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Fuster-Martinez, N.; Bruce, R.; Hofer, M.; Persson, T.; Redaelli, S.; Tomas, R. |
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Aperture measurements with ac dipoles and movable collimators in the Large Hadron Collider |
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2022 |
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams |
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25 |
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10 |
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101002 - 13pp |
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This paper presents a first experimental demonstration of a new nondestructive method for aperture measurements based on ac dipoles. In high intensity particle colliders, such as the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC), aperture measurements are crucial for a safe operation while optimizing the optics in order to reduce the size of the colliding beams and hence increase the luminosity. In the LHC, this type of measurements became mandatory during beam commissioning and the current method used is based on the destructive blowup of bunches using a transverse damper. The new method presented in this paper uses the ac-dipole excitation to generate adiabatic forced oscillations of the beam in order to create losses to identify the smallest aperture in the machine without blowing up the beam emittance. A precise and tuneable control of the oscillation amplitude enables the beams to be reused for several aperture measurements, as well as for other subsequent commissioning activities. Measurements performed with the new method are presented and compared with the current LHC transverse damper method for two different beam energies and two different operational optics. |
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[Fuster-Martinez, N.] CSIC UV, Inst Fis Corpuscular, Valencia 46908, Spain, Email: nuria.fuster@ific.uv.es |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Esposito, R. et al; Domingo-Pardo, C. |
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Design of the third-generation lead-based neutron spallation target for the neutron time-of-flight facility at CERN |
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Journal Article |
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2021 |
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams |
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24 |
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9 |
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093001 - 17pp |
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The neutron time-of-flight (n_TOF) facility at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) is a pulsed white-spectrum neutron spallation source producing neutrons for two experimental areas: the Experimental Area 1 (EAR1), located 185 m horizontally from the target, and the Experimental Area 2 (EAR2), located 20 m above the target. The target, based on pure lead, is impacted by a high-intensity 20-GeV/c pulsed proton beam. The facility was conceived to study neutron-nucleus interactions for neutron kinetic energies between a few meV to several GeV, with applications of interest for nuclear astrophysics, nuclear technology, and medical research. After the second-generation target reached the end of its lifetime, the facility underwent a major upgrade during CERN's Long Shutdown 2 (LS2, 2019-2021), which included the installation of the new third-generation neutron target. The first- and second-generation targets were based on water-cooled massive lead blocks and were designed focusing on EAR1, since EAR2 was built later. The new target is cooled by nitrogen gas to avoid erosion-corrosion and contamination of cooling water with radioactive lead spallation products. Moreover, the new design is optimized also for the vertical flight path and EAR2. This paper presents an overview of the target design focused on both physics and thermomechanical performance, and includes a description of the nitrogen cooling circuit and radiation protection studies. |
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[Esposito, R.; Calviani, M.; Aberle, O.; Barbagallo, M.; Coiffet, T.; Dragoni, F.; Ximenes, R. Franqueira; Giordanino, L.; Grenier, D.; Kershaw, K.; Maire, V.; Moyret, P.; Fontenla, A. Perez; Perillo-Marcone, A.; Pozzi, F.; Sgobba, S.; Timmins, M.; Vlachoudis, V.] European Lab Particle Phys CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland, Email: raffaele.esposito@cern.ch; |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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Senes, E.; Argyropoulos, T.; Tecker, F.; Wuensch, W. |
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Beam-loading effect on breakdown rate in high-gradient accelerating cavities: An experiment at the Compact Linear Collider Test Facility at CERN |
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2018 |
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams |
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21 |
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10 |
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102001 - 8pp |
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Radio frequency breakdown rate is a crucial performance parameter that ensures that the design luminosity is achieved in the CLIC linear collider. The required low breakdown rate for CLIC, of the order of 10(-7) breakdown pulse(-1) m(-1), has been demonstrated in a number of 12 GHz CLIC prototype structures at gradients in excess of the design 100 MV/m accelerating gradient, however without the presence of the accelerated beam and associated beam loading. The beam loading induced by the approximately 1 A CLIC main beam significantly modifies the field distribution inside the structures, and the effect on breakdown rate is potentially significant so needs to be determined. A dedicated experiment has been carried out in the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 to measure this effect, and the results are presented. |
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[Senes, Eugenio] John Adams Inst, Denys Wilkinson Bldg,Keble Rd, Oxford OX1 3RH, England, Email: eugenio.senes@cern.ch |
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2469-9888 |
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WOS:000447731900003 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3768 |
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Wuensch, W.; Degiovanni, A.; Calatroni, S.; Korsback, A.; Djurabekova, F.; Rajamaki, R.; Giner-Navarro, J. |
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Statistics of vacuum breakdown in the high-gradient and low-rate regime |
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2017 |
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams |
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20 |
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1 |
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011007 - 11pp |
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In an increasing number of high-gradient linear accelerator applications, accelerating structures must operate with both high surface electric fields and low breakdown rates. Understanding the statistical properties of breakdown occurrence in such a regime is of practical importance for optimizing accelerator conditioning and operation algorithms, as well as of interest for efforts to understand the physical processes which underlie the breakdown phenomenon. Experimental data of breakdown has been collected in two distinct high-gradient experimental set-ups: A prototype linear accelerating structure operated in the Compact Linear Collider Xbox 12GHz test stands, and a parallel plate electrode system operated with pulsed DC in the kV range. Collected data is presented, analyzed and compared. The two systems show similar, distinctive, two-part distributions of number of pulses between breakdowns, with each part corresponding to a specific, constant event rate. The correlation between distance and number of pulses between breakdown indicates that the two parts of the distribution, and their corresponding event rates, represent independent primary and induced follow-up breakdowns. The similarity of results from pulsed DCto 12GHz rf indicates a similar vacuum arc triggering mechanism over the range of conditions covered by the experiments. |
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[Wuensch, Walter; Degiovanni, Alberto; Calatroni, Sergio] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Email: anders.korsback@helsinki.fi |
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WOS:000400781300001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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3125 |
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Degiovanni, A.; Wuensch, W.; Giner Navarro, J. |
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Comparison of the conditioning of high gradient accelerating structures |
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2016 |
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams |
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Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams |
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19 |
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3 |
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032001 - 6pp |
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Accelerating gradients in excess of 100 MV/m, at very low breakdown rates, have been successfully achieved in numerous prototype CLIC accelerating structures. The conditioning and operational histories of several structures, tested at KEK and CERN, have been compared and there is clear evidence that the conditioning progresses with the number of rf pulses and not with the number of breakdowns. This observation opens the possibility that the optimum conditioning strategy, which minimizes the total number of breakdowns the structure is subject to without increasing conditioning time, may be to never exceed the breakdown rate target for operation. The result is also likely to have a strong impact on efforts to understand the physical mechanism underlying conditioning and may lead to preparation procedures which reduce conditioning time. |
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[Degiovanni, Alberto; Wuensch, Walter] CERN, European Org Nucl Res, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Email: walter.wuensch@cern.ch |
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WOS:000400274700001 |
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IFIC @ pastor @ |
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