CEBAF: Project Status and Front End Test Results

Sinclair, Charles

Title: CEBAF: Project Status and Front End Test Results

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Construction of the CEBAF five-pass recirculating linear accelerator is in the final stages of installation and subsystem commissioning. First beam to an experimental hall is planned for early 1994. The current project status is briefly reviewed. The front end accelerator, a 45 MeV linac composed of a 5 MeV superconducting injector and two standard CEBAF accelerator cryomodules, each containing eight 5-cell, 1497 MHz superconducting cavities, has been in operation over 3000 hours for commissioning studies. The cavities are operated at an average accelerating gradient of 5 MeV/m. This accelerator has delivered 45 MeV, 200 micro-amp CW beam with both transverse and longitudinal emittances meeting design specifications. CW beam has been recirculated through the two cryomodules to reach a final energy of 80 MeV. Energy recovery at an average accelerating gradient of 5 MeV/m has also been accomplished with CW beam. The recirculation experiment demonstrates that the full CEBAF accele

Authors:: Sinclair, Charles

Publication Date:: Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

Research Org.:: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 954318

Report Number(s):: CEBAF-PR-92-25
TRN: US201014%%1106

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-84ER40150

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Invited Talk compiled for 16th international LINAC conference, Ottawa (Canada), 23-28 Aug 1992

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATORS; CAVITIES; CEBAF ACCELERATOR; COMMISSIONING; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; ENERGY RECOVERY; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; SPECIFICATIONS

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  abstractNote = {Construction of the CEBAF five-pass recirculating linear accelerator is in the final stages of installation and subsystem commissioning. First beam to an experimental hall is planned for early 1994. The current project status is briefly reviewed. The front end accelerator, a 45 MeV linac composed of a 5 MeV superconducting injector and two standard CEBAF accelerator cryomodules, each containing eight 5-cell, 1497 MHz superconducting cavities, has been in operation over 3000 hours for commissioning studies. The cavities are operated at an average accelerating gradient of 5 MeV/m. This accelerator has delivered 45 MeV, 200 micro-amp CW beam with both transverse and longitudinal emittances meeting design specifications. CW beam has been recirculated through the two cryomodules to reach a final energy of 80 MeV. Energy recovery at an average accelerating gradient of 5 MeV/m has also been accomplished with CW beam. The recirculation experiment demonstrates that the full CEBAF accele},

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