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Collector Failures on 350 MHz, 1.2 MW CW Klystrons at the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA)
We are currently operating the front end of the accelerator production of
tritium (APT) accelerator, a 7 MeV radio frequency quadrapole (RFQ) using
three, 1.2 MW CW klystrons. These klystrons are required and designed to
dissipate the full beam power in the collector. The klystrons have less than
1500 operational hours. One collector has failed and all collectors are
damaged. This paper will discuss the damage and the difficulties in diagnosing
the cause. The collector did not critically fail. Tube operation was still
possible and the klystron operated up to 70% of full beam power with excellent
vacuum. The indication that finally led us to the collector failure was
variable emission. This information will be discussed. A hydrophonic system was
implemented to diagnose collector heating. The collectors are designed to allow
for mixed-phase cooling and with the hydrophonic test equipment we are able to
observe: normal, single-phase cooling, mixed-phase cooling, and a hard boil.
These data will be presented. The worst case beam profile from a collector
heating standpoint is presented. The paper will also discuss the steps taken to
halt the collector damage on the remaining 350 MHz klystrons and design changes
that are being implemented to correct the problem.Comment: LINAC2000 conference paper THE1
A slowly rotating perfect fluid body in an ambient vacuum
A global model of a slowly rotating perfect fluid ball in general relativity
is presented. To second order in the rotation parameter, the junction surface
is an ellipsoidal cylinder. The interior is given by a limiting case of the
Wahlquist solution, and the vacuum region is not asymptotically flat. The
impossibility of joining an asymptotically flat vacuum region has been shown in
a preceding work.Comment: 7 pages, published versio
Vibration limiting of rotors by feedback control
Experimental findings of a three mass rotor with four channels of feedback control are reported. The channels are independently controllable with force being proportional to the velocity and/or instantaneous displacement from equilibrium of the shaft at the noncontacting probe locations (arranged in the vertical and horizontal attitudes near the support bearings). The findings suggest that automatic feedback control of rotors is feasible for limiting certain vibration levels. Control of one end of a rotor does afford some predictable vibration limiting of the rotor at the other end
Modification of the ECAS reference steam power generating plant to comply with the EPA 1979 new source performance standards
Detailed capital cost estimates for the ECAS and modified reference plants in mid-1978 dollars for both 250 and 175 F (394 and 353 K) stack gas reheat temperatures based on the cost estimates developed for the ECAS study are presented. The scope of the work included technical assessment of sulfur dioxide scrubber system design, on site calcination versus purchased lime, reheat of stack gas, effect of sulfur dioxide scrubber on particulate emission, and control of nitrogen oxides
Resolving Phonon Fock States in a Multimode Cavity with a Double-Slit Qubit
We resolve phonon number states in the spectrum of a superconducting qubit
coupled to a multimode acoustic cavity. Crucial to this resolution is the sharp
frequency dependence in the qubit-phonon interaction engineered by coupling the
qubit to surface acoustic waves in two locations separated by acoustic
wavelengths. In analogy to double-slit diffraction, the resulting
self-interference generates high-contrast frequency structure in the
qubit-phonon interaction. We observe this frequency structure both in the
coupling rate to multiple cavity modes and in the qubit spontaneous emission
rate into unconfined modes. We use this sharp frequency structure to resolve
single phonons by tuning the qubit to a frequency of destructive interference
where all acoustic interactions are dispersive. By exciting several detuned yet
strongly-coupled phononic modes and measuring the resulting qubit spectrum, we
observe that, for two modes, the device enters the strong dispersive regime
where single phonons are spectrally resolved.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures; revised arguments in paragraphs 3 and 8, added
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Dynamics and statistical mechanics of ultra-cold Bose gases using c-field techniques
We review phase space techniques based on the Wigner representation that
provide an approximate description of dilute ultra-cold Bose gases. In this
approach the quantum field evolution can be represented using equations of
motion of a similar form to the Gross-Pitaevskii equation but with stochastic
modifications that include quantum effects in a controlled degree of
approximation. These techniques provide a practical quantitative description of
both equilibrium and dynamical properties of Bose gas systems. We develop
versions of the formalism appropriate at zero temperature, where quantum
fluctuations can be important, and at finite temperature where thermal
fluctuations dominate. The numerical techniques necessary for implementing the
formalism are discussed in detail, together with methods for extracting
observables of interest. Numerous applications to a wide range of phenomena are
presented.Comment: 110 pages, 32 figures. Updated to address referee comments. To appear
in Advances in Physic
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