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Testing of vacuum pumps for the Accelerator Production of Tritium/Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator radio frequency quadrupole
Two vacuum systems were designed and built for the RFQ (Radio Frequency Quadrupole) cavity in the APT/LEDA (Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator) linac. The gas load from the proton beam required very high hydrogen pump speed and capacity. The gas load from the high power RF windows also required very high hydrogen pump speed for the RF window vacuum system. Cryopumps were chosen for the RFQ vacuum system and ST185 sintered non-evaporable getter (NEG) cartridges were chosen for the RF window vacuum system. Hydrogen pump speed and capacity measurements were carried out for a commercial cryopump and a NEG pump. This paper will discuss the test procedures and the results of the measurements
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The mechanical design and fabrication of a ridge-loaded waveguide for an RFQ
A Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) accelerator with an RF power input of 2 MW and an H{sup +} beam output current of 100 mAmps at 6.7 MeV, continuous duty factor utilizes twelve nearly identical ridge-loaded waveguides. The ridge-loaded, vacuum waveguides couple the RF power to the RFQ accelerating cavity. The mechanical design and fabrication of the ridge-loaded waveguides are the topics of this paper
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BEAM-PROFILE INSTRUMENTATION FOR BEAM-HALO MEASUREMENT : OVERALL DESCRIPTION, OPERATION, AND BEAM DATA.
The halo experiment presently being conducted at the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) has specific instruments that acquire horizontally and vertically projected particle-density beam distributions out to greater than 10{sup 5}:1 dynamic range. They measure the core of the distributions using traditional wire scanners, and the tails of the distribution using water-cooled graphite scraping devices. The wire scanner and halo scrapers are mounted on the same moving frame whose location is controlled with stepper motors. A sequence within the Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) software communicates with a National Instrument LabVIEW virtual instrument to control the motion and location of the scanner/scraper assembly. Secondary electrons from the wire scanner 0.03-mm carbon wire and protons impinging on the scraper are both detected with a lossy-integrator electronic circuit. Algorithms implemented within EPICS and in Research Systems Interactive Data Langugage (IDL) subroutines analyse and plot the acquired distributions. This paper describes this beam profile instrument, describes their experience with its operation, compares acquired profile data with simulations, and discusses various beam profile phenomena specific to the halo experiment
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THE DESIGN AND HIGH-HEAT FLUX TESTING OF AN INTERCEPTIVE-DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR A PROTON BEAM
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PATRAN and P/THERMAL applications for thermal modeling. [SP-100 Ground Engineering Station]
The standard that has been established over the last decade or so in performing numerical modeling for analysis purposes is to make creation of the computational grid and results presentation less time and effort consuming than the analysis function itself. Software packages known as pre- and post-processors have been developed and made available in various forms and sizes for the engineering analyst's use. These packages reduce the effort and time required of the analyst to perform pre- and post-operations on a given model. PATRAN is one such pre- and post-processing software package. PATRAN provides a large array of capabilities to enable geometric representation and creation of the analysis model. This software package also incorporates interfacing routines which enable a model created in PATRAN to be translated into the input format of many other analysis codes. This paper discusses the use of PATRAN as a pre- and post-processor and the software package P/THERMAL as the analysis code for the steady state and transient thermal analysis of a vacuum vessel. The design objective of the vessel is to duplicate the conditions of outer space and provide containment for a test nuclear reactor designed for space application. This objective creates a challenging thermal analysis effort. The use of P/THERMAL in meeting this challenge is also discussed. P/THERMAL's ability to facilitate and perform thermal analysis is recognized in this analysis task. 2 figs
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THE USE OF DISPERSION STRENGTHENED COPPER IN ACCELERATOR DESIGNS
Dispersion strengthened copper, known by the trade name GLIDCOP{reg_sign}, has found various applications in accelerator designs. Glidcop has material properties similar to OFE copper, such as thermal and electrical conductivity. Unlike OFE, however, Glidcop has yield and ultimate strengths equivalent to those of mild-carbon steel, making it a good structural material. This paper covers some accelerator components fabricated with Glidcop, material properties measured from room to brazing temperatures, and a furnace-brazing process that has produced good, consistent results with Glidcop
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INTENSE PROTON CORE AND HALO BEAM PROFILE MEASUREMENT: BEAM LINE COMPONENT MECHANICAL DESIGN
The 6.7-MeV, 100-mA proton beam being produced in the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) RFQ will be injected into a 52-magnet lattice in order to study the formation of beam halo [1]. The LEDA RFQ beam has a rms size of 1 mm. At nine longitudinal locations along the lattice an assembly that incorporates both a wire scanner and a halo-scraper assembly will be placed to make current density measurements of the beam
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THE HIGH-HEAT FLUX TESTING OF AN INTERCEPTIVE DEVICE FOR AN INTENSE PROTON BEAM
An interceptive device referred to here as a scraper has been designed and tested for use in a diagnostic device [1]. The scraper will be used to probe a proton beam in order to detect the formation of beam halo [2]. Probing the proton beam exposes the scraper to high heat fluxes on the order of 610 kW/cm{sup 2}. The high-heat flux exposure is cyclic since the beam is probed while in pulsed mode. In order to test the design repetitive high-heat flux testing has been performed on a prototype design of the scraper. This paper describes the design, analysis, and testing of the scraper
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THE FINAL MECHANICAL DESIGN, FABRICATION, AND COMMISSIONING OF A WIRE SCANNER AND SCRAPER ASSEMBLY FOR HALO-FORMATION MEASUREMENTS IN A PROTON BEAM
The 6.7 MeV, 100 mA proton beam being produced in the Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) RFQ is being injected into a 52 magnet lattice in order to study the charged-beam phenomenon known as beam halo [1]. Quadrupole magnets in the lattice are purposely mismatched to cause or amplify halo formation in the beam. Interceptive diagnostics that consist of a thin wire and a paddle type device called a scraper are placed in the beam to obtain charge-distribution data. The charge-distribution data is used to create a current-density distribution plot of the beam at the probed location [2]. This paper describes the mechanical design, fabrication, and commissioning of the interceptive diagnostic devices and the assembly that carries them