ERL challenges and potential ERL-based colliders
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Hutton, Andrew↗
Engineering topics
Hutton, Andrew
Publications and source records attributed to Hutton, Andrew.
Energy-recovery linacs for energy-efficient particle acceleration
Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) are inherently energy-efficient because the RF power needed for acceleration is recovered during deceleration. Energy recovery enables extremely high-power beams which are not economically or ecologically possible using a simple Linac. The fundamental technology is not new but has taken on an increased importance in recent years. Here in this Review, I describe the positive aspects of the technology, the areas that are under active study to improve the overall efficiency, and areas that still need further R&D. The need for validation of the entire system will be explained and the active proposals described.
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
Photon Activation Analysis in Gallium, Nickel, and Vanadium
Here this research explored the development of the photonuclear production method of 67 Cu from 71 Ga as well as 47 Sc from 51 V. Both products serve as high-demand research medical radioisotopes. Furthermore, an understanding of these reactions is significant to fundamental nuclear physics and astrophysics. Bremsstrahlung flux was induced by an electron linac and a 1-mm tungsten radiator. Irradiation of gallium oxide powder, 98.78% pure 71 Ga, and a natural vanadium foil at 30.9 MeV and 100 W for 1 h produced 64.4 ± 0.4 Bq/W·s·kg of 67 Cu and 164 ± 3.1 Bq/W·s·kg of 47 Sc. A secondary irradiation with 99.6% pure 71 Ga and natural vanadium at 31.5 MeV and 100 W for 1.1 h produced 79.8 ± 0.9 Bq/W·s·kg of 67 Cu and 136 ± 7.2 Bq/W·s·kg of 47 Sc. The photoinduced activation is promising; however, further research into optimal geometry and power is required to maximize specific activity. Natural nickel was also irradiated to serve as a benchmark comparison. Effective cross sections for each reaction were inferred.
47Sc↗
Beam Dynamics Challenges of a Far-Future ERL-Based Collider - The Ghost Collider
Beam Dynamics Challenges of a Far-Future ERL-Based Collider - The Ghost Collider In a recent paper, Valery Telnov proposed a linear collider based on twin axis cavities [1]. In a subsequent presentation, Erk Jensen proposed a modification with intra-bucket energy recovery [2], which eliminates higher order mode excitation. Interestingly, this means that there is no need for large aperture SRF cavities and high-power HOM couplers. The Ghost Collider adopts these ideas, and adds the concept of four-beam collisions (initially proposed by Joel LeDuff [3]) to remove beam-beam interactions and disruption. This concept brings up a series of new beam dynamics problems which make optimization of the parameters difficult. The presentation will describe the concept, which has a series of beam-dynamics challenges to be solved before the concept can advance. [1] V.I. Telnov, JINST 16 (2021) no.12, P12025 [2] E. Jensen https://indico.cern.ch/event/1040671/?view=nicecompact [3] Status Report on D. C. I, The Orsay Storage Ring Group, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. NS-26, No.3, June 1979
Hutton, Andrew↗
The European ERL Roadmap
Following the European Strategy process in 2019, five Roadmap Panels were set up to prepare the technologies needed for future accelerators and colliders: high-field magnets, SRF, muon colliders, plasma wakefield accelerators and Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs). The ERL Roadmap Panel, consisting of ERL experts from around the world, first developed a comprehensive overview of current and future ERLs. From this a gap analysis was carried out to evaluate the necessary R&D, which led to the development of the Roadmap. The European ERL Roadmap focused on three main aspects: 1) the continuation and development of facility programs for which no additional funds are needed (S-DALINAC in Darmstadt and MESA in Mainz); 2) technology development for room-temperature HOM damping and twin-axis SRF cavities; 3) the timely upgrade of bERLinPro for 100mA current, and 4) the construction of PERLE at Orsay as a dedicated 10MW beam-power multi-turn facility. The Roadmap also describes a vision for future energy-frontier electron-positron and electron-hadron colliders, and describes a high-quality ERL program for 4.4K SRF technology at high Q0. The presentation will address the ERL Roadmap process and results in detail.
Hutton, Andrew↗
The Concept and Applications of a Dual Energy Storage Ring
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Dhital, Bhawin↗
ERLs and Sustainability
In any new accelerator proposal, sustainability issues will be heavily scrutinized, be that in electricity and water use, the overall efficiency of the facility, including reusing the heat for other purposes (space heating, biogas production, etc.) or energy recycling. These aspects are important for all new facilities, but ERLs bring a new dimension. Directly returning the energy of an unused beam into RF that can be used for acceleration with practically no losses is a unique feature of ERLs. While not all of the energy can be recovered, the overall efficiency of the process is extremely high. This advantage starts with a reduction in the RF power needed for acceleration, which translates into smaller RF sources and their associated power transformers (reducing the resources needed for their production), and less electric power and water cooling required (reduced operating costs as well as a reduced carbon footprint). Given the inherent advantages of ERLs, it is to be expected that their sustainability profile will eclipse other colliders with similar physics potential.
Hutton, Andrew↗
ELECTRON COOLING USING A PULSED AND DITHERING BEAM FROM AN ELECTROSTATIC ELECTRON COOLER
Electron cooling continues to be an invaluable technique to reduce and maintain the emittance in hadron storage rings such as the EIC and EICC where stochastic cooling is inefficient and radiative cooling is negligible. Extending the energy range of electron coolers beyond what is feasible with the conventional, electrostatic approach necessitates the use of RF fields for acceleration and, thus, a bunched electron beam. To experimentally investigate how the relative time structure of the two beams affects the cooling properties, we have set up a pulsed-beam cooling device by adding a synchronized pulsing circuit to the conventional electron source of the CSRm cooler at Institute of Modern Physics. Using both constant and modulated synchronization between electron pulses and ion bunches, we have measured the effects of the electron bunch length and longitudinal ion focusing strength on the temporal evolution of the longitudinal and transverse ion beam profile and demonstrated the detrimental effect of timing jitter as predicted by space-charge theory and simulations. Our experiment suggests a need for further investigations of specific aspects of bunched cooling such as synchro-betatron coupling and phase dithering effects when using short electron bunches to cool longer ion bunches. However, given the comparatively long IBS lifetime of higher-energy proton storage rings like the EIC, slow dithering could potentially provide an option to save cost on the electron cooler linac.
Wang, Haipeng↗
Isotope Production at the Jefferson Lab LERF Facility (Final Report)
The project initially proceeded well, meeting all of the Milestones. However, the need to create a new irradiation area in the LERF (the initial proposal was to use the CEBAF Injector) used up a larger fraction of the budget than foreseen. A further problem arose when the hot-cell became unavailable at VCU, followed by VCU dropping out of the collaboration. This meant that we were unable to separate the 67 Cu from the gallium. We replaced this by carrying out detailed gamma spectroscopy to determine the quantity of 67 Cu produced.
07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES↗
Isotope Production at the Jefferson Lab LERF Facility
The project initially proceeded well, meeting all of the Milestones. However, the need to create a new irradiation area in the LERF (the initial proposal was to use the CEBAF Injector) used up a larger fraction of the budget than foreseen. A further problem arose when the hot-cell became unavailable at VCU, followed by VCU dropping out of the collaboration. This meant that we were unable to separate the 67 Cu from the gallium. We replaced this by carrying out detailed gamma spectroscopy to determine the quantity of 67 Cu produced. This work was published as presentations in November of 2021 by the two doctoral students (Geno Santistevan and Robert Bentley) and proceedings articles for American Nuclear Society’s topical meeting AccApp21 (https://www.ans.org/pubs/proceedings/issue-3206/), as well as in invited, expanded versions in the peer-reviewed journal “Nuclear Science and Engineering”. Geno and Robert have subsequently successfully leveraged this research to achieve “doctoral candidacy” status and are expected to defend their dissertations in the Fall of 2023.
07 ISOTOPE AND RADIATION SOURCES↗
35 years of CEBAF - Historic Review
Jefferson Lab, the youngest of the DOE Science laboratories, is now more than thirty years old, time to look back and understand how the lab has become a pillar of nuclear physics research in the world. Initially, a 2GeV conventional linac and stretcher ring was foreseen, but as soon as Hermann Grunder was nominated as Lab Director, he changed the design to a superconducting, recirculating linac. It is this accelerator, CEBAF, which has become the workhorse at Jefferson Lab, first at 4 GeV, then 6 GeV, and then an upgrade to 12GeV. The talk will follow this evolution of the accelerator complex.
Hutton, Andrew↗
Synthesizing radioisotopes using an energy recovery linac
An apparatus and method for the production of radioisotopes utilizing an energy recovery linac. The ERL system is composed of an electron beam source, multiple superconducting radio frequency cavities operating at 4.5 K, a thin radiator, a target material, and a beam dump. The accompanying method discloses the use of the ERL system to generate desired radioisotopes via target interaction with bremsstrahlung photons while allowing recovery of a substantial portion of the electron beam energy before the beam is extracted to the beam dump.
Areti, Hari↗
Transverse Deflecting Cavities to Crab or not to Crab
Explore the source record for details and available documents.
Hutton, Andrew↗
Twin-Axis Elliptical Cavity
Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) use superconducting RF cavities to accelerate the primary electron beam while the spent electron beam is decelerated in the same cavities to recover the energy. Using separate beam pipes for the accelerated and decelerated beams allows for independent focusing and better merging of the beam from the injector into the ERL. In the frame of a DoE accelerator stewardship program we have designed and built a prototype 1.5 GHz twin-axis single-cell cavity as a proof of principle. Experiences on fabrication techniques and lessons learned will be reported prior to the vertical RF testing.
Marhauser, Frank↗
Update on the MEIC electron collider ring design
The electron collider ring of the Medium-energy Electron-Ion Collider (MEIC) at Jefferson Lab is designed to accumulate and store a high-current polarized electron beam for collisions with an ion beam. We consider a design of the electron collider ring based on reusing PEP-II components, such as magnets, power supplies, vacuum system, etc. This has the potential to significantly reduce the cost and engineering effort needed to bring the project to fruition. This paper reports on an electron ring optics design considering the balance of PEP-II hardware parameters (such as dipole sagitta, magnet field strengths and acceptable synchrotron radiation power) and electron beam quality in terms of equilibrium emittances.
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
Status of the MEIC ion collider ring design
We present an update on the design of the ion collider ring of the Medium-energy Electron-Ion Collider (MEIC) proposed by Jefferson Lab. The design is based on the use of super-ferric magnets. It provides the necessary momentum range of 8 to 100 GeV/c for protons and ions, matches the electron collider ring design using PEP-II components, fits readily on the JLab site, offers a straightforward path for a future full-energy upgrade by replacing the magnets with higher-field ones in the same tunnel, and is more cost effective than using presently available current-dominated super-conducting magnets. We describe complete ion collider optics including an independently-designed modular detector region.
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS↗
Accelerator Stewardship Test Facility Program - Elliptical Twin Cavity for Accelerator Applications
Funding is being requested pursuant to the proposals entitled Elliptical Twin Cavity for Accelerator Applications that was submitted and reviewed through the Portfolio Analysis and Management System (PAMS). The PAMS proposal identifier number is 0000219731. The proposed new type of superconducting cavity, the Elliptical Twin Cavity, is capable of accelerating or decelerating beams in two separate beam pipes. This configuration is particularly effective for high-current, low energy electron beams that will be used for bunched beam cooling of high-energy protons or ions. Having the accelerated beam physically separated from the decelerated beam, but interacting with the same RF mode, means that the low energy beam from the gun can be injected into to the superconducting cavity without bends enabling a small beam emittance to be maintained. A staff engineer who has been working with non-standard complicated cavity structures replaces the senior engineer (in the original budget) who is moving on to be a project leader. This is reflected in a slightly increased engineer time and in reduced costs. The Indirect costs for FY16 are lower than the previous projection. As a result, there is no scope reduction.
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗