1. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MuCool Overview and Plans Muon Cooling R&D MUTAC Review March 16, 2006 A. Bross

2. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MuCool  Currently consists of 9 institutions from the US and Japan RF Development ANL Fermilab IIT JLAB LBNL Mississippi Absorber R&D Fermilab IIT KEK NIU Mississippi Osaka Solenoids LBNL Mississippi  Mission u Design, prototype and test all cooling channel components (SFOFO) u 201 MHz RF Cavities, absorbers, SC solenoids u Support MICE (cooling demonstration experiment) u Perform high beam-power engineering test of cooling section components

3. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MuCool  R&D Focus of MuCool u Component testing Fermilab s RF Cavities –High RF-power Testing s Absorbers –Technology tests –High power-load testing With beam s Magnets

4. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MuCool Test Area  Facility to test all components of cooling channel (not a test of ionization cooling) u At high beam power s Designed to accommodate full Linac Beam s 1.6 X 10 13 p/pulse @15 Hz – 2.4 X 10 14 p/s –  600 W into 35 cm LH 2 absorber @ 400 MeV u RF power from Linac (201 and 805 MHz test stands) s Waveguides pipe power to MTA

5. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MTA Hall Today

6. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MTA  The MTA is the focus of our Activities u RF testing (805 and 201 MHz) u High pressure H 2 gas- filled RF u LH 2 Absorber tests  Two parts of infrastructure yet to be completed u Cryo Plant u Beam Line

7. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Towards Experimental Hall Refrigerator Room Tevatron satellite refrigerator to be operated on 5 K mode and 14 K mode (3” DE, 3” WE) Helium and nitrogen Dewar Compressor Room Two 400 HP 2-stage oil injected screw compressors Heat exchanger MTA Cryo-Infrastructure Compressor Installation and piping are complete Needed for Magnet Operations and LH 2 Absorber Tests

8. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MTA Cryo Infrastructure  Our goal was to have Cryo Plant Operational by NOW  Needed signficant support from AD and PPD Cryo Groups u AD – Wet engine installation/Controls/Commissioning u PPD – Transfer line system But there was a problem  Due to resource allocation to ILC cryo work, completing the MTA Cryo by end of March did not happen u Negotiations with the Lab are in progess s Start installation effort again in earnest after shutdown cryo work is completed s New goal is to be operational late Fall u Running off 500L LHe dewars will cost the collaboration approximately $3-4k/week of magnet operation s Expensive! – Working to optimize system for most efficient use of LHe

9. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MTA High Intensity Beam MTA  400 MeV beamline for the MTA has been designed u Under Craig Moore/Carol Johnstone s External Beams Department u Developed Engineering Design s Cost s Schedule u Safety Analysis s Linac Area and Beamline s Shielding Assessment for MTA u The current beam line design allows for Linac diagnostic s High-Quality emittance measurement u Our goal is to bring Low Intensity to the MTA as soon as possible

10. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Proceeding with the MTA Beam Line  Cost Estimate: $388k (including 30% contingency) u Low-Intensity initial phase  Resources: $100k from Muon Collaboration  Requests u PPD s Pulsed Extraction Magnets: $75k in FY06 M&S s Magnet stand fab u AD – SWF for installation s Internal AD review November 30 th. The response from the committee was positive, but they asked a number of questions. A response to these questions has been prepared has submitted. s Review Committee’s final report: –It was agreed that the basic design philosophy is sound, and that the diagnostic section will be of great use not only to the MTA, but to the general Linac operation as well. Assuming that the items in the above list are addressed, and that doing so identifies no new issues, then the committee can fully support the MTA beam line design.  Modifications in Linac area have just been completed u Isolates future MTA beam line work from Linac operations

11. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MTA – Near Term Test Program  805 MHz high-power testing begins1/1/06 u TiN coated curved Be windows tests u Various B field configurations  201 MHz cavity testing begun3/06 u Major Milestone has been reached  LH 2 Absorber testSummer 06 u Second phase of testing with KEK convective absorber u This is dependent on new safety review

12. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross RF Cavity R and D ANL/FNAL/IIT/LBNL/UMiss

13. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Phase I of RF Cavity Closed Cell Magnetic Field Studies (805 MHz)  Data seem to follow universal curve u Max stable gradient degrades quickly with B field  Sparking limits max gradient  Copper surfaces the problem Gradient in MV/m Peak Magnetic Field in T at the Window

14. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Phase II of 805 MHz studies  Study breakdown and dark current characteristics as function of gradient and applied B field in Pillbox cavity u Curved Be window Test s TiN coated s Cavity has been conditioned to 32MV/m without B field s Measurements at 2.5T –So Far – stable gradient limited to about 14MV/m u Button test s Evaluate various materials and coatings s Quick Change over

15. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross RF R&D – 201 MHz Cavity Design  The 201 MHz Cavity is now operating u Recently reached 16MV/m at B=0 (design gradient!)

16. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross High Pressure H 2 Filled Cavity Work Muon’s Inc  High Pressure Test Cell  Study breakdown properties of materials in H 2 u In B field next

17. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Absorber R and D IIT/KEK/NIU/Osaka/UMiss

18. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross  2D Transverse Cooling and  Figure of merit: M=L R dE  /ds M 2 (4D cooling) for different absorbers Absorber Design Issues H 2 is clearly Best - Neglecting Engineering Issues Windows, Safety

19. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Absorber Design Issues  Design Criteria u High Power Handling s Study II – few 100 W to 1 KW with “upgraded” (4MW) proton driver s 10 KW in ring cooler –Must remove heat u Safety issues regarding use of LH 2 (or gaseous H 2 ) s Window design paramount –H 2 containment s Proximity to RF adds constraints (ignition source) u Two Design Approaches s Convective Cooling –Shown to the right s Forced flow –High power handling H 2 implies engineering complexity

20. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Convective Absorber Activities  First Round of studies of the KEK absorber performed in the MTA u GHe used to input power

21. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Convective Absorber Activities II

22. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Convective Absorber Activities III  Next Round of tests will use a modified absorber  Test u Electrical Heater u New Temperature sensors u LH liquid level sensor Absorber Body being modified in Lab 6 at Fermilab Instrumentation will be used in MICE

23. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross LiH Test Program  Produce encapsulating cast (not pressed) samples u Small disk (5-10 cm) for intense radiation exposure s At Fermilab Radiation Test Facility s Look at Material stability primarily s Temperature Profile u Large disk (30 cm) for detailed thermal conductivity studies s External Cooling + Internal Heating s Potential absorber for MICE Phase I –Non-instrumented, no cooling This will be far more involved than these 3 bullets might indicate.

24. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross Engineering Concept  SS ring with brazed cooling tubes  Encapsulated with thin SS windows u 5-10 micron  Instrumentation ports u Hermetic connectors s Temp sensors s Heater power u Gas pressure port s For decomposition under intense rad studies  Cast LiH with sensors  Encapsulate via e-beam welding of thin windows

25. MUTAC Review 3/16/06 A. Bross MuCool Plans for the Coming Year  After a long pause due to the loss of our 805 MHz RF test facility in Lab G at Fermilab, we are now up and running again u 805 MHz RF studies (with and without B field) s Be Window tests s Materials tests s Surface treatment u 201 MHz RF test program off to a Rousing start! s B field tests s Curved Be Windows  Second round of tests with KEK convective absorber  Prototype and test encapsulated LiH absorbers  IIT ME thesis student to work on flow-absorber simulation and test  Complete MTA cryo infrastructure installation and commission system  Continue installation of 400 MeV beam line from Linac to the extent that resources allow RF Highest Priority!