Author: Venturini Delsolaro, W.
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TUBA01 Status of the SRF Systems at HIE-ISOLDE 481
 
  • W. Venturini Delsolaro, L. Arnaudon, K. Artoos, C. Bertone, J.A. Bousquet, N. Delruelle, M. Elias, J.A. Ferreira Somoza, F. Formenti, J. Gayde, J.L. Grenard, Y. Kadi, G. Kautzmann, Y. Leclercq, M. Mician, A. Miyazaki, E. Montesinos, V. Parma, G.J. Rosaz, K.M. Schirm, E. Siesling, A. Sublet, M. Therasse, L. Valdarno, D. Valuch, G. Vandoni, L.R. Williams, P. Zhang
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The HIE-ISOLDE project has been approved by CERN in 2009 and gained momentum after 2011. The final energy goal of the upgrade is to boost the radioactive beams of REX-ISOLDE from the present 3 MeV/u up to 10 MeV/u for A/q up to 4.5. This is to be achieved by means of a new superconducting linac, operating at 101.28 MHz and 4.5 K with independently phased quarter wave resonators (QWR). The QWRs are based on the Nb sputtering on copper technology, pioneered at CERN and developed at INFN-LNL for this cavity shape. Transverse focusing is provided by Nb-Ti superconducting solenoids. The cryomodules hosting the active elements are of the common vacuum type. In this contribution we will report on the recent advancements of the HIE-ISOLDE linac technical systems involving SRF technology. The paper is focused on the cavity production, on the experience with the assembly of the first cryomodule (CM1), and on the results of the first hardware commissioning campaign.  
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TUBA03 On the Understanding of Q-Slope of Niobium Thin Films 494
 
  • S. Aull, T. Junginger, A. Sublet, W. Venturini Delsolaro, P. Zhang
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J. Knobloch
    HZB, Berlin, Germany
  • J. Knobloch
    University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
  • A-M. Valente-Feliciano
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  The Q-slope of niobium coated copper cavities at medium fields is still the limiting factor for the application the Nb/Cu technology in accelerators. This paper presents a dedicated study of a niobium coating with bulk-like characteristics which shows a Q-slope comparable to bulk Nb at 400 MHz and 4 K. Combining the bulk like film with recent findings of the HIE Isolde indicates that the film microstructure and the Nb/Cu interface are the key aspects to understanding the Q-slope.  
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TUPB027 Developments on SRF Coatings at CERN 617
 
  • A. Sublet, S. Aull, B. Bártová, S. Calatroni, T. Richard, G.J. Rosaz, M. Taborelli, M. Therasse, W. Venturini Delsolaro, P. Zhang
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The thin films techniques applied to Superconducting RF (SRF) has a long history at CERN. A large panel of cavities have been coated from LEP, to LHC. For the current and future projects (HIE-ISOLDE, HL-LHC, FCC) there is a need for further higher RF-performances with focus on minimizing residual resistance Rres and maximizing quality factor Q0 of the cavities. This paper will present CERN’s developments on thin films to achieve these goals through the following main axes of research: The first one concerns the application of different coating techniques for Nb (DC-bias diode sputtering, magnetron sputtering and HiPIMS). Another approach is the investigation of alternative materials like Nb3Sn. These lines of development will be supported by a material science approach to characterize and evaluate the layer properties by means of FIB-SEM, TEM, XPS, XRD, etc. In addition a numerical tool for plasma simulation will be exploited to develop adapted coating systems and optimize the coating process, from plasma generation to thin film growth.  
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TUPB076 The Multipacting Study of Niobium Sputtered High-Beta Quarter-Wave Resonators for HIE-ISOLDE 760
 
  • P. Zhang, W. Venturini Delsolaro
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: This work has been supported partly by a Marie Curie Early Initial Training Network Fellowship of the European Community’s 7th Programme under contract number PITN-GA-2010-264330-CATHI.
Superconducting quarter-Wave Resonators (QWRs) will be used in the superconducting linac upgrade in the frame of HIE-ISOLDE project at CERN. The cavities are made of bulk copper with thin niobium film coated. They will be operated at 101.28 MHz at 4.5 K providing 6 MV/m accelerating gradient with 10 W power dissipation. Multipacting (MP) has been studied for the high-beta (β=10.9%) QWRs and two MP barriers have been found: Eacc at around 0.05MV/m and 1.5MV/m. We have used both CST Microwave Studio & Particle Studio and the parallel codes Omega3P & Track3P developed at SLAC. The results from the two codes are consistent and are in good agreement with cavity vertical cold test results. Both MP barriers can be processed by RF during the cavity cold test.
 
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TUPB077 The Influence of Cooldown Conditions at Transition Temperature on the Quality Factor of Niobium Sputtered Quarter-Wave Resonators for HIE-ISOLDE 765
 
  • P. Zhang, G.J. Rosaz, A. Sublet, M. Therasse, W. Venturini Delsolaro
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Funding: This work has been supported partly by a Marie Curie Early Initial Training Network Fellowship of the European Community’s 7th Programme under contract number PITN-GA-2010-264330-CATHI.
Superconducting quarter-wave resonators (QWRs) are to be used in the ongoing linac upgrade of the ISOLDE facility at CERN. The cavities are made of niobium sputtered on copper substrates. They will be operated at 101.28 MHz at 4.5 K providing 6 MV/m accelerating gradient with 10 W power dissipation. In recent measurements, we found the thermal gradient along the cavity during the niobium superconducting transition has an impact on the cavity quality factor. On the other hand, the speed of the cooling down through the superconducting transition turned out to have no influence on the cavity Q-factor.
 
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TUPB106 First HIE-ISOLDE Cryo-module Assembly at CERN 874
 
  • M. Therasse, G. Barlow, S. Bizzaglia, J.A. Bousquet, A. Chrul, P. Demarest, J-B. Deschamps, J.A. Ferreira Somoza, J. Gayde, M. Gourragne, A. Harrison, G. Kautzmann, D. Mergelkuhl, V. Parma, M. Struik, W. Venturini Delsolaro, L.R. Williams, P. Zhang
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J. Dequaire
    Intitek, Lyon, France
 
  The first phase of the HIE-ISOLDE project aims to increase the energy of the existing REX ISOLDE facilities from 3MeV/m to 5MeV/m. It involves the assembly of two superconducting cryo-modules based on quarter wave resonators made by niobium sputtered on copper. The first cryo-module was installed in the linac in May 2015 followed by the commissioning. The first beam is expected for September 2015. In parallel the second cryo-module assembly started. In this paper, we present the different aspects of these two cryo-modules including the assembly facilities and procedures, the quality assurance and the RF parameters (cavity performances, cavity tuning and coupling).  
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THPB060 Development of SRF Cavity Tuners for CERN 1247
 
  • K. Artoos, R. Calaga, O. Capatina, T. Capelli, F. Carra, L. Dassa, N. Kuder, R. Leuxe, P. Minginette, W. Venturini Delsolaro, G. Villiger, C. Zanoni, P. Zhang
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • G. Burt
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • J.R. Delayen, H. Park
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • T.J. Jones, N. Templeton
    STFC/DL, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • S. Verdú-Andrés, B. P. Xiao
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Superconducting RF cavity developments are currently on-going for new accelerator projects at CERN such as HIE ISOLDE and HL-LHC. Mechanical RF tuning systems are required to compensate cavity frequency shifts of the cavities due to temperature, mechanical, pressure and RF effects on the cavity geometry. A rich history and experience is available for such mechanical tuners developed for existing RF cavities. Design constraints in the context of HIE ISOLDE and HL-LHC such as required resolution, space limitation, reliability and maintainability have led to new concepts in the tuning mechanisms. This paper will discuss such new approaches, their performances and planned developments.  
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