In-situ proton irradiation and measurement of superconducting rf cavities under cryogenic conditions [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1997.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 4 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- The Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) Project is investigating using a superconducting linac for the high-energy portion of the accelerator. As this accelerator would be used to accelerate a high-current (100-mA) CW proton beam up to 1700 MeV, it is important to determine the effects of stray-beam impingement on the superconducting properties of a 700-MHz niobium cavity. To accomplish this, two 3000-MHz elliptical niobium cavities were placed in a cryostat, cooled to nominally 2 K in sub-atmospheric liquid helium, and irradiated with 798-MeV protons at up to 490 πA average current. The elliptically shaped beam passed through the equatorial regions of both cavities in order to maximize sensitivity to any changes in the superconducting-surface resistance. Over the course of the experiment, 6x10¹⁶ protons were passed through the cavities. After irradiation, the cavities were warmed to 250 K, then recooled to investigate the effects of a room-temperature annealing cycle on the superconducting properties of the irradiated cavities. A detailed description of the experiment and the results shall be presented. These results are important to employing superconducting-rf technology to future high-intensity proton accelerators for use in research and transmutation technologies.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:la-ur--97-1633
E 1.99: conf-970503--256
conf-970503--256
la-ur--97-1633 - Subject(s):
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- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
08/01/1997.
"la-ur--97-1633"
" conf-970503--256"
"DE97008301"
17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997.
Haynes, W.B.; Chan, K.C.D.; Rusnak, B. - Funding Information:
- W-7405-ENG-36
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