Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators

We present the first rf studies of the medium-β superconducting radio frequency (SRF) elliptical cavities designed for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) energy upgrade linac. The proposed energy upgrade for this continuous-wave (CW) superconducting linac will double...

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Autores principales: K. McGee, S. Kim, K. Elliott, A. Ganshyn, W. Hartung, E. Metzgar, P. Ostroumov, L. Popielarski, J. Popielarski, A. Taylor, T. Xu, M. P. Kelly, B. Guilfoyle, T. Reid
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6bc0ccf5b4644b41a6b5dfe56af0a0322021-11-18T15:42:25ZMedium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.1120032469-9888https://doaj.org/article/6bc0ccf5b4644b41a6b5dfe56af0a0322021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.112003http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.112003https://doaj.org/toc/2469-9888We present the first rf studies of the medium-β superconducting radio frequency (SRF) elliptical cavities designed for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) energy upgrade linac. The proposed energy upgrade for this continuous-wave (CW) superconducting linac will double the final beam energy from 200 to 400  MeV/u for the heaviest uranium ions within the 80 m of space available in the FRIB tunnel. Two prototype β_{opt}=0.65 644  MHz five-cell elliptical SRF cavities were fabricated and tested to validate the novel cavity design with three conventional rf recipes: (1) Electropolishing (EP-only), (2) EP+48  h 120 °C bake (EP+baking), and (3) Buffered chemical Polishing+48  h 120 °C bake (BCP+baking). The EP-only recipe achieved a 2 K quality factor (Q_{0}) of 2.3×10^{10} at the FRIB energy upgrade design accelerating gradient (E_{acc}) of 17.5  MV/m, and Q_{0} of 1.2×10^{10} at a maximum gradient of 26  MV/m, where the gradient was ultimately limited by the available rf amplifier power available for this test. These results validate the potential of the novel 644 MHz medium-β cavity design and motivate its use in future high-Q_{0} development work. The multipacting band, which exists at E_{acc}≈10  MV/m, was completely conditioned in the continuous-wave mode. We also observed that combining the 48 h 120 °C baking treatment with EP did not improve the EP-only cavity performance at 2 K due to increased residual resistance (R_{0}) and increased medium-field Q-slope. BCP+baking was also found to produce lower Q_{0} in this cavity due to increased medium-field Q-slope. The mechanical modes of this cavity were measured at room temperature, verifying that the quality factor of the dominant “accordion” mechanical mode these medium-β cavities are particularly vulnerable to is close to that of the 1.3 GHz TESLA cavities. Thus, this mode arising from the novel geometry of these cavities is shown to not be of excessive concern for resonance control.K. McGeeS. KimK. ElliottA. GanshynW. HartungE. MetzgarP. OstroumovL. PopielarskiJ. PopielarskiA. TaylorT. XuM. P. KellyB. GuilfoyleT. ReidAmerican Physical SocietyarticleNuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. RadioactivityQC770-798ENPhysical Review Accelerators and Beams, Vol 24, Iss 11, p 112003 (2021)
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topic Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
QC770-798
spellingShingle Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
QC770-798
K. McGee
S. Kim
K. Elliott
A. Ganshyn
W. Hartung
E. Metzgar
P. Ostroumov
L. Popielarski
J. Popielarski
A. Taylor
T. Xu
M. P. Kelly
B. Guilfoyle
T. Reid
Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
description We present the first rf studies of the medium-β superconducting radio frequency (SRF) elliptical cavities designed for Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) energy upgrade linac. The proposed energy upgrade for this continuous-wave (CW) superconducting linac will double the final beam energy from 200 to 400  MeV/u for the heaviest uranium ions within the 80 m of space available in the FRIB tunnel. Two prototype β_{opt}=0.65 644  MHz five-cell elliptical SRF cavities were fabricated and tested to validate the novel cavity design with three conventional rf recipes: (1) Electropolishing (EP-only), (2) EP+48  h 120 °C bake (EP+baking), and (3) Buffered chemical Polishing+48  h 120 °C bake (BCP+baking). The EP-only recipe achieved a 2 K quality factor (Q_{0}) of 2.3×10^{10} at the FRIB energy upgrade design accelerating gradient (E_{acc}) of 17.5  MV/m, and Q_{0} of 1.2×10^{10} at a maximum gradient of 26  MV/m, where the gradient was ultimately limited by the available rf amplifier power available for this test. These results validate the potential of the novel 644 MHz medium-β cavity design and motivate its use in future high-Q_{0} development work. The multipacting band, which exists at E_{acc}≈10  MV/m, was completely conditioned in the continuous-wave mode. We also observed that combining the 48 h 120 °C baking treatment with EP did not improve the EP-only cavity performance at 2 K due to increased residual resistance (R_{0}) and increased medium-field Q-slope. BCP+baking was also found to produce lower Q_{0} in this cavity due to increased medium-field Q-slope. The mechanical modes of this cavity were measured at room temperature, verifying that the quality factor of the dominant “accordion” mechanical mode these medium-β cavities are particularly vulnerable to is close to that of the 1.3 GHz TESLA cavities. Thus, this mode arising from the novel geometry of these cavities is shown to not be of excessive concern for resonance control.
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author K. McGee
S. Kim
K. Elliott
A. Ganshyn
W. Hartung
E. Metzgar
P. Ostroumov
L. Popielarski
J. Popielarski
A. Taylor
T. Xu
M. P. Kelly
B. Guilfoyle
T. Reid
author_facet K. McGee
S. Kim
K. Elliott
A. Ganshyn
W. Hartung
E. Metzgar
P. Ostroumov
L. Popielarski
J. Popielarski
A. Taylor
T. Xu
M. P. Kelly
B. Guilfoyle
T. Reid
author_sort K. McGee
title Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
title_short Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
title_full Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
title_fullStr Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
title_full_unstemmed Medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
title_sort medium-velocity superconducting cavity for high accelerating gradient continuous-wave hadron linear accelerators
publisher American Physical Society
publishDate 2021
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