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Design of a 915 MHz conduction-cooled cryomodule

High-power, compact, continuous-wave (CW) linear electron accelerators with beam energies of up to 10 MeV are being considered for possible industrial applications. Conduction-cooled, superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) technology allows operating such machines at high electrical efficiency, thereby reducing the operating cost significantly. A prototype conduction-cooled SRF cryomodule has been designed and components are currently being manufactured. The cryomodule features a two-cell, 915 MHz SRF cavity, two cryocoolers, a fundamental power coupler, two magnetic shields, a thermal shield and warm-to-cold transitions. The cryomodule has been designed to be able to provide an energy gain of 3.5 MeV to a CW electron beam with a current of 5 mA. This contribution focusses on thermal and mechanical design aspects of the cryomodule.

Ciovati, G. [Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA (Unit↗

Nb$_{3}$Sn SRF Photogun High Power Test at Cryogenic Temperatures

Superconducting RF (SRF) photoguns are emerging as promising candidates to produce highly stable electrons for Ultra fast Electron Diffraction/Microscopy (EUD/UEM) applications due to the ultrahigh shot-to-shot stability compared to room temperature RF photoguns. SRF technology was prohibitively expensive for industrial use until two recent advancements: Nb 3 Sn and conduction cooling. SRF gun can provide a CW operation capability while consuming only several Watts of RF power which eliminates the need of an expensive high power RF system and saves a facility footprint. Euclid is developing a continuous wave (CW), 1.5-cell, MeV-scale SRF conduction cooled photogun operating at 1.3 GHz. Here, in this paper, we present first high power results of the gun covered with Nb 3 Sn.

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Performance prediction of the Planck sorption cooler and initial validation

Two continuous operation 18 K/20 K sorption coolers are being developed by JPL for the ESA Planck mission to provide about 200 mW of cooling at 18 K and 1.4 W at 20 K. A detailed performance prediction model has been developed to support the design process and to evaluate the results of a prototype testing.

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Cryogenic system design for a hydrogen sorption cooler

For several future space applications, long life vibration free collers are needed to cover the temperature range from 60K to about 4K. We describe the development of a novel cryogenic system capable of reaching 18K in coupled resevoirs that provide distributed cooling with small temperature fluctuations.

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