HINS Superconducting Lens and Cryostat Performance

Author

Page, Thomas M. ; DiMarco, Joseph ; Huang, Yuenian ; Orris, Darryl F. ; Tartaglia, Michael A. ; Terechkine, Iouri ; Tompkins, John C.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

19

Issue

3

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1356

Lastpage

1359

Abstract

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is involved in the development of a 60 MeV superconducting linac. This linac is part of the High Intensity Neutrino Source (HINS) R&D Program. The initial beam acceleration in the front end section of the linac is achieved using room temperature spoke cavities, each of which is combined with a superconducting focusing solenoid. These solenoid magnets are cooled with liquid helium at 4.5 K, operate at 250 A and have a maximum magnetic field strength of 7.5 T. A prototype solenoid cryostat was built and tested at the Fermilab Magnet Test Facility. This paper discusses the test results of the prototype and compares the measured and estimated performance of the cryostat. We also present the methods and results for measuring and fiducializing the axis of the solenoid lens.

Keywords

accelerator cavities; accelerator magnets; cryostats; linear accelerators; magnetic lenses; neutrino sources; particle beam focusing; research and development; superconducting magnets; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Fermilab Magnet Test Facility; HINS superconducting lens; High Intensity Neutrino Source R&D program; beam acceleration; beam focusing; current 250 A; electron volt energy 60 MeV; front end section; liquid helium; magnetic flux density 7.5 T; prototype solenoid cryostat; room temperature spoke cavities; solenoid lens; superconducting focusing solenoid magnets; superconducting linac; temperature 4.5 K; Alignment; HINS; cool-down; cryostat; magnet; superconducting solenoid;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2009.2019221

Filename

5153119