Author: Kelly, M.P.
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MOIAA01 FRIB Transition to User Operations, Power Ramp Up, and Upgrade Perspectives 1
 
  • J. Wei, H. Ao, B. Arend, S. Beher, G. Bollen, N.K. Bultman, F. Casagrande, W. Chang, Y. Choi, S. Cogan, C. Compton, M. Cortesi, J.C. Curtin, K.D. Davidson, X.J. Du, K. Elliott, B. Ewert, A. Facco, A. Fila, K. Fukushima, V. Ganni, A. Ganshyn, T.N. Ginter, T. Glasmacher, J.-W. Guo, Y. Hao, W. Hartung, N.M. Hasan, M. Hausmann, K. Holland, H.-C. Hseuh, M. Ikegami, D.D. Jager, S. Jones, N. Joseph, T. Kanemura, S.H. Kim, C. Knowles, T. Konomi, B.R. Kortum, E. Kwan, T. Lange, M. Larmann, T.L. Larter, K. Laturkar, R.E. Laxdal, J. LeTourneau, Z. Li, S.M. Lidia, G. Machicoane, C. Magsig, P.E. Manwiller, F. Marti, T. Maruta, E.S. Metzgar, S.J. Miller, Y. Momozaki, D.G. Morris, M. Mugerian, I.N. Nesterenko, C. Nguyen, P.N. Ostroumov, M.S. Patil, A.S. Plastun, L. Popielarski, M. Portillo, J. Priller, X. Rao, M.A. Reaume, K. Saito, B.M. Sherrill, M.K. Smith, J. Song, M. Steiner, A. Stolz, O. Tarasov, B.P. Tousignant, R. Walker, X. Wang, J.D. Wenstrom, G. West, K. Witgen, M. Wright, T. Xu, Y. Yamazaki, T. Zhang, Q. Zhao, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • K. Hosoyama
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • P. Hurh
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • M.P. Kelly, Y. Momozaki
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • R.E. Laxdal
    TRIUMF, Vancouver, Canada
  • S.O. Prestemon
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • M. Wiseman
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-SC0000661.
After project completion on scope, on cost, and ahead of schedule, the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams began operations for scientific users in May of 2022. During the first 12 months of user operations, the FRIB accelerator complex delivered 5250 beam hours, including 1528 hours to nine science experiments conducted with primary beams of 36Ar, 48Ca, 70Zn, 82Se, 124Xe, and 198Pt at beam energies >200 MeV/u; 2724 hours for beam developments, studies, and tuning; and 998 hours to industrial users and non-scientific programs using the FRIB Single Event Effect (FSEE) beam line. The ramp-up to a beam power of 400 kW is planned over a six-year period; 1 kW was delivered for initial user runs from in 2022, and 5 kW was delivered as of February 2023. Upgrade plans include doubling the primary-beam energy to 400 MeV/nucleon for enhanced discovery potential (¿FRIB 400¿). This talk reports on FRIB status and progress since SRF2021, emphasizing lessons learned during the transition from beam commissioning to machine operations, challenges and resolutions for the power ramp-up, progress with accelerator improvements, and R&D for the energy upgrade.
 
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOIAA01  
About • Received ※ 20 June 2023 — Revised ※ 26 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 03 July 2023 — Issue date ※ 19 July 2023
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MOPMB049 Plasma Processing: Ignition Testing and Simulation Models for a 172 MHz HWR Cavity 219
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  • M.E. McIntyre, B.R. Blomberg, M.P. Kelly, J.T. McLain, K.M. Villafania, G.P. Zinkann
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • Z. Wei
    GIT, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
 
  Maintenance and cleaning of superconducting RF cavities is labor intensive task that involves disassembling the cryostat holding the resonators and removing them to be cleaned. At the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerating System (ATLAS) at Argonne National Laboratory, a project is underway to research cleaning the cavities in-situ by plasma processing. Previous plasma processing research by SNS, MSU, FNAL, and IJCLab has been successful in improving field emissions post processing. It is advantageous to pursue research in this method, allowing for possible use on modern ATLAS cryomodules, A-tank and G-tank quarter-wave resonators. The results presented show initial plasma ignition testing and plasma simulations for the coupled E and B fields, both done on a 172 MHz HWR cavity previously designed as early R&D for FRIB. Future plans are also included, laying out next steps to test plasma processing on the same HWR cavity and eventually a QWR.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB049  
About • Received ※ 05 July 2023 — Revised ※ 25 July 2023 — Accepted ※ 24 September 2023 — Issue date ※ 24 September 2023
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MOPMB067 Design of a Cathode Insertion and Transfer System for LCLS-II-HE SRF Gun 267
 
  • R. Xiang, A. Arnold, S. Gatzmaga, A. Hoffmann, P. Murcek, R. Steinbrück, J. Teichert
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • C. Adolphsen, J. Smedley
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, T.K. Konomi, S.J. Miller, L. Popielarski, K. Saito, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • J.W. Lewellen
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by cooperation project between MSU and HZDR RC113062 from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science under Cooperative Agreement DE-AC02-76SF00515.
Superconducting radio frequency photo injectors (SRF gun) offer advantages for operating in continuous wave (CW) mode and generating high-brightness and high-current beams. A new SRF gun is designed as a low emittance photo injector for LCLS-II-HE and a prototype gun is currently being developed under collaboration between SLAC, FRIB, HZDR and ANL. The aim is to demonstrate stable CW operation at a cathode gradient of 30 MV/m. One of the crucial component for successful SRF gun operation is the photocathode system. The new SRF gun will adopt the HZDR-type cathode, which includes a cathode holder fixture (cathode stalk) developed by FRIB and a sophisticated cathode exchange system designed by HZDR. This innovative cathode insertion system ensures accurate, particle-free and warm cathode exchanges. A novel alignment process targets the cathode to the stalk axis without touching cathode plug itself. To commission the prototype gun, metallic cathodes will be used. A specifically designed vacuum system ensures vacuum pressure of 10-9 mbar for transport of a single cathode from the cleanroom to the gun. Thus maintaining cathode quality.
 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-MOPMB067  
About • Received ※ 18 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 18 July 2023
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TUPTB001 Demonstration of Niobium Tin in 218 MHz Low-Beta Quarter Wave Accelerator Cavity 388
 
  • T.B. Petersen, G. Chen, B.M. Guilfoyle, M. Kedzie, M.P. Kelly, T. Reid
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • G.V. Eremeev, S. Posen, B. Tennis
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
 
  A 218 MHz quarter wave niobium cavity has been fabricated for the purpose of demonstrating Nb₃Sn technology on a low-beta accelerator cavity. Niobium-tin has been established as a promising next generation SRF material, but development has focused primarily in high-beta elliptical cell cavities. This material has a significantly higher TC than niobium, allowing for design of higher frequency quarter wave cavities (that are subsequently smaller) as well as for significantly lowered cooling requirements (possibly leading to cryocooler based de-signs). The fabrication, initial cold testing, and Nb₃Sn coating are discussed as well as test plans and details of future applications.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB001  
About • Received ※ 16 June 2023 — Revised ※ 23 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 27 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 08 July 2023
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TUPTB042 Latest Development of Electropolishing Optimization for 650 MHz Cavity 512
 
  • V. Chouhan, D.J. Bice, D.A. Burk, S.K. Chandrasekaran, A.T. Cravatta, P.F. Dubiel, G.V. Eremeev, F. Furuta, O.S. Melnychuk, A.V. Netepenko, M.K. Ng, J.P. Ozelis, H. Park, T.J. Ring, G. Wu
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • B.M. Guilfoyle, M.P. Kelly, T. Reid
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
 
  Electropolishing (EP) of 1.3 GHz niobium (Nb) superconducting RF cavities is conducted to achieve a desired smooth and contaminant-free surface that yields good RF performance. Achieving a smooth surface of a large-sized elliptical cavity with the standard EP conditions was found to be challenging. This work aimed to conduct a systematic parametric EP study to understand the effects of various EP parameters on the surface of 650 MHz cavities used in PIP-II linac. Parameters optimized in this study provided a smooth surface of the cavities. The electropolished cavities met the baseline requirement of field gradient and qualified for further surface treatment to improve the cavity quality factor.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2023-TUPTB042  
About • Received ※ 19 June 2023 — Revised ※ 24 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 28 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 06 July 2023
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TUPTB063 Fabrication Efforts Toward a Superconducting Rf Photo-Infector Quarter-Wave Cavity for Use in Low Emittance Injector Applications 568
 
  • C. Compton
    NSCL, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • K. Elliott, W. Hartung, J.D. Hulbert, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, S.J. Miller, M.S. Patil, J.T. Popielarski, L. Popielarski, K. Saito, K. Witgen, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • M. Kedzie, M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • J.W. Lewellen, J. Smedley
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  Funding: * Work supported by the Department of Energy Contract DE-AC02- 76SF00515
The Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HDZR), is working on the design and fabrication of a photo-injector cryomodule; suitable for operation as part of accelerator systems at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. Project scope requires the fabrication of two 185.7 MHz superconducting, quarter-wave resonators (QWR) based, injector cavities. Cavity fabrication will be completed at FRIB with contracted vendors supporting subcomponent fabrication and electron-beam welding. Fabrication will use poly-crystalline and large grain RRR niobium materials. The current status of cavity fabrication will be presented including material procurement, prototype forming, and electron-beam welding development.
 
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About • Received ※ 17 June 2023 — Revised ※ 25 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 21 August 2023 — Issue date ※ 21 August 2023
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TUPTB069 Design and Tests of a Cathode Stalk for the LCLS-II-HE Low Emittance Injector SRF Gun 589
 
  • T.K. Konomi, W. Hartung, S.H. Kim, S.J. Miller, D.G. Morris, K. Saito, A.T. Taylor, T. Xu, Z.Y. Yin
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Adolphsen, J. Smedley, L. Xiao
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • S. Gatzmaga, P. Murcek, R. Xiang
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • J.W. Lewellen
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  A SRF gun can operate CW with a high gradient and ultra-low vacuum for high-quantum efficiency, low MTE photocathodes, useful features for delivery of high-brightness, high-repetition-rate beams. For these reasons, an SRF gun based photoinjector was chosen for a proposed Low Emittance Injector addition to the LCLS-II-HE facility, which will operate CW with bunch rates up to 1 MHz. For this injector, a prototype 185.7 MHz QWR gun is being developed in a collaborative effort among FRIB, HZDR, ANL and SLAC, with the goal of achieving a photocathode gradient of at least 30 MV/m. The photocathode is held by a coaxial fixture (cathode stalk) for thermal isolation from the cavity body. The system must allow for precise alignment of the photocathode, particle-free photocathode exchange, cryogenic (55-70 K) or warm (273-300 K) photocathode operating temperatures, and DC biasing to inhibit multipacting. A prototype cathode stalk has been built and bench tests are underway to validate the design. Measurements include RF power dissipation, DC bias hold-off, multipacting suppression and heat transfer effectiveness. This paper describes the cathode stalk design and the test results.  
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About • Received ※ 03 July 2023 — Revised ※ 27 July 2023 — Accepted ※ 19 August 2023 — Issue date ※ 20 August 2023
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FRIBA01
SRF R&D for FRIB Linac Energy Upgrade with High-performance Medium-beta Elliptical Cavity CW Cryomodules  
 
  • S.H. Kim, W. Chang, K. Elliott, W. Hartung, K.E. McGee, E.S. Metzgar, P.N. Ostroumov, L. Popielarski, J. Rathke, T. Xu, S. Zhao
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • D.J. Bice, C. Contreras-Martinez, G.V. Eremeev, Y.M. Pischalnikov
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
  • B.M. Guilfoyle, M.P. Kelly, T. Reid
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Award Number DE-SC0000661. Further support provided by the US Department of Energy under Cooperative Agreement award number DE-SC0018362.
Michigan State University is pursuing SRF R&D for FRIB400 upgrade, doubling the FRIB linac beam energy (400 MeV/u for the heaviest uranium beam) using ßopt=0.65 644 MHz 5-cell elliptical cavities. We have achieved unprecedented Q₀ in this cavity class, Q₀ = 3.5·1010 at Eacc of 17.5 MV/m in a nitrogen-doped bare niobium cavity in collaboration with FNAL and ANL. The next missions are achieving such high Q₀ in jacketed cavities and in cryomodules, achieving field-emission free performance at Epeak of 40 MV/m with reproducibility, developing a compact two-window high-power fundamental power coupler (15 kW CW), and achieving stable resonance control of cavities integrated with tuners in cryomodules. In this talk, we will present progress of the SRF R&D and discuss future plan.
 
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FRIBA07 Status of the SLAC/MSU SRF Gun Development Project 1003
 
  • S.J. Miller, Y. Al-Mahmoud, W. Chang, Y. Choi, C. Compton, X.J. Du, K. Elliott, W. Hartung, J.D. Hulbert, S.H. Kim, T. Konomi, D.G. Morris, M.S. Patil, L. Popielarski, K. Saito, A. Taylor, B.P. Tousignant, J. Wei, J.D. Wenstrom, K. Witgen, T. Xu
    FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
  • C. Adolphsen, R. Coy, F. Ji, M.J. Murphy, J. Smedley, L. Xiao
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • A. Arnold, S. Gatzmaga, P. Murcek, J. Teichert, R. Xiang
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • M.P. Kelly, T.B. Petersen, P. Piot
    ANL, Lemont, Illinois, USA
  • J.W. Lewellen
    LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515
The Linac Coherent Light Source II High Energy (LCLS-II-HE) Project at SLAC includes the construction of a low-emittance injector (LEI) and a superconducting quarter-wave resonator (QWR) at 185.7 MHz. Several alternatives to a superconducting radio frequency (SRF) QWR gun were considered for the LEI, including nor-mal-conducting RF guns evolved from the LCLS-II gun design. Compared to normal-conducting designs, the combination of an intrinsically outstanding vacuum environment (for cathode lifetime), and the potential for a larger ultimate performance envelope, led to the deci-sion to pursue development of the QWR-SRF gun. A prototype gun is currently being designed and fabricated at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michi-gan State University (MSU). This paper presents perfor-mance goals for the new gun design, an overview of the prototype development effort, status, and future plans including fabrication.
 
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About • Received ※ 15 June 2023 — Revised ※ 25 June 2023 — Accepted ※ 26 June 2023 — Issue date ※ 11 July 2023
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