Author: Xu, T.
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MOPA83 Automation of Superconducting Cavity and Superconducting Magnet Operation for FRIB 239
 
  • W. Chang, Y. Choi, X.-J. Du, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, S.R. Kunjir, H. Nguyen, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The superconducting (SC) driver linac for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a heavy-ion accelerator that accelerate ions to 200 MeV per nucleon. The linac has 46 cryomodules that contain 324 SC cavities and 69 SC solenoid packages. For linac operation with high availability and high reliability, automation is essential for such tasks as fast device turn-on/off, fast recovery from trips, and real-time monitoring of operational performance. We have implemented several automation algorithms, including one-button turn-on/off of SC cavities and SC magnets; automated degaussing of SC solenoids; mitigation of field emission-induced multipacting during recovery from cavity trips; and real-time monitoring of the cavity field level calibration. The design, development, and operating experience with automation will be presented.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2022-MOPA83  
About • Received ※ 02 August 2022 — Revised ※ 03 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 06 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 26 August 2022
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MOPA84 Superconducting Cavity Commissioning for the FRIB Linac 242
 
  • W. Chang, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, S.R. Kunjir, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The superconducting driver linac for the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a heavy ion accelerator that has 46 cryomodules with 324 superconducting (SC) cavities that accelerate ions to 200 MeV per nucleon. Linac commissioning was done in multiple phases, in parallel with technical installation. Ion beam have now been accelerated to the design energy through the full linac; rare isotopes were first produced in December 2021; and the first user experiment was completed in May 2022. All cryomodules were successfully commissioned. Cryomodule commissioning included establishing the desired cavity fields, measuring field emission X-rays, optimizing the tuner control loops, measuring the cavity dynamic heat load, and confirming the low-level RF control (amplitude and phase stability). Results on cryomodule commissioning and cryomodule performance will be presented.  
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About • Received ※ 13 July 2022 — Revised ※ 02 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 13 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 05 September 2022
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MOPA85 Design of a 185.7 MHz Superconducting RF Photoinjector Quarter-Wave Resonator for the LCLS-II-HE Low Emittance Injector 245
 
  • S.H. Kim, W. Hartung, T. Konomi, S.J. Miller, M.S. Patil, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Adolphsen, L. Ge, F. Ji, J.W. Lewellen, L. Xiao
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen, P. Piot
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • P. Piot
    Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515.
A 185.7 MHz superconducting quarter-wave resonator (QWR) was designed for the low emittance injector of the Linac Coherent Light Source high energy upgrade (LCLS-II-HE). The cavity was designed to minimize the risk of cathode efficiency degradation due to multipacting or field emission and to operate with a high RF electric field at the cathode for low electron-beam emittance. Cavity design features include: (1) shaping of the cavity wall to reduce the strength of the low-field coaxial multipacting barrier; (2) four ports for electropolishing and high-pressure water rinsing; and (3) a fundamental power coupler (FPC) port located away from the accelerating gap. The design is oriented toward minimizing the risk of particulate contamination and avoid harmful dipole components in the RF field. The ANL 162 MHz FPC design for PIP-II is being adapted for the gun cavity. We will present the RF design of the cavity integrated with the FPC.
 
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About • Received ※ 03 August 2022 — Revised ※ 09 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 11 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 30 August 2022
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MOPA86 Conditioning of Low-Field Multipacting Barriers in Superconducting Quarter-Wave Resonators 249
 
  • S.H. Kim, W. Chang, W. Hartung, J.T. Popielarski, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  Funding: This is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661, the State of Michigan and Michigan State University.
Multipacting (MP) barriers are typically observed at very low RF amplitude, at a field 2 to 3 orders of magnitude below the operating gradient, in low-frequency (<~100 MHz), quarter-wave resonators (QWRs). Such barriers may be troublesome, as RF conditioning with a fundamental power coupler (FPC) of typical coupling strength (external Q = 106 to 107) is generally difficult. For the FRIB \beta = 0.085 QWRs (80.5 MHz), the low barrier is observed at an accelerating gradient (Eacc) of ~10 kV/m; the operating Eacc is 5.6 MV/m. Theoretical and simulation studies suggested that the conditioning is difficult due to the relatively low RF power dissipated into multipacting rather than being a problem of the low barrier being stronger than other barriers. We developed a single-stub coaxial FPC matching element for external adjustment of the external Q by one order of magnitude. The matching element provided a significant reduction in the time to condition the low barrier. We will present theoretical and simulation studies of the low MP barrier and experimental results on MP conditioning with the single-stub FPC matching element.
 
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About • Received ※ 03 August 2022 — Revised ※ 09 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 11 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 21 August 2022
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MOPA87 Design of the Cathode Stalk for the LCLS-II-HE Low Emittance Injector 253
 
  • T. Konomi, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, S.J. Miller, D.G. Morris, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, A. Taylor, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Adolphsen, J.W. Lewellen
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • S. Gatzmaga, P. Murcek, R. Xiang
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
 
  Superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) electron guns are attractive for delivery of beams at a high bunch repetition rate with a high accelerating field. An SRF gun is the most suitable injector for the high-energy upgrade of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS-II-HE), which will produce high-energy X-rays at high repetition rate. An SRF gun is being developed for LCLS-II-HE as a collaborative effort by FRIB, HZDR, ANL, and SLAC. The cavity operating frequency is 185.7 MHz, and the target accelerating field at the photocathode is 30 MV/m. The photocathode is replaceable. The cathode is held by a fixture (’cathode stalk’) that is designed for thermal isolation and particle-free cathode exchange. The stalk must allow for precise alignment of the cathode position, cryogenic or room-temperature cathode operating temperature, and DC bias to inhibit multipacting. We are planning a test of the stalk to confirm that the design meets the requirements for RF power dissipation and biasing. In this presentation, we will describe the cathode stalk design and RF/DC stalk test plan.  
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About • Received ※ 04 August 2022 — Revised ※ 11 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 18 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 September 2022
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MOPA91 Plasma Processing of Superconducting Quarter-Wave Resonators Using a Higher-Order Mode 267
 
  • W. Hartung, W. Chang, K. Elliott, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, J.T. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
 
  The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) is a superconducting ion linac with acceleration provided by 104 quarter-wave resonators (QWRs) and 220 half-wave resonators (HWRs); FRIB user operations began in May 2022. Plasma cleaning is being developed as a method to mitigate possible future degradation of QWR or HWR performance: in-situ plasma cleaning represents an alternative to removal and disassembly of cryomodules for refurbishment of each cavity via repeat etching and rinsing. Initial measurements were done on a QWR and an HWR with room-temperature-matched input couplers to drive the plasma via the fundamental mode. Subsequent plasma cleaning tests were done on two additional FRIB QWRs using the fundamental power coupler (FPC) to drive the plasma. When using the FPC, a higher-order mode (HOM) at 5 times the accelerating mode frequency was used to drive the plasma. Use of the HOM allowed for less mismatch at the FPC and hence lower field in the coupler relative to the cavity. A neon-oxygen gas mixture was used for plasma generation. Before and after cold tests showed a significant reduction in field emission X-rays after plasma cleaning. Results will be presented.  
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About • Received ※ 12 August 2022 — Revised ※ 16 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 25 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 16 September 2022
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WEPA03 Status of the SLAC/MSU SRF Gun Development Project 623
 
  • J.W. Lewellen, C. Adolphsen, R. Coy, L. Ge, F. Ji, M.J. Murphy, L. Xiao
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • A. Arnold, S. Gatzmaga, P. Murcek, R. Xiang
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • Y. Choi, C. Compton, X.-J. Du, D.B. Greene, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, S.J. Miller, D.G. Morris, M.S. Patil, J.T. Popielarski, L. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: US Department of Energy.
The LCLS-II-HE project at SLAC is intended to increase the photon energy reach of the LCLS-II FEL to at least 20 keV. In addition to upgrading the undulator system, and increasing the electron beam energy to 8 GeV, the project will also construct a low-emittance injector (LEI) in a new tunnel. To achieve the LEI emittance goals, a low-MTE photocathode will be required, as will on-cathode electric fields up to 50% higher than those achievable in the current LCLS-II photoinjector. The beam source for the LEI will be based around a superconducting quarterwave cavity resonant at 185.7 MHz. A prototype gun is currently being designed and fabricated at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University. This paper presents the performance goals for the new gun design, an overview of the prototype development effort, current status, and future plans including fabrication of a "production" gun for the LEI.
 
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About • Received ※ 21 July 2022 — Revised ※ 28 July 2022 — Accepted ※ 08 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 11 August 2022
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