Author: Turaj, K.
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THP031 Operation Experience with the LHC ACS RF System 911
 
  • K. Turaj, L. Arnaudon, P. Baudrenghien, O. Brunner, A.C. Butterworth, F. Gerigk, M. Karppinen, P. Maesen, E. Montesinos, F. Peauger, G.J. Rosaz, E.N. Shaposhnikova, D. Smekens, M. Taborelli, M. Therasse, H. Timko, D. Valuch, N. Valverde Alonso, W. Venturini Delsolaro
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  The LHC accelerating RF system consists of two cryomodules per beam, each containing four single-cell niobium sputtered 400.8 MHz superconducting cavities working at 4.5 K and an average accelerating voltage of 2 MV. The paper summarises the experience, availability and evolution of the system within 10 years of operation. The lessons learned from the successful replacement and re-commissioning of one cryomodule with a spare module, and the recent re-test of the originally installed module on the test stand are also included. Finally, a review of currently launched spare cavity production and long-term developments are presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SRF2019-THP031  
About • paper received ※ 23 June 2019       paper accepted ※ 30 June 2019       issue date ※ 14 August 2019  
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THP078 CERN’s SRF Test Stand for Cavity Performance Measurements 1082
 
  • N. Stapley, J. Bastard, M.R. Coly, A.E. Ivanov, A. Macpherson, N.C. Shipman, K. Turaj
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • I. Ben-Zvi
    BNL, Upton, New York, USA
  • A. Castilla
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • K. Hernandez-Chahin
    Universidad de Guanajuato, División de Ciencias e Ingenierías, León, Mexico
  • M. Wartak, A. Zwozniak
    IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
 
  Recent deployment of a digital LLRF system within the cavity testing framework of CERN’s vertical test cryostats has permitted a full revamp of cavity performance validation. With both full continuous and pulse mode operation, steady state a transient RF behaviour can be effectively probed. Due to direct and integrated control and monitoring of environmental test conditions, standard and novel RF measurement procedures have been developed and integrated into the testing infrastructure, along with a coherent data flow of high granularity measurement data. We present an overview of this cavity measurement system and address the underlying architectural structure, data handling and integration of user interfaces. In addition we highlight the benefits of variety of RF cavity measurements that can now be accommodated in our large 2 K cryostats.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SRF2019-THP078  
About • paper received ※ 23 June 2019       paper accepted ※ 30 June 2019       issue date ※ 14 August 2019  
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THP105 Thermal Mapping of SRF Cavities by Second Sound Detection With Transition Edge Sensors and Oscillating Superleak Transducers 1182
 
  • G. Vandoni, T. Koettig, A. Macpherson, K. Turaj, L. Vega Cid
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • H. Furci
    EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
 
  The SRF cavity testing facilities at CERN include four vertical cryostat stations in SM18 and a cryostat for small cavities in the Cryolab. A large range of structures are tested, from Nb thin film cavities for HIE-Isolde and LHC, to bulk Nb crab cavities for HiLumi or 704 MHz 5-cell high-gradient cavities. To cope with different shapes and small series tests, thermal mapping diagnostics is deployed by sensing second sound in superfluid helium. A new type of Transition Edge Sensors (TES) has been developed in the last 2 years. These are miniature resistors of thin-film superconducting alloys, micro-produced on insulating wafers. An extensive campaign of optimization of design, fabrication process and composition was accompanied by qualification in a calibration cryostat. Reproducibility, stability, then intensity, distance and angular dependence of the response were assessed and compared to Oscillating Superleak Transducers (OST). The TES were then installed in a vertical cryostat for tests of a prototype crab cavity for HiLumi. TES are now applied to quench localization on high gradient cavities, for which the most recent results will be presented, together with the OST results.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-SRF2019-THP105  
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