IPAC2012 - List of Authors (Lambert, A.R.)

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THPPC033	Progress on a Cavity with Beryllium Walls for Muon Ionization Cooling Channel R&D	3356
	D.L. Bowring, A.J. DeMello, A.R. Lambert, D. Li, S.P. Virostek, M.S. Zisman LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA D.M. Kaplan Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA R.B. Palmer BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. The Muon Accelerator Program (MAP) collaboration is working to develop an ionization cooling channel for future muon colliders. The ionization cooling channel requires the operation of high-gradient, normal-conducting RF cavities in solenoidal magnetic fields up to 5 T. However, experiments conducted at Fermilab's MuCool Test Area (MTA) show that increasing the solenoidal field strength reduces the maximum achievable cavity gradient. This gradient limit is characterized by an RF breakdown process that has caused significant damage to copper cavity interiors. The damage is likely caused by field-emitted electrons, focused by the solenoidal magnetic field onto small areas of the inner cavity surface. Local heating may then induce material fatigue and surface damage. Fabricating a cavity with beryllium walls would mitigate this damage due to beryllium's low density, low thermal expansion, and high electrical and thermal conductivity. This poster addresses the design and fabrication of a pillbox RF cavity with beryllium walls, in order to evaluate the performance of high-gradient cavities in strong magnetic fields.

THPPC034	Design and Analysis of the PXIE CW Radio-frequency Quadrupole (RFQ)	3359
	S.P. Virostek, M.D. Hoff, A.R. Lambert, D. Li, J.W. Staples LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA G.V. Romanov Fermilab, Batavia, USA C. Zhang IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: This work is supported by the Office of Science, United States Department of Energy under DOE contract DE-AC02-05CH11231. The Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) will be a prototype front end of the Project X accelerator proposed by Fermilab. PXIE will consist of an H⁻ ion source, a low-energy beam transport (LEBT), a radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, a medium-energy beam transport (MEBT) and a section of superconducting cryomodules that will accelerate the beam from 30 keV to 30 MeV. LBNL has developed an RFQ design for PXIE with fabrication scheduled to begin before the end of CY 2012. The chosen baseline design is a four-vane, 4.4 m long CW RFQ with a resonant frequency at 162.5 MHz (2.4 wavelengths long). The RFQ will provide bunching and acceleration of a nominal 5 mA H⁻ beam to 2.1 MeV. The relatively low wall power density results in wall power losses that are less than 100 kW. The beam dynamics design has been optimized to allow for more than 99% beam capture with exceptionally low longitudinal emittance. The RFQ mechanical design and the results of RF and thermal analyses are presented here.

THPPP092	Progress of the Front-End System Development for Project X at LBNL	3951
	D. Li, M.D. Hoff, Q. Ji, A.R. Lambert, T. Schenkel, J.W. Staples, S.P. Virostek LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA S. Nagaitsev, L.R. Prost, G.V. Romanov, A.V. Shemyakin Fermilab, Batavia, USA C. Zhang IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
	Funding: This work is supported by the Office of Science, United States Department of Energy under DOE contract DE-AC02-05CH11231. A multi-MW proton facility, Project X has been proposed and is currently under development at Fermilab. Project X is a key accelerator complex for intensity frontier of future high energy physics programs in the US. In collaboration with Fermilab, LBNL takes the responsibility in the development and design studies of the front-end system for Project X. The front-end system would consist of H⁻ ion source(s), low-energy beam transport (LEBT), 162.5 MHz normal conducting CW Radio-Frequency-Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, medium-energy beam transport (MEBT), and beam chopper(s). In this paper, we will review and present recent progress of the front-end system studies, which will include the RFQ beam dynamics design, RF structure design, thermal and mechanical analyses and fabrication plan, LEBT simulation studies and concept for LEBT chopper.

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Progress on a Cavity with Beryllium Walls for Muon Ionization Cooling Channel R&D

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D.L. Bowring, A.J. DeMello, A.R. Lambert, D. Li, S.P. Virostek, M.S. Zisman
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
D.M. Kaplan
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA
R.B. Palmer
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: Work supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
The Muon Accelerator Program (MAP) collaboration is working to develop an ionization cooling channel for future muon colliders. The ionization cooling channel requires the operation of high-gradient, normal-conducting RF cavities in solenoidal magnetic fields up to 5 T. However, experiments conducted at Fermilab's MuCool Test Area (MTA) show that increasing the solenoidal field strength reduces the maximum achievable cavity gradient. This gradient limit is characterized by an RF breakdown process that has caused significant damage to copper cavity interiors. The damage is likely caused by field-emitted electrons, focused by the solenoidal magnetic field onto small areas of the inner cavity surface. Local heating may then induce material fatigue and surface damage. Fabricating a cavity with beryllium walls would mitigate this damage due to beryllium's low density, low thermal expansion, and high electrical and thermal conductivity. This poster addresses the design and fabrication of a pillbox RF cavity with beryllium walls, in order to evaluate the performance of high-gradient cavities in strong magnetic fields.

THPPC034

Design and Analysis of the PXIE CW Radio-frequency Quadrupole (RFQ)

3359

S.P. Virostek, M.D. Hoff, A.R. Lambert, D. Li, J.W. Staples
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
G.V. Romanov
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
C. Zhang
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: This work is supported by the Office of Science, United States Department of Energy under DOE contract DE-AC02-05CH11231.
The Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) will be a prototype front end of the Project X accelerator proposed by Fermilab. PXIE will consist of an H⁻ ion source, a low-energy beam transport (LEBT), a radio-frequency quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, a medium-energy beam transport (MEBT) and a section of superconducting cryomodules that will accelerate the beam from 30 keV to 30 MeV. LBNL has developed an RFQ design for PXIE with fabrication scheduled to begin before the end of CY 2012. The chosen baseline design is a four-vane, 4.4 m long CW RFQ with a resonant frequency at 162.5 MHz (2.4 wavelengths long). The RFQ will provide bunching and acceleration of a nominal 5 mA H⁻ beam to 2.1 MeV. The relatively low wall power density results in wall power losses that are less than 100 kW. The beam dynamics design has been optimized to allow for more than 99% beam capture with exceptionally low longitudinal emittance. The RFQ mechanical design and the results of RF and thermal analyses are presented here.

THPPP092

Progress of the Front-End System Development for Project X at LBNL

3951

D. Li, M.D. Hoff, Q. Ji, A.R. Lambert, T. Schenkel, J.W. Staples, S.P. Virostek
LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
S. Nagaitsev, L.R. Prost, G.V. Romanov, A.V. Shemyakin
Fermilab, Batavia, USA
C. Zhang
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Funding: This work is supported by the Office of Science, United States Department of Energy under DOE contract DE-AC02-05CH11231.
A multi-MW proton facility, Project X has been proposed and is currently under development at Fermilab. Project X is a key accelerator complex for intensity frontier of future high energy physics programs in the US. In collaboration with Fermilab, LBNL takes the responsibility in the development and design studies of the front-end system for Project X. The front-end system would consist of H⁻ ion source(s), low-energy beam transport (LEBT), 162.5 MHz normal conducting CW Radio-Frequency-Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator, medium-energy beam transport (MEBT), and beam chopper(s). In this paper, we will review and present recent progress of the front-end system studies, which will include the RFQ beam dynamics design, RF structure design, thermal and mechanical analyses and fabrication plan, LEBT simulation studies and concept for LEBT chopper.