Author: Leibfritz, J.R.
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MOOAC02 Status and Plans for a Superconducting RF Accelerator Test Facility at Fermilab 58
 
  • J.R. Leibfritz, R. Andrews, C.M. Baffes, K. Carlson, B. Chase, M.D. Church, E.R. Harms, A.L. Klebaner, M.J. Kucera, A. Martinez, S. Nagaitsev, L.E. Nobrega, J. Reid, M. Wendt, S.J. Wesseln
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
  • P. Piot
    Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Advanced Superconducting Test Acccelerator (ASTA) 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 section consisting of 3 TTF-type or ILC-type cryomodules, multiple downstream beamlines for testing diagnostics and conducting various beam tests, and a high power beam dump. When completed, it is envisioned that this facility will initially be capable of generating a 750 MeV electron beam with ILC beam intensity. An expansion of this facility was recently completed that will provide the capability to upgrade the accelerator to a total beam energy of 1.5 GeV. Two new buildings were also constructed adjacent to the ASTA facility to house a new cryogenic plant and multiple superconducting RF (SRF) cryomodule test stands. In addition to testing accelerator components, this facility will be used to test RF power systems, instrumentation, and control systems for future SRF accelerators such as the ILC and Project-X. This paper describes the current status and overall plans for this facility.
 
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WEPPD034 Mechanical Design of a High Energy Beam Absorber for the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) at Fermilab 2582
 
  • C.M. Baffes, M.D. Church, J.R. Leibfritz, S.A. Oplt, I.L. Rakhno
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy
A high energy beam absorber has been built for the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) at Fermilab. In the facility’s initial configuration, an electron beam will be accelerated through 3 TTF-type or ILC-type RF cryomodules to an energy of 750MeV. The electron beam will be directed to one of multiple downstream experimental and diagnostic beam lines and then deposited in one of two beam absorbers. The facility is designed to accommodate up to 6 cryomodules, which would produce a 75kW beam at 1.5GeV; this is the driving design condition for the beam absorbers. The beam absorbers consist of water-cooled graphite, aluminum and copper layers contained in a Helium-filled enclosure. This paper describes the mechanical implementation of the beam absorbers, with a focus on thermal design and analysis. In addition, the potential for radiation-induced degradation of the graphite is discussed.
 
 
THPPR041 The Conceptual Design of the Shielding Layout and Beam Absorber at the PXIE 4065
 
  • Y.I. Eidelman, J.S. Kerby, V.A. Lebedev, J.R. Leibfritz, A.F. Leveling, S. Nagaitsev, R.P. Stanek
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  The Project X Injector Experiment (PXIE) is a prototype of the Project X front end. A 30 MeV 50 kW H beam will be used to validate the design concept of the Project X. This paper discusses a design of the accelerator enclosure radiation shielding and the beam dump. Detailed energy deposition and activation simulation were performed with the MARS15 code. The simulation results guided the design of the installation enclosure.