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THBP01 ESS-Bilbao RFQ Power Coupler: Design, Simulations and Tests rfq, cavity, linac, multipactoring 433
 
  • I. Bustinduy, A. Conde, D. Fernández-Cañoto, N. Garmendia, P.J. González, G. Harper, A. Kaftoosian, J. Martin, J.L. Muñoz
    ESS Bilbao, Zamudio, Spain
  • A.P. Letchford
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  ESS-Bilbao RFQ power coupler is presented. The RFQ operates at 352.2 MHz and will accelerate the 32 mA proton beam extracted from the ion source up to 3.0MeV. The RFQ will complete the ESS-Bilbao injector, that can be used by the ARGITU neutron source or as a stand-alone facility. The machining of the RFQ is finished, and vacuum tests as well as low power RF measurements have been carried out. The presented power coupler is a first iteration of the device, designed to be of easier and faster manufacturing than what might be needed for future upgrades of the linac. The coupler does not have active cooling and no brazing has been needed to assemble it. It can operate at the RF power required by the RFQ but at lower duty cycles. The dielectric window is made of polymeric material, so it can withhold the assembly using vacuum seals and bolts. Design and manufacturing issues are reported in the paper, as well as the RF tests that have been carried out at medium power. Multipacting calculations compared to measured values during conditioning are also reported. High power tests of the coupler have also been performed in the ISIS-FETS RFQ and are also described here.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP01  
About • Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 08 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 October 2023 — Issued ※ 28 October 2023
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THBP05 CERN SPS Dilution Kicker Vacuum Pressure Behaviour under Unprecedented Beam Brightness kicker, operation, brightness, flattop 447
 
  • F.M. Velotti, M.J. Barnes, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, E. Carlier, G. Favia, I. Karpov, K.S.B. Li, N. Magnin, L. Mether, V. Senaj, P. Van Trappen, C. Zannini
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  The Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) is the second largest synchrotron at CERN and produces high-brightness beams for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). Recently, the dilution kicker (MKDH) of the SPS beam dump system (SBDS) has demonstrated unanticipated behaviour under high beam brightness conditions. During the 2022 and 2023 beam commissioning, the MKDH, which is routinely pulsed at high voltage, was subjected to intensities of up to 288 bunches of 2·1011 protons per bunch and bunch lengths as low as 1.5 ns. Under these conditions, all the SPS kickers and septa exhibited a rapid vacuum pressure rise and a significant temperature increase with the MKDH playing the dominant effect in restricting the maximum line density that can be attained. This paper presents the results of the collected data, emphasizes the dependence on beam parameters, and introduces a probabilistic model to illustrate the effect of MKDH conditioning observed to forecast the pressure behaviour. Finally, potential countermeasures and outlook are discussed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP05  
About • Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 07 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 19 October 2023
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THBP36 Study of the Performance of the CERN Proton Synchrotron Internal Dump simulation, beam-losses, proton, synchrotron 555
 
  • T. Pugnat, L.S. Esposito, M. Giovannozzi, C. Hernalsteens, A. Huschauer, S. Niang
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • D. Domange, E. Gnacadja, R. Tesse
    ULB, Bruxelles, Belgium
 
  In the framework of the LHC Injector Upgrade project, a new internal dump for the CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) has been designed, installed, and successfully commissioned. This device is meant to move rapidly into the beam and stop charged particles over several turns to provide protection to the PS hardware against beam-induced damage. The performance of the dump should ensure efficient use throughout the PS energy range, i.e. from injection at 2 GeV (kinetic energy) to flat top at 26 GeV (total energy). In this paper, detailed numerical simulations are presented, carried out with a combination of sophisticated beam dynamics and beam-matter interaction codes, assessing the behaviour of stopped or scattered particles. The results of these numerical simulations are compared with the data collected during the routine operation of the PS and its internal dump.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP36  
About • Received ※ 26 September 2023 — Revised ※ 05 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 28 October 2023
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THBP52 A Python Package to Compute Beam-Induced Heating in Particle Accelerators and Applications impedance, coupling, site, wakefield 611
 
  • L. Sito, F. Giordano, G. Rumolo, B. Salvant, C. Zannini, E. de la Fuente
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  High-energy particle beams interact electromagnetically with their surroundings when they travel inside an accelerator. These interactions may cause beam-induced heating of the accelerator’s components, which could eventually lead to outgassing, equipment degradation and physical damage. The expected beam-induced heating can be related to the beam coupling impedance, an electromagnetic property of every accelerator device. Accounting for beam-induced heating is crucial both at the design phase of an accelerator component and for gaining an understanding of devices¿ failures. In this paper, an in-house developed Python tool to compute beam-induced heating due to impedance is introduced. The different features and capabilities will be showcased and applied to real devices in the LHC and the injector chain.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP52  
About • Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 09 October 2023 — Issued ※ 11 October 2023
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