to the new requirements. The LHC collimation hardware is presently under design and has entered into the prototyping and early testing phase. Plans for collimator tests with beam are presented.
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TUPKF003 |
Industrial Production of the Eight Normal-conducting 200 MHz ACN Cavities for the LHC
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956 |
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- R. Losito, E. Chiaveri, R. Hanni, T.P.R. Linnecar, S. Marque, J. Tuckmantel
CERN, Geneva
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The LHC-ACN RF system consists of 8 normal-conducting cavities and is designed to reduce beam losses in the LHC when injecting beams with longitudinal emittance > 0.7 eVs from the CERN SPS. The cavity design took into account the possibility of recuperating all the "ancillary" equipment (tuners, fundamental mode damper, High Order Mode (HOM) couplers) from the old CERN SPS 200MHz system. The cavities are made from OFE copper. The original ingots, procured in Austria, have been forged and pre-formed by pressing them with a 20 tons press, following a procedure defined and adapted for the unusual dimensions of these pieces. The raw components thus obtained were machined and then welded together with an electron beam. In order to get a good repeatability of the fundamental mode frequency across the eight cavities, a procedure has been established with the contractor for the final machining and welding leading to a spread in frequencies below ±20 kHz (< 0.01%). The cavities will be installed in the LHC when losses at high intensities become significant. In the meantime they are undergoing a surface treatment to clean the RF surface and will be stored.
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TUPKF022 |
Constructionand Testing of the Beta=0.31, 352 MHz Superconducting Half-wave Resonator for the SPES Project
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1012 |
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- A. Facco, W. Lu, F. Scarpa
INFN/LNL, Legnaro, Padova
- E. Chiaveri, R. Losito
CERN, Geneva
- V. Zviagintsev
TRIUMF, Vancouver
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The interest in low- and medium- beta superconducting cavities is presently focused to future high intensity proton, deuteron and heavy ion linacs. A particular application is acceleration of cw and pulsed beams of variable q/A, which requires cavities with a small number of gaps and excellent mechanical stability. We have designed and constructed a 2 gap, 352 MHz SC half wave cavity aiming to similar characteristics and fitting the requirements of the intermediate-beta section of the LNL-SPES driver. The status of the project and the first test results will be presented.
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TUPKF023 |
Construction of a 161 MHz, beta=0.16 Superconducting QWR with Steering Correction for RIA
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- A. Facco, W. Lu, F. Scarpa
INFN/LNL, Legnaro, Padova
- E. Chiaveri, R. Losito
CERN, Geneva
- T.L. Grimm, W. Hartung, F. Marti, R.C. York
NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan
- V. Zviagintsev
TRIUMF, Vancouver
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We have built a 161 MHz, b=0.16 superconducting Quarter Wave Resonator with steering correction for the low beta section of RIA. This bulk niobium, double wall cavity, compatible with both separate vacuum between beam line and cryostats or unified one, was designed in collaboration between MSU-NSCL and LNL. The design is suitable for extension to other frequencies, e.g. to obtain the 80 MHz, beta=0.085 cavity required in RIA. The shaped drift tube allows correction of the residual QWR steering that can cause emittance growth especially in light ions; this could make this resonator a good alternative to Half-Wave resonators in high intensity proton-deuteron linacs, like the SPES injector project at LNL. First test results will be presented.
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