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Ivanyushenkov, Y.

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Quench Behavior of 18-mm-Period, 1.1-m-Long Nb 3 Sn Undulator Magnets

A novel Nb 3 Sn-based superconducting undulator (SCU) was developed and integrated into the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. The SCU achieved user operation within an accelerator environment. Compared to its Nb-Ti counterpart, the Nb 3 Sn SCU operates at substantially higher currents. Thus, a detailed experimental evaluation of the SCU magnets’ performance was necessary under both “wet” and indirectly cooled conditions to ensure its reliability during operation. Here our study indicated that the cooling method has a noticeable influence on the magnet's behavior. Specifically, energy dissipation in the magnets during quenches was observed to be greater under indirect cooling than with “wet” cooling. This investigation provided insights into the safe operational limits. Guided by these insights the more challenging high-current tests were successfully carried out at the end of the user phase. The SCU achieved the design undulator field of 1.17 T at 820 A and 4.2 K, with a magnetic gap of 9.5 mm and a period of 18 mm. Actual performance exceeded the specifications, reaching 850 A.

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Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a 1.9 m Long, 16.5 mm Period NbTi Superconducting Undulator for the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade

Superconducting undulator (SCU) technology has been in use at the Advanced Photon Source since 2013. Due to the successful and reliable operation of the existing SCUs, the Advanced Photon Source upgrade project has decided to expand the use of NbTi-based SCUs. The first new magnets to be designed and fabricated are 1.9 m long with a period length of 16.5 mm. NbTi superconductor is used for coil winding and there are four separate coils wound on the mandrel to produce the main undulator field along with end compensation and distributed dipole compensation. The magnetic design, fabrication details, assembly, and testing are described in detail.

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A PRELIMINARY CRYOGENIC PERFORMANCE TEST OF THE 4.8-M-LONG CRYOSTAT FOR SUPERCONDUCTING UNDULATORS

A 4.8-m-long cryostat has been developed to cool a pair of 1.9-m-long planar superconducting undulator magnets (SCUs). The final design and the thermal model of this cryocooler-cooled LHe-based cryostat have been completed. The cryostat is fabricated, and a preliminary cooldown test has been performed. This paper presents a comparison between measured and calculated thermal performance of the 4.8-m-long cryostat for the SCU.

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Positron Sources for Future High Energy Physics Colliders

An unprecedented positron average current is required to fit the luminosity demands of future $e^+e^-$ high energy physics colliders. In addition, in order to access precision-frontier physics, these machines require positron polarization to enable exploring the polarization dependence in many HEP processes cross sections, reducing backgrounds and extending the reach of chiral physics studies beyond the standard model. The ILC has a mature plan for the polarized positron source based on conversion in a thin target of circularly polarized gammas generated by passing the main high energy e-beam in a long superconducting helical undulator. Compact colliders (CLIC, C3 and advanced accelerator-based concepts) adopt a simplified approach and currently do not plan to use polarized positrons in their baseline design, but could greatly benefit from the development of compact alternative solutions to polarized positron production. Increasing the positron current, the polarization purity and simplifying the engineering design are all opportunities where advances in accelerator technology have the potential to make a significant impact. This white-paper describes the current status of the field and provides R&D short-term and long-term pathways for polarized positron sources.

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A Preliminary Thermal Model of the LHe-based SCAPE Cryostat

The SCAPE (SuperConducting Arbitrarily Polarizing Emitter) undulator is under development at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). This new undulator requires a cryostat that will be designed based on expected heat loads. For instance, the expected heating of the beam chamber by electron beam is estimated to be at a level of 182 W – much higher than in planar SCUs. This and other challenges require careful thermal analysis of the LHe-based SCAPE cryostat. A detailed thermal model of the LHe-based SCAPE cryostat has been created in ANSYS. This paper presents calculated cooling capacity and temperatures of the SCAPE cryostat for the static and dynamic heat loads. Index Terms—SCAPE (SuperConducting Arbitrarily Polarizing Emitter), cryocooler, LHe, thermal isolation, thermal conductance.

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Conceptual Design of a Conduction-Cooled Superconducting Undulator

In superconducting undulators (SCUs) that are currently operating at the Advanced Photon Source, the undulator magnets are indirectly cooled with liquid helium penetrating through channels in the magnet cores. The liquid helium is stored in a tank that is cooled by cryocoolers. However, a cryogen-free version of a superconducting undulator in which the undulator magnets are conduction-cooled is also possible, as has been realized in the SCUs developed at ANKA. We are currently working on a conceptual design of a conduction-cooled planar superconducting undulator. The measured load lines of cryocoolers and the measured thermal conductance of various thermal links are used in the thermal analysis. Also, various materials for the undulator magnet cores are being considered. This paper reports the thermal design of a conduction-cooled planar SCU.

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