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View article: First results of AUP Nb3Sn quadrupole horizontal tests
First results of AUP Nb3Sn quadrupole horizontal tests Open
The Large Hadron Collider will soon undergo an upgrade to increase its luminosity by a factor of ~10. A crucial part of this upgrade will be replacement of the NbTi final focus magnets with Nb3Sn magnets that achieve a ~50% increase in the…
View article: Analysis of the MQXFA Low Beta Quadrupoles for HL-LHC after 50% magnet assembly complete +
Analysis of the MQXFA Low Beta Quadrupoles for HL-LHC after 50% magnet assembly complete + Open
The US HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project (AUP) is fabricating the MQXFA magnets to be used in the Q1 and Q3 Inner Triplet elements of the High Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC). This is the first production of Nb3Sn magnets for a particle accelerat…
View article: Challenges and Lessons Learned From Fabrication, Testing, and Analysis of Eight MQXFA Low Beta Quadrupole Magnets for HL-LHC
Challenges and Lessons Learned From Fabrication, Testing, and Analysis of Eight MQXFA Low Beta Quadrupole Magnets for HL-LHC Open
By the end of October 2022, the US HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project (AUP) had completed fabrication of ten MQXFA magnets and tested eight of them. The MQXFA magnets are the low-beta quadrupole magnets to be used in the Q1 and Q3 Inner Tr…
View article: 200 MV record voltage of vCM and LCLS-II-HE cryomodules production start at FERMILAB [Poster]
200 MV record voltage of vCM and LCLS-II-HE cryomodules production start at FERMILAB [Poster] Open
standard cryomodule components are nearing completion. The first LCLS-II-HE cryomodule, referred to as the verification cryomodule (vCM) was assembled and tested at Fermilab. Fermilab has completed the assembly of the second cryomodule. Th…
View article: MQXFA Series Magnet Production Specification: US HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project
MQXFA Series Magnet Production Specification: US HL-LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project Open
The purpose of this document is to define the specifications for the structure fabrication and assembly of MQXFA series magnets to be used by the US High-Luminosity LHC Accelerator Upgrade Project (AUP). Magnets fabricated according to the…
View article: LCLS-II-HE Cryomodule Production Status at Fermilab
LCLS-II-HE Cryomodule Production Status at Fermilab Open
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is an X-ray science facility at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The LCLS-II project (an upgrade to LCLS) is in its final stages, and the LCLS-II-HE (High Energy) project is another upgrade to th…
View article: LCLS-II Cryomodules Production Experience and Lessons Learned Towards LCLS-II-HE Project
LCLS-II Cryomodules Production Experience and Lessons Learned Towards LCLS-II-HE Project Open
LCLS-II is an upgrade project for the linear coherent light source (LCLS) at SLAC. The LCLS-II linac consists of thirty-five 1.3 GHz and two 3.9 GHz superconducting RF (SRF) continuous wave (CW) cryomodules with high quality factor cavitie…
View article: RECORD FAST CYCLING ACCELERATOR MAGNET BASED ON HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR
RECORD FAST CYCLING ACCELERATOR MAGNET BASED ON HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR Open
We report on the High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) based prototype accelerator magnet capable to operate at 12 T/s B-field ramping rate with a very low supporting cryogenic cooling power thus indicating a feasibility of its application…