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The first operation of 56 MHz srf cavity in RHIC

  • Q. Wu
  • , S. Belomestnykh
  • , I. Ben-Zvi
  • , M. Blaskiewicz
  • , L. Desanto
  • , D. Goldberg
  • , M. Harvey
  • , T. Hayes
  • , G. McIntyre
  • , K. Mernick
  • , P. Orfin
  • , S. Seberg
  • , F. Severino
  • , K. Smith
  • , R. Than
  • , A. Zaltsman
  • Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

A 56 MHz superconducting RF cavity has been designed, fabricated and installed in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC). The cavity operates at 4.4 K with a "quiet helium source" to isolate the cavity from environmental acoustic noise. The cavity is a beam driven quarter wave resonator. It is detuned and damped during injection and acceleration cycles and is brought to operation only at store energy. For a first test operation, the cavity voltage was stabilized at 300 kV with full beam current. Within both Au + Au and asymmetrical Au + He3 collisions, luminosity improvement was detected from direct measurement, and the hourglass effect was reduced. One higher order mode (HOM) coupler was installed on the cavity. We report in this paper on our measurement of a broadband HOM spectrum excited by the Au beam.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2015
PublisherJoint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages3767-3769
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9783954501687
StatePublished - 2015
Event6th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2015 - Richmond, United States
Duration: May 3 2015May 8 2015

Publication series

Name6th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2015

Conference

Conference6th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityRichmond
Period05/3/1505/8/15

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