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Operation of complex systems which depend on one, or more, sub-systems with many process variables often operate in more than one state. For each state there may be a variety of parameters of interest, and for each of these, one may require…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-01-25 P. Hanlet

At the end of the Large Hadron Collider's Run 2, CERN's Proton Injector Linac 2, commissioned in 1978, delivered its final beam in December 2018. For Run 3, from March 2021, a new H$^{-}$ will take over the role: Linac4. The machine has…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-10-22 Bartosz Bielawski , Philippe Baudrenghien , Robert Borner

The China spallation neutron source (CSNS) linac is designed with beam energy of 81MeV and a peak current of 15mA in the first phase. The RF power system for the 81 MeV Linac requires 8 units of RF power sources, each unit has one…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-09-26 Linyan Rong , Zhencheng Mu , Zhexin Xie , Bo Wang , Wenzhong Zhou , Maliang Wan , Meifei Liu , Jian Li , Xinan Xu

The PIP-II Project will see international shipment of cryomodules from Europe to the United States, and as such, the shocks which can occur during shipment pose a risk to the internal components. Of particular concern is the coupler ceramic…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-07-13 J. Helsper , S. Chandrasekaran , J. Holzbauer , N. Solyak

The Mu2e experiment measures the conversion rate of muons into electrons and the Muon g-2 experiment measures the muon magnetic moment. Both experiments require 53 MHz batches of 8 GeV protons to be re-bunched into 150 ns, 2.5 MHz pulses…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 P. Varghese , B. Chase

A superconducting RF accelerator test facility is being constructed at Fermilab. The existing New Muon Lab (NML) building is being converted for this facility. The accelerator will consist of an electron gun, injector, beam acceleration…

The Fermilab Linac experiences longitudinal beam phase drift, leading to increased particle loss, conventionally corrected through labor-intensive manual RF adjustments. This project explores machine learning-based automation for drift…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 R. R. Chichili , J. A. Sulskis , R. Sharankova , B. Vamanan , S. Ravi

A new Higher Order Mode (HOM) damper was designed and tested for the Booster accelerator cavity at Fermilab. In anticipation of the PIP-II upgrade, it was discovered that the higher beam intensity of PIP-II may cause beam instability due to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-09-19 Dustin Pieper , Brian Vaughn , Robyn Madrak

A CW-compatible, pulsed H- superconducting linac is envisaged as a possible path for upgrading Fermilab's injection complex. To validate the concept of the front- end of such a machine, a test accelerator (a.k.a. PXIE) is under…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-02-06 A. Shemyakin , M. Alvarez , R. Andrews , C. Baffes , A. Chen , B. Hanna , L. Prost , G. Saewert , V. Scarpine , J. Steimel , D. Sun , D. Li , R. D'Arcy

Ir\`{e}ne Joliot-Curie Laboratory (IJCLab) has been leading the development of spoke resonators in multiple international SRF projects, from fundamental R\&D, prototyping, to series production. The European Spallation Source (ESS)…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-06-21 A. Miyazaki , P. Duchesne , D. Ledrean , D. Longuevergne , G. Olry

SPIRAL 2 is a high intensity heavy ions beams accelerator project that has been going on for more than 10 years now. Countless efforts in different disciplines made it what it is today. One of the most important steps after the set up of…

A semi-empirical method that allows us to predict intensity of generated field emission in superconducting RF cavities is described. Spatial, angular and energy distributions of the generated radiation are calculated with the FISHPACT code.…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-02-09 Camille Ginsburg , Igor Rakhno

The PIP2IT test accelerator is under construction at Fermilab. Its ion source and Low Energy Beam Transport (LEBT) in its initial (straight) configuration have been commissioned to full specification parameters. This paper introduces the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 A. Shemyakin , M. Alvarez , R. Andrews , J. -P. Carneiro , A. Chen , R. D'Arcy , B. Hanna , L. Prost , V. Scarpine , C. Wiesner

The low level rf (LLRF) control system for the rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) started its operation in 2007. The key functions of the LLRF control system are the dual harmonic auto…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Fumihiko Tamura , Yasuyuki Sugiyama , Masahito Yoshii , Masatsugu Ryoshi

This paper describes the cryogenic system for the Cryomodule Test Stand (CMTS) at the new Cryomodule Test Facility (CMTF) located at Fermilab. CMTS is designed for production testing of the 1.3 GHz and 3.9 GHz cryomodules to be used in the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-12-05 Michael White , Benjamin Hansen , Arkadiy Klebaner

The RF system for the SNS superconducting linac consists of a superconducting cavity, a klystron, and a low-level RF (LLRF) control system. For a proton linac like SNS, the field in each individual cavity needs to be controlled to meet the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. M. Wang , S. I. Kwon , A. H. Regan

This contribution reports the design of the production Single Spoke Resonator Type 1 Cryomodule (SSR1 CM) for the PIP-II project at Fermilab. The innovative design is based on a structure, the strongback, which supports the coldmass from…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-11-16 J. Bernardini , V. Roger , D. Passarelli , M. Parise , G. Romanov , J. Helsper , M. Chen , M. Kramp , F. Lewis , B. Squires , T. Nicol , P. Neri

The beam-profile diagnostics station prototype for the superconducting rf electron linac being constructed at Fermilab at the New Muon Lab has been tested. The station uses intercepting radiation converter screens for the low-power beam…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2012-08-22 A. Lumpkin , R. Flora , A. S. Johnson , J. Ruan , J. Santucci , V. Scarpine , Y. -E. Sun , R. Thurman-Keup , M. Church , M. Wendt

After shipment to the Daresbury Lab and return to Fermilab, the prototype HB650 cryomodule underwent another phase of 2K RF testing to ascertain any performance issues that may have arisen from the transport of the cryomodule. While…

Fermilab has submitted two Snowmass whitepapers on a future 2.4~MW upgrade for DUNE/LBNF featuring a 2 GeV extension of the PIP-II linac and the construction of a new rapid-cycling-synchrotron. This paper summarizes the relationship between…