Tuning of Multicell Superconducting Accelerating Cavities using Pressurized Balloons

Plastic tuning of multicell superconducting accelerating cavities is crucial in the development cycle of cavities for particle accelerators. Cavities must meet stringent requirements regarding the operating mode frequency, field flatness, and eccentricity before lining them up in a cryomodule string...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-01
Main Authors: Awida, Mohamed H, Passarelli, Donato, Castellari, Marco, Tesi, Alessandro, Khabiboulline, Timergali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Balloons
Holes
Particle accelerators
Superconductivity
Tuning
Vessels
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Summary:Plastic tuning of multicell superconducting accelerating cavities is crucial in the development cycle of cavities for particle accelerators. Cavities must meet stringent requirements regarding the operating mode frequency, field flatness, and eccentricity before lining them up in a cryomodule string. After dressing bare cavities with helium vessels, the welded vessel prevents access to individual cavity cells disallowing any further localized tuning. Currently, there is no straightforward way to tune dressed cavities other than cutting the vessel and then tuning the bare cavity and dressing it back, which would significantly impact cost and schedule. In this paper, we present a novel tuning technique for already jacketed cavities that is non-invasive and cost-effective. The proposed scheme employs pressurized balloons to be temporarily deployed inside the cavity as a means to localize mechanical deformation in specific cells. The proposed tuning technique was successfully utilized to recover a 9-cell 1.3 GHz tesla-style cavity.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2201.10969