4.2 K operation of the SNS cryomodules

I. E. Campisi, S. Assadi, F. Casagrande, M. Champion, P. Chu, S. Cousineau, M. Crofford, C. Deibele, J. D. Galambos, P. Gurd, D. Hatfield, M. Howell, D. Jeon, Y. W. Kang, K. Kasemir, Z. Kursun, H. Ma, M. Piller, D. Stout, W. StrongAVassioutchenko, Y. Zhang

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Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source being built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory employs eighty one 805 MHz superconducting cavities operated at 2.1 K to accelerate the H- beam from 187 MeV to about 1 GeV. The superconducting cavities and cryomodules with two different values of beta (.61 and .81) have been designed and constructed at Jefferson Lab for operation at 2.1 K with unloaded Q's in excess of 5×109. To gain experience in testing cryomodules in the SNS tunnel before the final commissioning of the 2.1 K Central Helium Liquefier, integration tests are being conducted on the cryomodules at 4.2 K. This is the first time that a superconducting cavity system specifically designed for 2.1 K operation has been extensively tested at 4.2 K without superfluid helium.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005
Pages4173-4175
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventParticle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005 - Knoxville, TN, United States
Duration: May 16 2005May 20 2005

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference
Volume2005

Conference

ConferenceParticle Accelerator Conference, PAC 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityKnoxville, TN
Period05/16/0505/20/05

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