Focusing solenoid for the front end of a linear RF accelerator

Author

Terechkine, I. ; Kashikhin, V.V. ; Page, T. ; Tartaglia, M. ; Tompkins, J.

Author_Institution

FNAL, Batavia

fYear

2007

fDate

25-29 June 2007

Firstpage

473

Lastpage

475

Abstract

A prototype of a superconducting focusing solenoid for use in an RF linac has been built and tested at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL). The solenoid is comprised of the main coil, two bucking coils, two dipole corrector windings, and a low carbon steel flux return. At the excitation current of 250 A, the magnetic field reaches 7.2 T in the center of the solenoid and is less than 5 G on the axis at a distance of 150 mm from the center. The length of the solenoid is 150 mm; the length of a cryovessel for the solenoid with a 20 mm diameter "warm" bore is 270 mm. This paper presents the main design features of the focusing solenoid and discusses results from tests of the solenoid.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; solenoids; superconducting coils; windings; FNAL; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; bucking coils; carbon steel flux; cryovessel; dipole corrector windings; excitation current; linear RF accelerator; magnetic field; proton RF linac; prototype solenoids; superconducting focusing solenoid; Acceleration; Laboratories; Life estimation; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Solenoids; Superconducting coils; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0916-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2007.4440249

Filename

4440249