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Two barrier RF systems were fabricated, tested and installed in the Fermilab Main Injector. Each can provide 8 kV rectangular pulses (the RF barriers) at 90 kHz. When a stationary barrier is combined with a moving barrier, injected beams…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2010-01-18 W. Chou , D. Capista , J. Griffin , K-Y. Ng , D. Wildman

The ICARUS-T600 detector is a 760-ton Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC) currently operating at Fermilab as the Far Detector in the Short Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program. The SBN program is composed of three LArTPCs with a…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-12-12 Anna Heggestuen

The potentially realizable beam power at the Fermilab long-baseline neutrino program has motivated a reinvigorated design and optimization effort for a rapid-cycling synchrotron (RCS) intensity upgrade of the Fermilab proton complex. We…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2020-01-17 Jeffrey Eldred

Superconducting lithographed resonators have a broad range of current and potential applications in the multiplexed readout of cryogenic detectors. Here, we focus on LC bandpass filters with resonances in the 1-5 MHz range used in the…

The current Timing System at Fermilab has been around for 40 years and currently relies on 7 CAMAC crates and over 100 CAMAC cards to produce the Tevatron Clock (TCLK). Thanks to the ingenuity of those before us, this has allowed Fermilab…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-10-21 M. R. Austin , L. Carmichael , D. McArthur , E. Milton , A. Quilty

Efficient operation of a submillimeter interferometer requires remote (preferably automated) control of mechanically tuned local oscillators, phase-lock loops, mixers, optics, calibration vanes and cryostats. The present control system for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 T. R. Hunter , R. W. Wilson , R. Kimberk , P. S. Leiker , R. D. Christensen

Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities performance preservation is crucial, from vertical test to accelerator operation. Field Emission (FE) is still one of the performance limiting factors to overcome and plasma cleaning has been…

The Fermilab Side-Coupled Linac accelerates H-beam from 116 MeV to 400 MeV through seven 805 MHz modules. Twelve wire scanners are present in the Side Coupled Linac and four are present in the transfer line between the Linac and the Booster…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-09-05 E. Chen , R. Sharankova , A. Shemyakin , J. Stanton

The Phase II upgrade of the ATLAS Muon Spectrometer will involve the installation of approximately 1000 next-generation Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) singlets. This upgrade aims to enhance detector coverage, increase hit efficiency, and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-06-23 Aashaq Shah

This paper describes the construction and operational status of an accelerator test facility for Project X. The purpose of this facility is for Project X component development activities that benefit from beam tests and any development…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-08-17 J. Steimel , R. Webber , R. Madrak , D. Wildman , R. Pasquinelli , E. Evans-Peoples

At the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) now under construction at Fermilab, we anticipate the appearance of the microbunching instability related to the longitudinal space charge (LSC) impedances. With a photoinjector source…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-10 A. H. Lumpkin , M. Church , A. S. Johnson

PIP-II is an 800 MeV superconducting RF linear accelerator under development at Fermilab. As the new first stage in our accelerator chain, it will deliver high-power beam to multiple experiments simultaneously and thus drive Fermilab's…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-01-30 Dennis J. Nicklaus , Pierrick Hanlet , Charles King , Daniel McArthur , Richard Neswold

Here we find the increase in 1/f noise of superconducting resonators at low temperatures to be completely incompatible with the standard tunneling model (STM) of Two Level Systems (TLS), which has been used to describe low-frequency noise…

The FLASH L-band (1.3 GHz) superconducting accelerator facility at DESY has a Low Level RF (LLRF) system that is similar to that envisioned for ILC. This system has extensive monitoring capability and was used to gather performance data…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2009-03-10 Shilun Pei , Chris Adolphsen , John Carwardine

An optical link system is being developed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-II upgrade. The optical link system is responsible for transmit the data of over 182 thousand detector channels from 1524 Front-End Boards (FEBs) through…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-08-03 B. Deng , C. Liu , D. Gong , X. Huang , S. Hou , T. Liu , H. Sun , L. Zhang , W. Zhang , J. Ye

A common-mode free cavity BPM is currently under development at Fermilab within the ILC-CLIC collaboration. This monitor will be operated in a CLIC Main Linac multi-bunch regime, and needs to provide both, high spatial and time resolution.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-07-20 H. Schmickler , L. Soby , A. Lunin , N. Solyak , M. Wendt

In this paper we present a simple and efficient built-in temperature sensor for thermal monitoring of standard-cell based VLSI circuits. The proposed smart temperature sensor uses a ring-oscillator composed of complex gates instead of…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2011-11-09 S. A. Bota , M. Rosales , J. L. Rossello , J. Segura

The Fermilab Linac delivers 400 MeV H- beam to the rest of the accelerator chain. Providing stable intensity, energy, and emittance is key since it directly affects downstream machines. To operate high current beam, accelerators must…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-07-11 R. Sharankova , M. Mwaniki , K. Seiya , M. Wesley

Line Current Differential Relays (LCDRs) are high-speed relays progressively used to protect critical transmission lines. However, LCDRs are vulnerable to cyberattacks. Fault-Masking Attacks (FMAs) are stealthy cyberattacks performed by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-09 Ahmad Mohammad Saber , Amr Youssef , Davor Svetinovic , Hatem Zeineldin , Ehab F. El-Saadany

A new superconducting RF cavity test facility has been commissioned at Fermilab in conjunction with first tests of a 325 MHz, {\beta} = 0.22 superconducting single-spoke cavity dressed with a helium jacket and prototype tuner. The facility…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-09 R. C. Webber , T. Khabiboulline , R. Madrak , T. Nicol , L. Ristori , W. Soyars , R. Wagner