Author: Pasini, M.
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MOPC103 Cryostat for Testing HIE-ISOLDE Superconducting RF Cavities 313
 
  • O. Capatina, J.P. Brachet, G. Cuccuru, M. Pasini, T. Renaglia, M. Therasse, B. Vullierme
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The High Intensity and Energy ISOLDE (HIE-ISOLDE) project is a major upgrade of the existing ISOLDE and REX-ISOLDE facilities at CERN [1], with the objective of increasing the energy and the intensity of the delivered radioactive ion beams (RIB). This project aims to fill the request for a more energetic post accelerated beam by means of a new superconducting (SC) linac based on Quarter Wave Resonators (QWRs). A research and development program looking at all different aspects of the SC linac has started in 2008 and continued throughout 2010. In particular the R&D effort has focused on the development of the high β cavity (β = 10.3%), for which it has been decided to adopt the Nb sputtered on Cu substrate technology. Two prototype cavities were manufactured and are undergoing RF cold tests. The pre-series cavity fabrication is under way using 3D forged Cu billets. A single vacuum cryostat was designed and built to test these cavities at liquid helium temperatures. The paper details the main design concepts of the test cryostat as well as the results of the cryogenic behavior of the complete set-up including the cryostat, the RF cavity, the tuner and the main coupler.  
 
MOPC104 HIE-ISOLDE SRF Development Activities at CERN 316
 
  • M. Therasse, O. Brunner, S. Calatroni, J.K. Chambrillon, B. Delaup, M. Pasini
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The HIE-ISOLDE project has initiated a new development phase on the SRF domain at CERN. In particular, the HIE-ISOLDE project aims at the construction of the 32 Quarter Wave Resonators (QWRs) using the Nb on Cu sputtering technology. The paper describes the refurbishment of the test infrastructure and the activities from the cavity production to the cold test, including quality assurance procedure for the correct handling of the resonators.  
 
MOPC105 Design of the High Beta Cryomodule for the HIE-ISOLDE Upgrade at CERN 319
 
  • L.R. Williams, A.P. Bouzoud, N. Delruelle, J. Gayde, Y. Leclercq, M. Pasini, J.Ph. G. L. Tock, G. Vandoni
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The major upgrade of the energy and intensity of the radioactive ion beams of the existing ISOLDE and REX-ISOLDE facilities at CERN will, in the long term, require downstream of the existing machine, the installation of four high-β and two low-β cryo-modules. The first stage of this upgrade, involving the design, construction, installation and commissioning of two high-β cryo-modules is approved and design work is underway at CERN. The high-β cryo-module houses five high-β superconducting cavities and one superconducting solenoid. As well as providing optimum conditions for physics, where the internal active components must remain aligned within tight tolerances, the cryo-modules need to function under stringent common vacuum and cryogenic conditions. To preserve the RF cavity performance their assembly and sub-system testing will need to be carried out using specifically designed tooling in a class 100 clean-room. We present the determining factors constraining the design of the high-β cryo-module together with the design choices that these factors have imposed.