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1 RF R&D (Issues) for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Derun Li Center for Beam Physics Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Nufact-08, Valencia, Spain July 1st 2008 July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

2 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Outline Introduction RF cavity for muon Ionization Cooling Experimental study program 805 MHz cavity design and fabrication Achievable accelerating gradient in strong magnetic fields Button tests with different materials and coatings Thin beryllium windows for RF cavity Curved thin beryllium windows 201 MHz Cavity Program Cavity design concept Fabrication techniques Preliminary high power test results of the cavity Summary July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

3 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
NF Ingredients Neutrino Factory comprises Proton Driver Primary beam on production target Target, Capture, and Decay Create π; decay into µ Bunching and Phase Rotation Conditioning: reduce E of bunch Cooling (Ionization Cooling) Reduce transverse emittance MICE Acceleration 130 MeV ~ 20–50 GeV Storage Ring Long straight 50 100 m High gradient and low frequency RF cavities are needed, and they must be normal conducting and work in strong magnetic fields July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

4 Muon Ionization Cooling
Liquid Hydrogen Absorbers SC magnets SC magnets Muon beam Muon beam Low Frequency NC RF Cavities 4-D Cooling: High gradient RF cavities to compensate for lost longitudinal energy Strong magnetic field to confine muon beams Energy loss in LH2 absorbers Goal: Development of NC 201-MHz cavity operating at ~ 16 MV/m (~ 30 MV/m at 805-MHz) in a few-Tesla solenoidal B field July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

5 RF Cavities in a Muon Ionization Cooling Channel
LH2 Absorber Eight 201-MHz RF cavities LH2 Absorber RFCC modules MICE Cooling Channel Courtesy of S. Q. Yang, Oxford Univ. July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

6 RFCC Module for MICE (Engineering Design)
SC coupling Coil Cavity Couplers Vacuum Pump 201-MHz cavity Curved Be window July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

7 RF Cavity for Muon Ionization Cooling Channel
Requirements of RF cavity for muon ionization cooling channel High cavity shunt impedance, high gradient and high field Gradient at 201 MHz: ~ 16.5 MV/m (Kilpatrick criterion: 15 MV/m) Gradient at 805 MHz: ~ 30 MV/m (Kilpatrick criterion: 26 MV/m) Pillbox-like RF cavity with closed iris (iris terminated by curved thin Be windows) Higher shunt impedance Independent phase control, higher transit factor Lower peak surface field Highest Possible Gradient of Normal Conducting RF Cavity July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

8 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Cooling R&D Programs Normal conducting RF cavity studies Goals: Design and build high gradient RF cavities to explore engineering challenges and develop technical solutions Operate the cavity in strong magnetic field to learn RF conditioning and operation in strong magnetic fields, and explore the gradient limits; RF breakdown physics (Palmer’s talk)  solutions & improve or update the cooling channel designs Programs: Experimental studies at 805 MHz using a pillbox cavity with curved thin beryllium (Be) windows Tests are being conducting at MTA (MuCool Test Area) 201 MHz cavity design, fabrication and tests Be windows R&D (for both 201- & 805-MHz cavities) Thermal and mechanical stabilities at high accelerating gradients Scattering and limits SC solenoids (coupling magnets) July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

9 Review of Experimental RF Program at 805-MHz
805-MHz pillbox cavity design, fabrication and tests July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

10 Experimental Programs
Development of the 805-MHz Pillbox cavity Design and fabrication of the cavity Highest possible shunt impedance and high acceleration gradient at the order of ~ 30+ MV/m Allowing for testing of Be windows with different thickness, coatings, and other windows as well Copper windows, flat Be windows, and curved Be windows Study RF cavity operation and conditioning under the influence of strong external magnetic fields (a few Tesla) at both the solenoid and gradient modes Be windows R&D Mechanical stabilities under RF heating Prototype and FEA modeling Evolutions of Be windows July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

11 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Test Setup at MTA Conditioning and operation of the cavity in strong magnetic field (up to 5-T) and searching for materials and coatings that will withstand high peak electric fields in magnetic fields SC Solenoid 805 MHz pillbox cavity inside the SC solenoid Up to 12 MW peak power Tests of curved thin beryllium windows Tests of buttons with local field enhancement; different materials and coatings Materials tested Cu w. TiN coatings W, Mo More buttons are available Demountable button July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

12 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Experimental Results We have conducted experimental studies at 805 MHz at MTA, FNAL Open 5-cell cavity reached 25 MV/m gradient (54 MV/m surface field) Large dark current with surface and window damage Pillbox cavity test exceeded its design gradient of 30 MV/m with no magnetic field and reached up to 40 MV/m Thin Be windows with TiN-coated surface have been tested versus magnetic fields up to 4 Tesla No surface damage was found on the Be windows Little multipacting was observed; achievable accelerating gradient limit is a function of the external magnetic field Achievable gradients degrade with the increase of magnetic field July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

13 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Button Test Results Molybdenum buttons Ti-N Cu buttons – LBNL TiN_Cu #2 July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

14 201-MHz cavity design, fabrication and tests
201-MHz RF Cavity R&D 201-MHz cavity design, fabrication and tests July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

15 The Cavity Body Profile
Spherical section at the equator to ease addition of ports (±~ 6.5o) Elliptical-like (two circles) nose to reduce peak surface field Stiffener ring 2o tilt angle 42-cm 6-mm Cu sheet allows for uses of spinning technique and mechanical tuners similar to SCRF ones 121.7-cm De-mountable Pre-curved Be windows to terminate RF fields at the iris Low peak surface E-field at iris RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

16 Cavity Design Parameters
The cavity design parameters Frequency: MHz β = 0.87 Shunt impedance (VT2/P): ~ 22 MΩ/m Quality factor (Q0): ~ 53,500 Be window diameter and thickness: 42-cm and 0.38-mm Nominal parameters for MICE and cooling channels in a neutrino factory 8 MV/m (~16 MV/m) peak accelerating field Peak input RF power: 1 MW (~4.6 MW) per cavity Average power dissipation per cavity: 1 kW (~8.4 kW) Average power dissipation per Be window: 12 watts (~100 watts) RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

17 201 MHz Cavity Concept Spinning of half shells using thin copper sheets and e-beam welding to join the shells; extruding of four ports; each cavity has two pre-curved Beryllium windows, but also accommodates different windows RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

18 Fabrication of the MuCool Cavity
Two 6-mm thick copper shells are formed from annealed, flat sheet using a spinning technique Two half shells are e-beam welded together at equator to form the cavity Separate copper nose piece rings are e-beam welded to cavity iris (aperture) RF and vacuum ports are formed by pulling a die through a hole cut across the equator weld (extruding) Externally brazed tubes provide cooling Cavity inside surfaces are finished by mechanically buffing and electro-polishing Two thin, pre-curved beryllium windows are mounted on cavity aperture Cavity is mounted between two thick aluminum vacuum support plates RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

19 Curved Be Windows for 201-MHz Cavity
We have two successful windows 21-cm and 0.38-mm thick “Good” braze (between annular frames and foil) Thin TiN coatings Windows installed pointing to the same direction in the cavity Already high power tested in 201-MHz cavity 42-cm July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

20 RF Test Setup at MTA The 805-MHz and 201-MHz cavities at MTA, FNAL for RF breakdown studies with external magnetic fields. 201 MHz cavity 805 MHz pillbox cavity RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

21 High Power RF Tests with Cu & Be Windows
The cavity was first tested with flat copper windows and reached ~ 16 MV/m quickly and quietly The cavity then was tested with thin and curved Be windows and again reached to ~19 MV/m quickly Cavity frequency had to be retuned Cavity frequency was stable during the operation, however, we did observe frequency shift due to RF heating on the windows Frequency shift of ~ 125 kHz (from 0 to ~ 19 MV/m, 150-micro-second pulse, 10-Hz repetition rate) in ~ 10 minutes, well within the tuning range (230 kHz/mm per side,  2-mm range) With a few hundred Gauss stray field from Lab-G magnet, the cavity gradient can be maintained at 19 MV/m To test with stronger external magnetic fields Move the cavity closer to Lab-G magnet SC coupling coil for MuCool RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

22 Tests with Stronger Magnetic Fields
New vacuum pumping system Separation of the nearest curved Be window from the face of Lab-G magnet is 10-cm (before was 110-cm) Maximum magnetic field near the Be window 1.5 Tesla (at 5 Tesla in magnet) Test Results: Multipactoring was observed over the entire magnetic field range up to 1.1-T at nearest Be window A strong correlation exists between cavity vacuum and radiation levels We have achieved ~ 14 MV/m at 0.75-T to the nearest curved thin Be window The test results are very encouraging, data analysis is being conducted The 201-MHz cavity Lab-G magnet RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels Derun Li - Lawrence Berkeley National Lab - July 1, 2008

23 Numerical Study with B Field
Preliminary studies, in collaboration with Dr. Z. Li and his colleagues at SLAC using Omega-3P and Track-3P codes Cavity with flat windows: 5 MV/m on axis; 2-T uniform external magnetic field; scan of a few points from one cavity side Trajectories without external B field Trajectories with external B = 2-T field E field contour July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

24 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels
Summary R&D Programs Normal Conducting RF cavity R&D Be window R&D Experimental studies at 805 MHz using the pillbox cavity with buttons at MTA The 201 MHz test cavity fabrication completed; tests will continue Reached 16 MV/m quickly with Cu windows and without magnetic fields Reached ~ 19 MV/m quickly again with curved and thin Be windows in low stray magnetic field and ~ 14 MV/m in stronger stray magnetic fields Tests with SC coupling magnetic fields and beam Understanding RF breakdown in strong magnetic field and gradient limits, plans are being developed (Palmer’s talk) RF breakdown model and predictions Magnetic shielding July 1, 2008 D. Li – RF R&D for Muon Ionization Cooling Channels

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