Vacuum system for Advanced Test Accelerator

Conference · Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:5709118

Denhoy, B S

The Advanced Test Accelerator (ATA) is a pulsed linear electron beam accelerator designed to study charged particle beam propagation. ATA is designed to produce a 10,000 amp 50 MeV, 70 ns electron beam. The electron beam acceleration is accomplished in ferrite loaded cells. Each cell is capable of maintaining a 70 ns 250 kV voltage pulse across a 1 inch gap. The electron beam is contained in a 5 inch diameter, 300 foot long tube. Cryopumps turbomolecular pumps, and mechanical pumps are used to maintain a base pressure of 2 x 10/sup -6/ torr in the beam tube. The accelerator will be installed in an underground tunnel. Due to the radiation environment in the tunnel, the controlling and monitoring of the vacuum equipment, pressures and temperatures will be done from the control room through a computer interface. This paper describes the vacuum system design, the type of vacuum pumps specified, the reasons behind the selection of the pumps and the techniques used for computer interfacing.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 5709118
• Report Number(s): UCRL-86190; CONF-811113-49; ON: DE82010408; TRN: 82-007175
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Vacuum Society national symposium, Anaheim, CA, USA, 3 Nov 1981
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
VACUUM SYSTEMS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CRYOPUMPS
ELECTRON BEAMS
KILO AMP BEAM CURRENTS
SPECIFICATIONS
TURBOMOLECULAR PUMPS
VACUUM GAGES
VACUUM PUMPS
ACCELERATORS
BEAM CURRENTS
BEAMS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CURRENTS
EQUIPMENT
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LEPTON BEAMS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PRESSURE GAGES
PUMPS
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