Introduction to Accelerators Overview
Saturday Morning Physics Fermilab – October 18th Particle accelerators
Particle accelerator is a device that uses electrostatic force to accelerate and electromagnetic fields to bend charge particles to high speeds and energy
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 2 What is a particle accelerator? Does anyone knows what . World’s biggest particle accelerator the name of this machine is? . 7 TeV energy , 17 miles (27 km) in circumference . 574 ft (~180 m) buried underground between the border of France and Switzerland
heat matter at temperatures last seen since Big Bang
LHC: Ulra High vacuum Order the magnitude lower than ISS space station
Very low temperatures -456o F
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 3 How many accelerators are there?
There are > 15,000 particle accelerators around the world
Only research particle accelerators are shown here. Data: ELSA [http://www-elsa.physik.uni-bonn.de/accelerator_list.html]
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 4 How do they work? Which of these particles you cannot put into an accelerator? Required elements to make an accelerator Particles Energy Control Collision Detector
e n p g l e r o e u o l c t t d t r o r o n a o n t n o m SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 5 Particle accelerators
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 6 A little bit about me… This is Originally from Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil great… What do I like… BRR!!! soccer, football, F1, ski, hiking, camping, Fermilab… relax on the beach…21F Here I come! Interval training workout Movies, concerts, plays, operas
~8,400Education miles – University later of Sao Paulo 1995 Ms in Theoretical Particle Physics 2000 PhD in Exp. Particle Physics 84F Feb ‘96 moved to US to develop my PhD work
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 7 Outline
1. INTRODUCTION 1. HISTORY OF ACCELERATORS 2. BEAM CONTROL 1. STEERING 2. FOCUSING 2. FNAL ACCELERATORS CHAIN 1. ACCELERATOR BASED EXPERIMENTS 2. BEAM DIAGNOSTICS 3. RADIATION 4. HOW ACCELERATORS ARE OPERATED 3. ACCELERATOR APPLICATIONS, TECHNOLOGY & FUTURE ACCELERATOS
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 8 Particle accelerators
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 9 Units .Energy is measured in units of electron volt (eV) . 1 eV : kinetic energy gained (or lost) by a unit charged particle after crossing an electrical potential of one volt
. However, 1V = 1 J/C , so 1eV = (1.602x10-19 C)*1 J/C DE = qV How fast is the particleelementary moving? particle 1 E = mv2 , so v = 2퐸/푚 + V=1.5V - 2 INTRODUCTION = 2푥1.5푥(1.6푥10−19퐽)/(1.67푥10−27푘푔) ≌ 1.7푥104 푚/푠 remember that velocity of light is 3x108 m/s this is only 0.006 of speed of light!!!
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 10 Electrostatic
The force from the electrical field will pull How many batteries would take to the particle and make it create a LHC accelerator? move increasing its speed
INTRODUCTION until it moves really fast.
So…does it mean that particles will be moving at
7푥1012 NO! relativistic effects Not very practical, is it? ≃ 4,000c??? 1.5 has to be considered (more later…) SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 11 Electromagnetism
When a charge particle is placed in a magnetic field, it experiences a magnetic force when the charge is moving relative to the magnetic field
퐹 퐵 (perpendicular)
푣 INTRODUCTION 퐵 Magnetic field make particles to move on a circular path
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Electrostatic & Electromagnetism
While electric fields change the energy of the particles, Magnetics fields make them making the particles move follow a circular path Lorentz INTRODUCTION faster …. Equation of motion under Lorentz force 푑푝 퐹 = 푑푡 = q(퐸 + 푣 x퐵)
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 13 Relativity: momentum & energy
Rest energy = 푚 푐 2 2 E0 0 Einstein’s relativity formula E = 푚푐 E Lorentz factor g = E mass of a moving 0 When particles are accelerated close to speed particle 푚 = g푚0 v of light, relativistic effects start counting... Normal veloci b = ty c Total Energy
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 E pc E = Ekin + m0c = 푚0푐 + 푝푐
INTRODUCTION E E0 pc E0 momentum and energy are not equal Non-relativistic p = m v p = 푚푣 = 푚0푐bg 0
E momentum and energy become closer pc High relativistic p = m0cg = E/c
E0 SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 14 Length scale …why accelerators?
In order to study small objects, the higher the energy of the probe one needs to use it ℎ De Broglie’s wavelength l = Planck constant h = 6.63x10−34J.s 푝
= 4.14x 10−15eV.s INTRODUCTION
Picture from http://www.clab.edc.uoc.gr/materials/pc/surf/ accelerators_intro.html
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Velocity as function of energy
E= 훾푚푐2
relativistic More energy can be poured into the 2∗퐸 v= particles, giving a shorter l so that it 푚 Non-relativistic probes deeper into the sub-atomic world
INTRODUCTION [MeV]
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 16 Early days…
. 1870 Discovery of Cathode Rays Tube (CRT) by William Crookes . Propagation of electrons from the cathode to the anode
William Crookes
Electrons are emitted from a heated
element (cathode) which resides inside INTRODUCTION glass tube under vacuum. Electrons are attracted to the anode and strike a flat screen coated with phosphor which glows Where was it used for? when struck by the beam of electrons Typical energies of about tens of thousands of eV
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 17 Early days… . 1895 Discover of X-Rays
. X-rays are produced as the result Nobel Prize of changes in the positions of the 1901
electrons orbiting the nucleus An X-ray tube: electrons are accelerated by electrical field Wilhelm Rontgen and generate X-rays when they First X ray made in public. Medical hit a target. Society Jan 1896 INTRODUCTION . 1897 – Cavendish Laboratory . Demonstrates that cathode rays are made of particles . measured the mass to charge ratio, . 1,800 x lighter than hydrogen atom . Discovery of the first elementary particle electron
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 18 Timeline
1890 Rutherford develops the theory of atomic scattering using alpha-particles Rutherford need a more powerful source to 1900 continue his research
Direct-Voltage accelerators 1927: “It has been my ambition to have Cockcroft & Walton & Van de Graaf available for study a copious supply of atoms electrostatic generator and electrons which have an individual 1930 1928 Gurney and Gamov predicted tunneling energy far transcending that of alpha and & Cockcroft-Walton start designing 800kW beta particles from radioactive bodies. I am hopeful that I may yet have my wish fulfilled.”
1940
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 19 Cockcroft-Walton accelerator
1928-1930 Rutherford’s Laboratory . Nobel Prize . Voltage multiplier by using a stack of1951
capacitors and switch diodes Design for 800 kV, but reached 700kV John Cockcroft E.T..S. Walton Lithium atoms split with only 400 kV protons! First device to produce an artificial nuclear disintegration
Main limitation INTRODUCTION Hard to reach ~1MV due to discharges through air and along material surfaces.
Concept design First accelerator John Cockcroft , Ernest Rutherford, E.T..S. Walton SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 20
Examples of C-W accelerators
BNL (USA) 1971-1988
INTRODUCTION CERN (CH-F) 1959-1993
FNAL (USA) 1969-2012
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 21 The Van de Graaf generator
. 1929-1933 VDG . Belt of insulating material carries electricity from a point source to a large insulated spherical
conductor. Another belt delivers electricity of the opposite charge to another sphere Concept design R. J. Van de Graaff Main limitation . Tandem Graaf Accelerator (1950) Van de Graaf cannot go . Negative ions are accelerate towards a much beyond 10-20 MV. positive terminal located
INTRODUCTION Electric breakdown in the center of a pressure tank was a . The negative ions pass through a foil the electrons fundamental are stripped, producing a limitation. positive-ion beam . The beam is then accelerated a second time away from the positive terminal
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Examples of VDG & Tandem generators
Daresbury (UK) 20MeV 1981 MIT (USA) 5MV generator 1933
INTRODUCTION 14UD 15MV ANU (Australia) Operational since 1973
Michigan (USA) 6MV Tandem Yale (USA) 1964-2011 22.4 MV Tandem BNL (USA) 15MV Fermilab (USA) SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 4.4 MV Pelletron23 Timeline
1890 Rutherford develops the theory 1927: “It has been my ambition to have of atomic scattering available for study a copious supply of atoms Rutherford need a more powerful source to and electrons which have an individual continue his research. 1900 energy far transcending that of alpha and beta particles from radioactive bodies. I am hopeful that I may yet have my with fulfilled.”
Direct-Voltage accelerators Time-varying fields resonant acceleration Cockcroft & Walton & Van de Graaf electrostatic generator 1930 1924 Ising proposes time-varying fields 1928 Gurney and Gamov predicted tunneling across drift-tubes & Cockcroft-Walton start designing 800 kW 1928 Wideroe demonstrates Ising’s principle 1929 Lawrence creates cyclotron
1940
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 24 Application of time-varying fields
. 1924 Gustav Ising, (Sweden) . proposes applying much smaller voltage in an linear
accelerator by using time-varying fields
G. Ising Particles would be accelerated by using alternating electric fields, with “drift tubes” INTRODUCTION positioned at appropriate Ising’s idea intervals to shield the particles during the half-cycle when the Ising was unable to field is in the wrong direction demonstrate the concept for acceleration
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 25 .. Wideroe first linear accelerator . 1927 Wideroe.. (Aachen, Germany) built first linac . Influenced by Ising’s 1924 paper . Particles acquire small energy increment with by repeatedly
transverse the same accelerating field
.. Beam accelerated to 50 keV R. Wideroe
Potassium source 25 kV, Resonance Acceleration 1MHZ crucial technology
INTRODUCTION Note: The drift tube length has to AC voltage increase because particles are not yet relativistic. Particle has to travel more in the shielded region
to be in phase with the
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 26 .. Wideroe linear accelerator…BUT
푣 . Period length increase with velocity l= 2푓 . Wideroe.. linac was good for low-energy heavy ions When using low frequency, the length of the drift tube becomes . prohibited for high energies . Higher frequency power sources were unavailable until after WWII e. g. 10 MHz proton accelerator
INTRODUCTION Main limitations At higher energy, the drift tube length is too long High RF frequency > 10 MHz higher power loss
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FNAL Linac 400 MeV 200 MHz CERN Linac 1 50 MeV
INTRODUCTION (40+ years of Operation) (33 years operational retired in 1992)
DESI 988 MeV LINAC III GSI LINAC (Germany) (Germany)
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 29 Cyclotron accelerator
. 1930 Berkeley Nobel Prize . particles circulate in a static 1939 magnetic field which held the particles to a spiral trajectory and E. O. Lawrence pass one and the same accelerating gap several times First original cyclotron Typical max energy : 20 MeV (proton) INTRODUCTION Main limitation Does not work with relativistic particles Magnetic field at large radius not vertical Animation from AIP SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 30 Cyclotron principle
. For a particle that moves perpendicular to the magnetic field 퐹 = 푚풂 = 푞풗푩 . Non-relativistic uniform circular motion is maintained via 2
푚푣 centripetal acceleration = 푞푣퐵 푚푣 푟 . Radius is 푟 = 푞퐵 2휋푟 2휋푚 . Revolution period is given by 푇 = = The is independent of speed 푣 푞퐵 2휋 푞퐵 and energy of the particle . Revolution angular frequency is ω = = 푇 푚 When the particle E & 푣 ↑ they INTRODUCTION What is the radius of revolution for travel with a larger radius in the a 100 GeV proton in a B=2T field? magnetic field
2 2 2 2 2푚 퐾 −27 −8 푚푣 푅 푞 퐵 푚푎푥 2 푥 1.66푥10 푥 1푥10 K = = R = 2 2 = = 18 m max 2 2푚 max 푞 퐵 1.6푥10−19 2 푥 4 Very costly to build a magnet of this extend… for higher energy the radius would be in km!! SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 31
Examples of cyclotron accelerator
Berkeley (USA) 11-inch – 1.1 MeV “The Crock” 60-inch Berkeley 60-inch cyclotron - Berkeley INTRODUCTION
TRIUMP (Canada) 520 MeV (rare isotope)
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 32 Timeline 1927: “It has been my ambition to have 1890 available for study a copious supply of atoms Rutherford develops the theory and electrons which have an individual of atomic scattering energy far transcending that of alpha and Rutherford need a more powerful source to beta particles from radioactive bodies. I am continue his research. 1900 hopeful that I may yet have my with fulfilled.”
Direct-Voltage accelerators Time-varying fields resonant acceleration Cockcroft & Walton & Van de Graaf electrostatic generator 1930 1924 Ising proposes time-varying fields 1928 Gurney and Gamov predicted tunneling across drift-tubes & Cockcroft-Walton start designing 800 kW 1928 Wideroe demonstrates Ising’s principle 1929 Lawrence creates cyclotron
1945 McMillan and Veksler Phase stability 1940 1952 Courant, Livingston and Snyder propose strong focusing
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 33 Principle of phase stability
. 1945 McMillan and Veksler independent discovered the principle of phase stability . adjusting the frequency of the applied voltage, particles were possible to accelerate to several hundred of MeV V. Veksler E. McMillan . these machines can only accelerate a single bunch of particles How does phase stability work? Particle P arrives in a gap in advance as INTRODUCTION compared to M1 will get less energy and its velocity will be smaller, so it will take more time to travel. Particle P’ arrives late in a gap compared to M1 will get more energy and its velocity will be larger so it will take less time to travel. SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 34 The synchrotron accelerator
. The synchrotron is a synchronous accelerator since there is a synchronous phase for which the energy gain fits the
increase in magnetic field at each turn
1952 - First synchrotron L. Oliphant V 3-GeV BNL Cosmotron Components of a Synchrotron
INTRODUCTION bending magnets Extraction . In a synchrotron the bending magnetic magnets field is time-dependent. RF cavity . As particles accelerate, the B field and the frequency of the RF has to Injection magnets “weak focusing” vary proportionally SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 35 Harmonic number & circumference
ring circumference: 휆푠 . the accelerating gap is shorter than the length of the RF bucket: 휆푅퐹 g ≪ 푣푇푅퐹 = distance traveled by the particle during 휆 푣 푅퐹 = 훽휆 h=1 one RF period TRF 푐 푅퐹 the RF angular frequency is an integer
. multiple of the angular revolution h=2 frequency 휔푅퐹 = h휔푠 푓푅퐹 = ℎ푓푠 푐 ℎ푐 h=4 = 휆푠= h휆푅퐹 휆푅퐹 휆푠 Hmm….I see…what is it again? INTRODUCTION Let’s take a look at the FNAL/Booster Impress your friends - Bucket is a RF structure 푃푎푟푎푚푒푡푒푟푠: 푓 = 53푀퐻푧, r = 75m 푅퐹 without beam 3푥108 푚/푠 - Bunch is a RF bucket 휆푅퐹 = 6 = 5.66 푚 53푥10 1/푠 with beam 휆푠 = 2. 휋. 푟 = 471.23 푚 - Batch is a multiple # of 휆푠 bunches 푠표 ℎ = = 84 휆푅퐹 SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 36 If life was that easy… . In an ideal world, a particle in an accelerator would happily circulate on axis of the machine forever
. what happens if the particle is deflected on the H/V plane?
푩 푩
INTRODUCTION Horizontal plane remains stable Vertical plane spirals away
Possible causes: Machine misalignment, error in magnet strength, energy error of particles, etc…
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 37 If life was that easy…
. Most of the particles in the beam are not ideal particles . Sooner or later these particles will hit the walls of the vacuum chamber and be lost
sort likely a flashlight beam, spreading out away from the source INTRODUCTION How can we keep these particles within the vacuum chambers?
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 38 Alternate gradient focusing . 1952 strong focusing was proposed by Courant, Livingston and Snyder which revolutionized synchrotron design E. Courant (left) . A way of increasing the energy without increasing the M. Livingston, size of the machine H. Snyder . Consist of an array of magnets with alternating focusing to give stability to the particle beam . First applied to 1.2 GeV electron synchrotron INTRODUCTION bending focusing at Cornell University in 1954 magnets Extraction magnets . Modern application used separated-function magnets magnets . “Optical” magnetic elements provides focusing RF cavity (later…) Injection magnets SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 39
Example of synchrotron accelerator
FNAL/Booster 8 GeV (1970-present) FNAL/Main Injector 120 GeV (1998-present) INTRODUCTION
FNAL/Tevatron
FNAL/Tevatron 980 GeV (1983-2011) CERN/SPS 450 GeV (1976-present) SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 40 Particle accelerators
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 41 Dipole magnets
Lorentz Force Centripetal Force B 푚푣2 푒푣퐵 = 휌
i B FF 푚푣 푝 I 퐵휌 = = I 푒 푒 Magnetic rigidity is the required magnetic bending strength for given radius and energy
Let’s see if you can tell me which INTRODUCTION direction these magnets bend the beam? beam 푩 푭 푩 i i i 푭
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 42 Quadrupole magnets
. In a quadrupole magnet, the force increases linearly with displacement 퐹푥 = −푔푥 Consider a positive particle 퐹푦 = 푔푦 traveling into the page
N . The force on a particle on the right side S of the magnet is to the left . The force on a particle on the left side of
퐹 the magnet is to the right INTRODUCTION N S This magnet is horizontally focusing A distribution of particle would be focused on the x- plane and defocused on the y-plane
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 43 Other n-pole magnets
N=1 Dipole N=2 Quadrupole N=3 Sextupole N=4 Octupole
1800 between poles 900 between poles 600 between poles 450 between poles General rule: poles are 3600/2n apart
Bending particles Focus particles Chromaticity High-order INTRODUCTION compensation corrections…
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 44 Alternating gradient focusing
. Alternate H/V focusing magnets
. The accelerator is composed of a periodic repetition of FODO cells
QF QD QF QD QF QD QF QD
INTRODUCTION . The ideal particle will follow a particular trajectory, which closes on itself after one revolution . The real particles will perform oscillations around the ideal orbit
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 45 Particle accelerators
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 46 What is an RF system?
.Radio-Frequency in a particle accelerator is a system intended to transfer energy to a beam of charged particles by
interaction with an electric field oscillating at RF frequency
HV power Radio-Frequency High power amplifier building blocks Low Level RF
Transmission line - power amplifier INTRODUCTION Accelerating - high voltage power Cavity - accelerating cavity - low level RF system vacuum water cooling - auxiliary equipment system
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 47 What is an RF system? (2)
.HV Power is an essential part for the RF system Many components such as HV . transformer, capacitor bank,
called “Modulator” INTRODUCTION
FNAL 200MHZ Linac Modulator
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 48 What is an RF system? (3)
.High Power Amplifier device that provides the RF power: RF tube
(tetrode or triode) or a klystron
INTRODUCTION
FNAL/Linac 800 MHz FNAL/Linac 200 MHz 5 MW Triode Power 7MW Klystron RF system Amplifier SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 49 INTRODUCTION What is an RFsystem? (4) is an What
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SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 52 Fermilab accelerator chain (until 2011)
Machine Energies Injector Cockcroft- 750 keV Walton Linac DTL + SCC 400 MeV Booster Synchrotron 8 GeV Main Injector Synchrotron 120 GeV Recycler Synchotron 8 GeV Electron Cooling Pelletron Pbar rings Synchrotron 8 GeV Tevatron Synchotron 1 TeV
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 53 Fermilab accelerator chain (after 2012)
Machine Energy Injector RFQ 750 keV
Linac DTL + SCC 400 MeV 0.99c Booster Synchrotron 8 GeV
0.71c Main Injector Synchrotron 120 GeV Recycler Synchotron 8 GeV 0.04c Muon Campus Synchrotron 8 GeV
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 54 Ion Source All starts with a simple bottle of hydrogen gas …
. The H2 gas is fed precisely into the volume between the electrodes
. a parallel magnetic field is applied to the cathode surface ION SOURCE ION
. an arc is applied between the electrodes – . e- in the arc efficiently ionize the gas to form a plasma of H+/e- . These ions strike the cathode and capture electrons which are repealed from the
cathode 퐶푠+ ions on metal increase yield H2 gas of sputtered negative ions
ANODE B
CESIUM CATHODE 퐵 ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
EXTRACTOR electrons H- SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 55
Pre-Accelerator (1968-2012)
Jim and Ray (late 60’s)
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. RFQ is a relatively new type of linear
accelerator for very low velocity region
RIL . With the vanes provide the unique function of
– both focusing and accelerating in a remarkably compact structure . Beam is accelerated by longitudinal fields and focused by RF electric quadrupole fields
determined by geometry of the structure ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
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Linac (1970-present)
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Linac Length (m) 200 m
Pulse Frequency 15 Hz ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN Kinetic Energy 0.750 400 MeV Frequency 201/804 MHz
Current 33ma High Energy tunnel High Energy Linac Gallery o N of Cavities 5 DTLs, 7 SCC SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 58 Booster (1970-present) Injection Energy : 400 MeV Beam throughput Extraction Energy: 8 GeV ퟕ. ퟓ푯풛 ퟏퟓ푯풛 ~0.3 miles circumference (now future)
Protons to Booster Neutrino ~4.5푥1012 ppp Experiment (BNB) BOOSTER 17 17 ~1.1푥10 2.210 pph
– MiniBooNE, SciBooNE, MicroBooNE Protons to support 120 GeV Beam Power = energy/time program 44 kW ~90 kW Protons to support Muon
Campus program (later) ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
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8 GeV Program – BNB & Muon Campus
MiniBooNE SciBooNE MicroBooNE Muon Experiment Experiment Experiment Campus (2000-2012) (2007-2009) (start ~ 2015) Experiments v –oscillations Short-baseline (start ~ 2016) dedicated 흈흊 Single detector measurements g-2 experiment to check v-oscillations
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR EXPERIMENTS LSND result Mu2eexperiment
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 60 Main Injector (1996-present)
Injection Energy : 8 GeV Beam throughput Ext. Energy: 120 GeV ramp 2.2sec 1.7 sec ~ 2 miles circunference (now future) Successful supported 12 푏푎푡푐ℎ푒푠 표푓 ~4.5푥1012 ppp 푝 production 푝 transfer into Recycler
MAIN INJECTOR MAIN storage Beam Power = – Provide 푝/푝 for energy/time Tevatron 400 kW ~700 kW Multi-batch “2+9” Operation Scheme Continue support $19 $19 $1D $14 $14 푝 for Test beam area 푝 for 120 GeV Neutrino program - MINOS, NOvA,
- LBNE (future) ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
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120 GeV – Long Baseline n experiment
Minos Minerva NOvA LBNE Experiment Experiment Experiment Experiment (2006-present) (2009-present) (2014-200?) (start ~ 2025)
v physics dedicated 흈흊 v physics v physics measurements requires higher
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR EXPERIMENTS Start pushing requires higher beam power for beam beam power than NOvA power than Minos ~1-2 MW ~400 kW ~700 kW (Project X)
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 62 ACCELERATOR CHAIN – Recycler/Electron Cooling Recycler
achieving higher beam power run in proton mode to assistMI in Current hasit been retrofitted to injection into the Stored Injector tunnel (above MI) Recycler resides inside the Main 2 milescircumference (1998 Recycler Energy: 8 GeV - antiprotons prior to present)
Tevatron & Electron & Electron Cooling
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Pbar-rings 1986(1986 -2011)
Energy 8 GeV Beam parameters
~ 0.3 miles circumference pulse rate ~2 sec
RINGS
RINGS - - 120 GeV protons strike a 2 batches of
target to produce lots of 푝 ~ 4.5푥1012 ppp PBAR
PBAR In ~ 10 hrs. yield
– – ~ 1-2 푥1012 푝 !!
So, ~105 proton on target produced 2 푝
푝 target design evolved over the course of the years different materials were used Current being modified to
with the most common being be used as a proton machine
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN inconel (Ni,Cr,Fe) 600 for the Muon campus Typical lifetime: 4.14E19 pot program
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Tevatron (1983(1983)- 2011)
For 28 years the World’s Highest particle accelerator Energy 1 TeV 4 miles circumference
1983 Tevatron began operations as a 400 GeV to
TEVATRON
TEVATRON
– – provide fixed target machine 1984 reached 800 GeV
1986 Begin of collider era at Fermilab by accelerating protons and antiprotons and colliding them at two collision points
& experiments
Beam is accelerated by using 8 RF cavities which ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN occupies ~ 0.3% of tunnel. The rest of the tunnel is lined with superconducting magnets and instrumentation.
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 65 Tevatron (1983-2011)
Major engineering Major scientific contributions
achievements 1,000 PhD degrees Accelerators Discover: First major superconducting Top quark and determined its mass to
synchrotron high precision TEVATRON First electron cooling system production mechanism for the top – developed for use with high-energy quark: pair and single production beam 퐵푐 meson and 퐵푠 oscillations Tevatron cryogenic system named Y(4140), quark structure International Historic Mechanical Observed: Engineer Landmark by ASMS in 1993 strongest evidence for violation of Tevatron antiproton source is the most matter-antimatter symmetry in intense source of antiprotons in the particles containing b-quark world and enabled the first p − 푝 Evidence for CP in neutral B mesons research in the TeV range Measured:
bottom quark and properties ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN Precise lifetimes of charm particles Leading constraints on Higgs boson Fore more info about TeVatron history: http://www.fnal.gov/pub/tevatron/media.html Most precise measurement of W boson mass SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 66
Protons demand going forward
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 67 Beam diagnostic . Beam diagnostic instruments are essential for monitoring and assessing beam quality Diagnostic devices and quantity measured Measured Instrument Physical Effect Effect on beam Quantity Current Magnetic field Intensity Non-destructive transformer Beam position Electric/Magnet Position Non-destructive
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN monitor field Wire Scanner Secondary Transverse Slightly particle creation size/shape destructive Beam loss Ionization Intensity Non-destructive Monitor SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 68 Beam diagnostic (1) Toroid Intensity devices used to measure a
pulse beam current Beam Position Monitor BPM Measure the center of the mass of the beam
Wire Scanner A thin wire is quickly moved across ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN the beam Multi Wire A vacuum chamber houses a paddle with wires which are kept under tension and high voltage
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 69 Running the machines .Monitoring and Control . Main Control Room (MCR) staffed 24/7/365 . > 200k devices monitored/controlled through Accelerator Control Network (ACNET) . Respond and resolve alarms . minor and major . Tuning accelerators/beamlines for efficiency . Route/provide beam to desired/scheduled experiment/studies
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN . Record events in electronic log book
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 70 Running the machines (1) . Access Control . turn off and on each accelerator &
beamline for enclosure access . Provide a single point LOTO in most cases . Issue enclosure access keys . search and secure enclosures in preparation to
resume beam when needed ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 71 Running the machines (2) . First responders . fire alarm & ODH alarms
. equipment failure . Troubleshooting . system and component . expert contact when needed . Daily Schedule . maintain beam delivery
. adjust on the fly ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 72 A taste of what looks like to be in the
Main Control Room
ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 73 Radiation at a glance
.Radiation is energy that is transmitted in the form of waves
of stream of particles. It is present everywhere!!
Ionizing comes from both natural and man-made Radiation Non-ionizing lower radiation such as radio waves,
microwaves Alpha Beta
g--rays ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR CHAIN
aluminum lead enclosures Beam
Can you give me an example of something you know that is radioactive?
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 74 Application of accelerators
Three main applications: 1) Scientific research 2) Medical applications 3) Industrial uses CATEGORY OF ACCELERATORS # IN USE Nuclear/High-Energy Accelerators 120 Synchrotron radiation sources 100 Medical radioisotope production 1,000 Radiation therapy 5,000 Research accelerators (non-nuclear research) 1,000 Industrial processing and research 1,500
APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS OF APPLICATION Ion implanters 7,000 TOTAL > 15,000
Data collected by W. Scarf & W. Wiesczycka (U.Amaldi Europhysics News, June 2000)
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 75 Application of accelerators (2)
. Irradiation pasteurization is the process used on food irradiation . Food irradiation is the process of using ionizing radiation to kill harmful micro-organisms to reduce food spoilage and mildew development 푒− beam generator (10 MeV) 훾 60 Radiant energy -rays 퐶표 US labeling X-rays (max 5 MeV)
for irradiated foods APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS OF APPLICATION Lower dose Higher dose
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 76 Application of accelerators (3)
. Medical therapy
electron linacs for conventional radiation therapy
Low-energy hadron therapy (66 MeV) Neutron therapy (NTF)/FNAL
Injector linac
Medium-energy cyclotrons APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS OF APPLICATION and synchrotrons for Quadrupole magnets hadron therapy with CNAO protons (250MeV) RF cavity Dipole magnets SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 77 Application of accelerators (4)
.Accelerator Driven System (ADS) . proton accelerator at low energy & high beam power . aim these protons to a heavy metal target and create lots of neutrons . These neutrons can drive the reaction in the reactor Picture taken from wikipedia . Continue to drive the reactor,
. Twofold application: generate energy APPLICATION OF ACCELERATORS ACCELERATORS OF APPLICATION & nuclear waste transmutation
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 78 Superconducting RF R&D
. Fermilab is the lead on SRF R&D Program
. Fermilab has been developing the infrastructure and skill set to be a key player in superconducting RF technology applications . NML facility – propose site for ASTA (Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator) . SRF technology is a highly efficient way to accelerate beams of particles . Several strings, or cavities are nestle in a vessel called a cryomodule, which bathes them in liquid helium and keeps them at the ACCELERATOR ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY ultra cold temperature . Future accelerators design involves SRF accelerator elements
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 79 Future Accelerators . PIP-II (former Project-X), a high-power proton facility
Provide MW beam power to n experiments &
simultaneously multi-GeV beam for other experiments FUTURE FUTURE ACCELERATOR
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 80 Future Accelerators (2) . International Linear Collider (ILC) Site: Japan Energy: 1TeV cm Technology: Superconduct Linac . Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) Site : Europe Energy: 3 TeV Technology; standard accelerator technology
FUTURE FUTURE ACCELERATOR . Plasma Accelerator SLAC has been building Facilities to demonstrate plasma accelerators
SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 81 Summary
Sometimes pretty crazy ideas are surprisingly good ones to make the world a better place Particles accelerators are not only used for research cancer treatment killing bacteria in food nuclear transmutation (and so many other applications that were not covered here…) Wherever life takes you, find something you think is important Do it because you are passionate about it, that you believe is worthwhile Challenge yourself Believe in yourself & Dig Deep! SMP - Introduction to Accelerators | fgg 82 Books, Webs and Lectures
1) USPAS Accelerator Schools [http://uspas.fnal.gov/] 2) Previous SMP accelerator lectures (thanks for sharing the material) 3) Connexions web site [http://cnx.org] 4) [http://cas.webhttp://www.clab.edc.uoc.gr/materials/pc/surf/ACCELERATORS_INTRO.HTML] 5) Food irradiation [http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/food_irrad.html] 6) CERN Accelerator Schools.cern.ch/cas 7) RF Linear Accelerators, 2nd edition, Thomas P. Wrangler, Wiley-VCH 8) Enertial of Modern Physics, T.R. Sandin, Addison-Wesley 9) … and I would like to thank many other outstanding references available online which helped formulate this lecture
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