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Test of a NEG Coated Copper Dipole Vacuum Chamber
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- E. J. Wallén, M. Berglund, A. Hansson
MAX-lab, Lund
- R. Kersevan
ESRF, Grenoble
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The paper reports about a test carried out at the 1.5 GeV storage ring MAX II where a standard dipole chamber made of stainless steel was replaced by a NEG coated chamber made of copper. The standard MAX II stainless steel dipole vacuum chamber is connected to an ion pump and a sublimation pump while the NEG-coated copper dipole vacuum chamber has no additional pumps. The NEG-coated dipole chamber made of copper has been demonstrated to work well with a stable vacuum level in the region where it is installed. The coating procedure for the bent dipole chamber copper tube is slightly more complicated than the coating procedure for a straight chamber of similar size due to its curvature and lack of line-of-sight. The procedure is also described in some detail. The main motivation for the interest in NEG-coated vacuum tubes is the reduced cost of the vacuum system and also the possibility to build more slender vacuum systems, thus simplifying and optimizing the design of accelerator magnet systems.
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