• G. Lanfranco, G. Apollinari, I. G. Gonin, T. N. Khabiboulline, G. Romanov, R. L. Wagner
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
• A. Bosotti
  INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)

The High Intensity Neutrino Source (HINS) project represents the current effort at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to produce an 8-GeV proton linac based on about 400 independently phased superconducting resonators. Eighteen β=0.21 single spoke resonators, operating at 325 MHz, comprise the first stage of the linac cold section. We are presenting the production status of the first two of these resonators and the performance of the tuning mechanism prototype. In particular, we will report on the construction phases, the pre-weld tuning process and the comparison of low power RF measurements with calculations made using Microwave Studio*.

* CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS), http://www.cst.com/

• L. Ristori, G. Apollinari, I. G. Gonin, T. N. Khabiboulline, G. Romanov
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

The proposed High Intensity Neutrino Source at Fermilab is based on an 8 GeV linear proton accelerator which consists of a normal-conducting and a superconducting section. The normal-conducting (warm) section is composed of an ion source, a radio frequency quadrupole, a medium energy beam transport and 16 normal-conducting crossbar H-type cavities that accelerate the beam from 2.5 MeV to 10 MeV (from β=0.0744 to β=0.1422). These warm cavities are separated by superconducting solenoids enclosed in individual cryostats. Beyond 10 MeV, the design uses superconducting spoke resonators to accelerate the beam up to 8 GeV. In this paper, we illustrate the completion of the first normal-conducting crossbar h-type cavity (β=0.0744) explaining in detail the mechanical engineering aspects related to the machining and brazing processes. The radio-frequency measurements and tuning performed at Fermilab on the resonator and the comparisons with the former simulations are also discussed.