Author: Dhanaraj, N.
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THP012 Rebuild of Capture Cavity 1 at Fermilab 917
 
  • E.R. Harms, T.T. Arkan, E. Borissov, N. Dhanaraj, A. Hocker, Y.O. Orlov, T.J. Peterson, K.S. Premo
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy.
The front end of the proposed Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator at Fermilab employs two single cavity cryomodules, known as ‘Capture Cavity 1’ and ‘Capture Cavity 2’, for the first stage of acceleration. Capture Cavity 1 was previously used as the accelerating structure for the A0 Photoinjector to a peak energy of ~14 Mev. In its new location a gradient of ~25 MV/m is required. This has necessitated a major rebuild of the cryomodule including replacement of the cavity with a higher gradient one. Retrofitting the cavity and making upgrades to the module required significant re-design. The design choices and their rationale, summary of the rebuild, and early test results are presented.