Fermilab accelerator: status and development plans

Conference · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:7294969

The Fermilab accelerator has been in operation since 1972. The first operation was at 200 GeV, although the energy was soon raised to a nominal value of 300 GeV. Since July 1975, 400 GeV has been the normal energy. The machine was operated at 500 GeV in May 1976. The accelerator system is composed of a 750-kV Cockcroft--Walton, a 200-MeV linac, an 8-GeV to 15-Hertz booster, and a 500-GeV main ring. The linac injects one pulse into the booster and the booster injects the 8-GeV pulse into the main ring, each using single-turn injection. This process is repeated 13 times to fill the main ring circumference before accelertion begins. A switchyard system splits the extracted beam to 6 different external targets. There is one internal target area with 3 possible targets. The linac can also deliver a 66-MeV beam to a neutron cancer therapy facility and a 200-MeV proton beam to a radiography experiment. A project is being initiated to study electron cooling of 200-MeV protons. Upon successful cooling of protons, studies will begin on the cooling and accumulation of antiprotons. The antiprotons would be injected into the main ring and simultaneously accelerated with protons to produce antiproton-proton colliding beams. Work is in progress at Fermilab on the construction of a 1000-GeV superconducting Energy Doubler/Saver to be installed in the present main-ring tunnel. With both the main ring and energy doubler in the same tunnel, it is obvious proton--proton colliding beams will be possible. The complete system of 1000-GeV fixed-target physics, 250 GeV (main ring) x 1000 GeV (doubler) proton--proton physics and 1000 GeV x 1000 GeV proton--antiproton physics in the doubler has been named the Tevatron.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab., Batavia, Ill. (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-3000
• OSTI ID: 7294969
• Report Number(s): CONF-770709-9
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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