Author: Torun, Y.
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THPRI064 Plasma Chemistry in a High Pressure Gas Filled RF Test Cell for use in a Muon Cooling Channel 3917
 
  • B.T. Freemire, Y. Torun
    IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • M. Chung, M.R. Jana, M.A. Leonova, A. Moretti, T.A. Schwarz, A.V. Tollestrup, Y. Torun, K. Yonehara
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • R.P. Johnson
    Muons, Inc, Illinois, USA
 
  Filling an RF cavity with a high pressure gas prevents breakdown when the cavity is placed in a multi-Tesla external magnetic field. A beam of particles traversing the cavity, be it muons or protons, ionizes the gas, creating an electron-ion plasma which absorbs energy from the cavity. In order to understand the nature of this plasma loading, a variety of gas species, gas pressures, dopants, and cavity electric fields were investigated. Plasma induced energy loss, electron-ion recombination rates, ion-ion recombination rates, and electron attachment times were measured. The results for hydrogen, deuterium, helium, and nitrogen, doped with dry air will be presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-THPRI064  
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MOOCA02 RF Design and Operation of a Modular Cavity for Muon Ionization Cooling R&D 42
 
  • Y. Torun
    IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • D.L. Bowring, M.A. Palmer, K. Yonehara
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: Supported by the US Department of Energy Office of Science through the Muon Accelerator Program.
Ionization cooling channel designs call for the operation of high-gradient, normal-conducting RF cavities in multi-Tesla solenoidal magnetic fields. However, strong magnetic fields have been shown in some cases to limit the maximum achievable gradient in RF cavities. This gradient limit is characterized by RF breakdown and damage to the cavity surface. To study this issue, we have developed an experimental program at Fermilab's MuCool Test Area (MTA) based on a modular pillbox cavity operating at 805 MHz. The modular cavity design allows for the evaluation of different cavity geometries and materials – such as beryllium – which may ameliorate or circumvent RF breakdown triggers. We present a summary of recent results and plans for the future of the MTA normal conducting RF cavity program.
 
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THPRI028 Acoustic Spark Localization for the 201 MHz RF Cavity 3828
 
  • P.G. Lane, Y. Torun
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illlinois, USA
  • E. Behnke, I.Y. Levine
    Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, USA
  • D.W. Peterson
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • P. Snopok
    IIT, Chicago, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by U.S. Department of Energy
Current designs for muon cooling channels require high-gradient RF cavities to be placed in solenoidal magnetic fields in order to contain muons with large transverse emittances. It has been found that doing so reduces the threshold at which RF cavity breakdown occurs. To aid the effort to study RF cavity breakdown in magnetic fields it would be helpful to have a diagnostic tool which can detect breakdown and localize the source of the breakdown inside the cavity. We report here on the experiment setup for localizing sparks in an RF cavity by using piezoelectric transducers and on preparation for data collection on a 201.25 MHz vacuum cavity.
 
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THPRI070 Tuner System Simulation and Tests for the 201-MHz MICE Cavity 3927
 
  • L. Somaschini
    INFN-Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  • A.J. DeMello, A.R. Lambert, S.P. Virostek
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • J.H. Gaynier, R.J. Pasquinelli, D.W. Peterson, R.P. Schultz
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • Y. Torun
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illlinois, USA
 
  Funding: Supported by the US Department of Energy Office of Science through the Muon Accelerator Program.
The frequency of MICE cavities is controlled by pneumatic tuners as their operation is impervious to large magnetic fields. The mechanical and RF transfer functions of the tuner were simulated in ANSYS. The first of these tuning systems was assembled and tested at Fermilab. The mechanical response and the RF tuning transfer function have been measured and compared with simulation results. Finally the failure of different actuators has been simulated and tested to predict the operational limits of the tuner.
 
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THPRI071 Instrumentation for Characterizing 201-MHz MICE Cavity at Fermilab 3930
 
  • M. Chung, D.L. Bowring, A. Moretti, R.J. Pasquinelli, D.W. Peterson, R.P. Schultz
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • P.G. Lane, Y. Torun
    Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illlinois, USA
  • L. Somaschini
    INFN-Pisa, Pisa, Italy
 
  A 201-MHz single cavity module is installed in the Mucool Test Area (MTA) of Fermilab to test the performance of the cavity at the design parameters for the International Muon Ionization Cooling Experiment (MICE) particularly in multi-Tesla external magnetic fields. To monitor various aspects of the cavity and to understand detailed physics involved in RF breakdown and multipacting, numerous instrumentation is installed on the cavity module and also in the experimental hall, which includes thermocouples, infrared sensors, electron pickups, fiber light guides, and radiation detectors. In this paper, we will present details of each diagnostic and initial test results.  
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