BNL 56 MHz HOM Damper Prototype Fabrication at JLab [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 620 Engineering and allied operations
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, D.C. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2015
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: 4 p. : , digital, PDF file.
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 268192
• Chủ đề: 1. 36 materials science; 2. 43 particle accelerators; 3. Brazing; 4. Brookhaven rhic; 5. Electron beam welding

Tóm tắt

A prototype Higher-Order Mode (HOM) Damper was fabricated at JLab for the Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collider's (RHIC) 56 MHz cavity at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Primarily constructed from high RRR Niobium and Sapphire, the coaxial damper presented significant challenges in electron-beam welding (EBW), brazing and machining via acid etching. The results of the prototype operation brought about changes in the damper design, due to overheating braze alloys and possible multi-pacting. Five production HOM dampers are currently being fabricated at JLab. This paper outlines the challenges faced in the fabrication process, and the solutions put in place.