In the fall of 1992 at the SNEAP (Symposium of North Eastern Accelerator Personnel) a project to upgrade the ATLAS (Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System) control system was first reported. Not unlike the accelerator it services the control system will...
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ATLAS is a heavy-ion accelerator system consisting of a 9-MV tandem electrostatic injector coupled to a superconducting linac. A project now well advanced will upgrade the capabilities of ATLAS immensely by replacing the tandem and its negative-ion source...
In the fall of 1992 at the SNEAP (Symposium of North Eastern Accelerator Personnel) a project to upgrade the ATLAS (Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System) control system was first reported (1). Not unlike the accelerator it services the control system will continue to evolve. However, the ...
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The ATLAS facility (Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System) is located at the Argonne National Laboratory. The facility is a tool used in nuclear and atomic physics research, which focuses primarily on heavy-ion physics. The accelerator as well as its control system are evolutionary in nature, and consequently, continue to advance. In 1998 the most recent ...
In the fall of 1992 at the SNEAP(Symposium of North Eastern Accelerator Personnel) a project to up grade the ATLAS (Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System) control system was first reported. Not unlike the accelerator it services the control system will continue to evolve. However, the first of this year has ...
Heavy-ion accelerators are tools used in the research of nuclear and atomic physics. The ATLAS facility at the Argonne National Laboratory is one such tool. The ATLAS control system serves as the primary operator interface to the accelerator. A project to upgrade the control system is presently in progress. Since ...
The LAHET Code System (LCS) is extensively used for medium energy accelerator applications, including spallation target design and deep penetration shielding problems. Current applications include Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT), Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technologies (ADTT), LANSCE and WNR spallation target ...
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Heavy-ion accelerators are tools used in the research of nuclear and atomic physics. The ATLAS facility at the Argonne National Laboratory is one such tool. The ATLAS control system serves as the primary operator interface to the accelerator. A project to...
The Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University is carrying out an upgrade project which will lead to accelerated radioactive ion beams at intermediate energies. The project involves recommissioning a K150 cyclotron for acceleration of stable beams which will be used to produce radioactive ...
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The U.S. LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) was established to enable U.S. accelerator specialists to take on active and important roles in the LHC accelerator project during its commissioning and early operations, and to be a major collaborator in future LHC performance upgrades. It is ...
The upgrade of the CEBAF Accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV will deliver high luminosity and high quality beams, which will open unique opportunities for studies of the quark and gluon structure of hadrons in the valence region. Such physics will be made accessible by substantial additions to the experimental equipment in combination with the increased ...
The project to upgrade the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV is presented. Most of the research program supporting that upgrade, will require a highly polarized beam, as will be illustrated by a few selected examples. To carry out that research program will require an extensively ...
This article reviews six new, proposed, or upgraded accelerator facilities in the United States and Canada. All of the accelerators that are presented here in one form or fashion challenge the validity of the Standard Model of high energy physics which ``currently explains`` all experimentally know phenomena. These facilities include ...
Recent performance of Fermilab's Tevatron has exceeded this year's design goals and further accelerator upgrades are underway. The high-luminosity period which follows these improvements is known as Run IIb. The D0 experiment is in the midst of a comprehensive upgrade program designed to enable it to thrive with much ...
As part of the Low Level RF (LLRF) upgrade project at Brookhaven National Laboratorys Collider- Accelerator Department (BNL C-AD), we have recently developed and tested a prototype high performance embedded controller. This controller is a custom designed...
As part of the upgrading project of the GANIL accelerator complex, we have modified the two injector cyclotrons in order to increase their energy, which implies a larger extraction radius and a change of the harmonic mode operation from 4 to 3. The main c...
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Electropolishing has shown promising results for the treatment of Nb cavities to be used in particle accelerators, particularly in the attainment of high surface electric fields. In support of the CEBAF Upgrade project and as part of a longer-term R and D...
ATLAS, the Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System, is a project to upgrade the existing Argonne superconducting linac heavy-ion booster which began providing beams of heavy-ions for experimental nuclear research in 1979. When completed ATLAS will provide beams of heavy ions up to approximately mass 130 at energies as high as 25 MeV/A. ...
The upgrade of BNL's Alternating Gradient Synchrotron progresses parallel with the construction of the 1.5 GeV Booster with a view to completion of its major components in 1991. The initial goals of the upgrade program are: to prepare the AGS ring for acceleration of at least 5 /times/ 10/sup 13/ protons per pulse, to ...
The ATLAS facility (Argonne Tandem-Linac Accelerator System) is located at the Argonne National Laboratory. The facility is a tool used in nuclear and atomic physics research focusing primarily on heavy-ion physics. Due to the complexity of the operation of the facility, a computerized control system has always been required. The nature of the design of the ...
The Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University is currently under an upgrade process. The plan is to produce re-accelerated radioactive ion beams using the recommissioned 88'' Cyclotron as a driver and two different devices. The technique for producing radioactive species will be presented.
The ESRF has recently started an ambitious project spread over 10 years aimed at an upgrade of the accelerator, beamlines and infrastructure. Through this upgrade, we are proposing a refurbishment of the scanning EXAFS beamline BM29 and of the Energy Dispersive XAS (EDXAS) beamline ID24.
Approximately five years ago, the Safe, Secure Dismantlement program was started between the United States and countries of the Former Soviet Union (FSU). The purpose of the program is to accelerate progress toward reducing the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation, including such threats as theft, diversion, and unauthorized possession of nuclear materials. This would be ...
The following tasks for previous funding periods are sketched: LHe compressor relocation, LINAC RF electronics upgrade, tandem Van de Graaff foil changer; tandem Van de Graaff terminal pump installation; replace power transistors in magnet power supplies; new EBIS beam line vacuum system, EBIS beam optics upgrade, tandem Van de Graaff cryopumps, tandem ...
KASP (Kansas Advanced Semiconductor Project) completed the new Layer 0 upgrade for D0, assumed key electronics projects for the US CMS project, finished important new physics measurements with the D0 experiment at Fermilab, made substantial contributions to detector studies for the proposed e+e- international ...
The AGS operates a varied program of proton, heavy ion, and polarized proton acceleration for fixed-target experiments and will soon serve as the injector of these beams into the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, RHIC. The new Booster synchrotron extends the range of intensities and masses that can be accelerated. The 1.5 GeV injection energy increases the ...
This paper describes a proposed upgrade of the Bevalac accelerator complex in which the present Bevatron is replaced with a modern, strong-focusing 17 T-m synchrotron. This new ring is designed to accelerate all ions throughout the periodic table with intensities 100 to 1000 times higher than the present Bevatron. It will also provide ...
Jefferson Lab's Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) currently has a maximum beam energy of 6 GeV. The 12 GeV Upgrade Project will double the existing energy and is currently scheduled for completion in 2014. This doubling of energy requires modifications to the beam transport system which includes the ...
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) is proposing to upgrade its {approx}6 GeV cw electron accelerator (CEBAF) to 12 GeV with the purpose of extending its reach in exploring the nature hadronic matter, including the explanation for quark confinement. A plan has been developed that carefully balances cost and risk. ...
An increase of beam intensity and brightness is essential for future upgrades of existing CERN proton accelerator facilities. A first step can be an injection of H- ions from a new higher energy H- linear accelerator called Linac4 into the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB). A second step could be the complete replacement of the PSB by a ...
Grant DE-FG02-94ER14444 was obtained from the FY94 ARIM fund account of Energy Research. These funds were requested to address several upgrades of the Macdonald Laboratory facility. The largest item is the relocation and upgrade of the He compressor associated with providing LHe to the Nb split-ring superconducting LINAC accelerator ...
The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) has been operating on a twenty-four hour, seven days a week schedule since the beginning of Fiscal Year 1994. Twenty-six different ion species ran during this period in 71 separate experiments. During the past year, there have been many projects undertaken to improve operation efficiency and ...
of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility the Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, (JSA) operates the Thomas Jefferson National Ac� celerator Facility Kees de Jager Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, VA 23606, USA Abstract. The project to ...
The aim of the EXCYT project (EXotics with CYclotron and Tandem) is the development of a facility for producing and accelerating exotic beams from 0.2 up to 8 MeV/amu. EXCYT is based on the ``two accelerators'' method. A K = 800 Superconducting Cyclolron (CS), axially injected by the ECR ion source SERSE, will deliver the primary beam. ...
The objectives of the AGS Upgrade Project are to prepare the AGS for Booster injection with an increase in the proton intensity to 6 {times} 10{sup 13} particles per pulse for a new generation of experiments on rare K decay, neutrino physics, the (g-2) value of the muon, and many other areas; to increase polarized proton intensity to 10{sup 12} particles ...
The Accelerator Project for Upgrade of LHC (APUL) is a U.S. project participating in and contributing to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) upgrade program. In collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermilab is developing sub-systems for an upgrade of ...
This document presents our proposal to continue the activities of Boston University researchers in high energy physics research. We have a broad program of participation in both non-accelerator and accelerator-based efforts. High energy research at Boston University has a special focus on the physics program of the Superconducting Supercollider. We are ...
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The SPEAR 3 upgrade project at SSRL will replace the original FODO lattice with a 234-m, 18-cell DBA lattice with gradient dipoles. The new hardware draws heavily on PEP-II B-Factory technology: a copper vacuum chamber, IGBT power supply technology, and mode-damped rf cavities to reach beam currents up to 500 mA at 3 GeV. First article magnets, supports, ...
Tarleton State University students began performing both research and laboratory experiments using accelerators in 1998 through visitation programs at the University of North Texas, US Army Research Laboratory, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Carderock. In 2003, Tarleton outfitted its new science building with a 1 MV pelletron that was donated by the California ...
The 3rd harmonic 3.9GHz accelerating cavity was proposed to improve beam performances for TTF-FEL facility. In the frame of collaboration Fermilab will provide DESY with a cryomodule containing a string of four cavities. In addition, a second cryomodule with one cavity will be fabricated for installation in the Fermilab photo-injector, which will be ...
The Stanford Linear Accelerator is presently upgraded for the SLAC Linear Collider project. The energy is to be increased from approximately 31 GeV to 50 GeV. Two electron beams and one positron beam are to be accelerated with high demands on the quality of the beams. The beam specifications are shown. To meet ...
The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is a newly approved high-power accelerator project based on a H{sup -} linear accelerator and a rapid cycling synchrotron. During the past year, several major revisions were made on the design including the type of the front end, the linac frequency, the transport layout, the ring lattice, and ...
The general features of the design and the status of the ISABELLE storage ring project at the present time are reported. It brings up to date the results reported at the National Particle Accelerator Conference in March 1977. The most significant change since that time has been an upgrading of the energy of the overall facility, and ...
There is a strong interest in physics with radioactive ion beams, which has triggered a number of projects where nuclear physics installations are upgraded with accelerators for low charge state radioactive beams. A survey of the status of these projects is given with emphasis on the low energy linacs, which are ...
This document is the project management plan for Project L-070, 300 Area process sewer system upgrades.
This paper presents the status of accelerator facilities in North America that are involved in research using radioactive nuclear beams (RNB), including existing and operating facilities, ones currently under construction or undergoing major upgrades, and ones being planned or proposed for the future. Existing RNB facilities are located at TRIUMF (TISOL) ...
The NuMI proton beam at Fermilab currently delivers 120 GeV protons to the neutrino production target with design beam power capability to 400 kW. Upgrade capability to 700 kW is being prepared, with planning toward delivering 2.3 MW beam provided by the Project X accelerator upgrade plan. We report on the system ...
In the framework of the future project FAIR several upgrade programs and construction of new facilities are in progress such as the U(4+) upgrade for the existing high current injector and the new 70 MeV proton injector. For both injectors solenoids in the low energy beam transport section are foreseen to inject the beam into the ...
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The sensitivity and astrometry upgrade ASTRA of the Keck Interferometer is introduced. After a brief overview of the underlying interferometric principles, the technology and concepts of the upgrade are presented. The interferometric dual-field technology of ASTRA will provide the KI with the means to observe two objects simultaneously, and measure the ...
Project W-314, (97-D-402) Tank Farm Restoration and Safe Operations is a multi-year, multiphase project established to upgrade selected 200 East and West Area Tank Farms to support the long-term mission of waste storage, retrieval, and transfer for vitrification. Key drivers for these upgrades include the planned ...
Jefferson Lab is preparing to upgrade its 6 GeV Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) to 12 GeV. The doubled energy will significantly extend research reach of the three existing experimental Halls A, B and C, and the upgrade will add scientific capability, with a newly constructed hall, Hall D. Areas of special initial ...
The existing continuous electron beam accelerator facility (CEBAF) at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF) is a 5-pass, recirculating cw electron Linac operating at ~6 GeV and is devoted to basic research in nuclear physics. The 12 GeV CEBAF Upgrade is a $310 M project, sponsored by the Department ...
RADLAC-II is a linear induction accelerator that produces a 15-MeV, 15-kA, relativistic electron beam (REB). The accelerating gaps are of a unique design that minimizes gap-induced radial oscillations. An upgrade of the accelerator is in progress that wil...
The DO experiment was upgraded in spring 2006 to harvest the full physics potential of the Tevatron accelerator at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, USA. It is expected that the peak luminosity delivered by the accelerator will inc...
... Accession Number : ADA428179. Title : Upgrading an Office Automation Environment: The Army's DCSPER Automation Project. ...
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Heavy oil and bitumen upgrading activity in Canada is surging with the recent start-up of two new upgraders and with plans to build others. These new upgraders make use of modern hydrocracking technology. Articles in this special report on upgrading focus on Canada's oil and bitumen reserves, the promising ...
The D{null} detector, a large collider detector located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, has begun implementing a major detector upgrade in anticipation of the completion of the Main Injector project at the Fermilab Tevatron. The calorimeter readout has been redesigned in order to accommodate the factor of {approx} 10 ...
Over the past 2 years the Tevatron peak luminosity steadily progressed and reached the level of 92e30 cm-2s-1 which exceeds the original Run IIa goal. Over 0.57fb-1 have being delivered to each CDF and D0 experiments since the beginning of the Run II. In parallel to the Collider operation, we have started a project of the luminosity upgrade which should ...
The US nuclear physics community has identified an upgrade of CEBAF to 12 GeV as one of its top priorities. The principal motivation is to enable meson spectroscopy with 9 GeV polarized, quasi-monochromatic photons. A plan for implementing the 12 GeV upgrade has been prepared. Subsystem designs are being tested. Additional opportunities to reduce total ...
The Nuclotron superconducting synchrotron was constructed in 1987-1992 [1]; it is the world's first synchrotron based on fast cycling "window frame" electromagnets with a superconducting coil. For a design field of dipole magnets of 2 T, the magnetic rigidity is 45 T m, which corresponds to the energy of heavy nuclei (for example, gold) of 4.5 GeV/nucleon. The Nuclotron ...
Recent upgrades to the high voltage utility distribution network at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center have been accompanied by the installation of a large number of power supplies associated with the PEP-II B Factory project. These power supplies include a diverse assortment of single and three phase units, in two, six and twelve ...
We are presently developing plans for an upgrade of the Advanced Photon Source facility. Science has formally issued Critical Decision 0 and approved the Mission Need Statement in April of 2010, authorizing the APS to develop a conceptual design for the APS Upgrade (APS-U) project. The proposed upgrade will include ...
The construction of the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade, a new radioactive beam facility for the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS), is nearing completion. The facility will use fission fragments from a 1 Ci (252)Cf source; thermalized and collected into a low-energy particle beam by a helium gas catcher. In order to reaccelerate these ...
The construction of the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade, a new radioactive beam facility for the Argonne Tandem Linac Accelerator System (ATLAS), is nearing completion. The facility will use fission fragments from a 1 Ci 252Cf source; thermalized and collected into a low-energy particle beam by a helium gas catcher. In order to reaccelerate these ...
The SSRL is investigating an accelerator upgrade project to replace the present 130 nm.rad FODO lattice with an 18 nm.rad double bend achromat lattice: SPEAR 3. In this paper, we review the methods used to maximize the SPEAR 3 dynamic aperture including optimization of linear optics, betatron tune, chromaticity and coupling correction, ...
A description is given of recent developments in the target facility at Argonne National Laboratory. Highlights include equipment upgrades which enables us to provide enhanced capabilities for support of the Argonne Heavy-Ion ATLAS Accelerator Project. Also future plans and additional equipment acquisitions will be discussed. 3 refs., ...
Interest in rare K decays, neutrino oscillations and other fields have generated an increasing demand for running, and improved intensity and duty cycle, at the AGS. Current projects include acceleration of polarized protons and light ions (up to mass 32). Future plans are for a booster to increase intensity and allow heavy ions (up to mass 200), and a ...
The Accelerator Project for Upgrade of LHC (APUL) is a U.S. project participating in and contributing to CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) upgrade program. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory was developing ...
A new heavy ion RFQ accelerator has been commissioned as part of a Bevalac injector upgrade project. This RFQ is the first four vane type to incorporate vane coupling rings (VCR's) as part of the structure. This paper reports on the simplified tune up procedure made possible by the use of VCR's including field ...
An overview of the design and the initial studies for the Advanced Light Source is given. The research efforts for the Center for X-Ray Optics include x-ray imaging, multilayer mirror technology, x-ray sources and detectors, spectroscopy and scattering, and synchrotron radiation projects. The Accelerator Operations highlights include the research by users ...
In an effort to maintain the most flexible environment for accelerator-based atomic physics research at ORNL EN Tandem facility, a recirculating terminal stripper project has been in development. In the early stages of planning for this upgrade, the necessity for monitoring and control of various parameters in the ...
The plans for upgrading the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV are presented. The research program supporting that upgrade are illustrated with a few selected examples. The instrumentation under design to carry out that research program is discussed.
The plans for upgrading the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV are presented. The research program supporting that upgrade are illustrated with a few selected examples. The instrumentation under design to carry out that research program is discu...
Interviews conducted in 14 units, around 44 Upgrade cases, provided data which were coded in two distinct ways: (1) at the level of the individual Upgrade case, and (2) at the level of the unit. Results show that there were five distinct types of Upgrade ...
I will first talk on the recent upgrading of the Heavy Ion Research Facility Lanzhou (HIRFL) with an emphasis on the development of Radioactive Ion Beam Line Lanzhou (RIBBL) at the accelerator. And then my talk will be focussed on the proposed project Co oler Storage Ring (CSR) at HIRFL. Heavy Ion Research Facility Lanzhou (HIRFL) is ...
The tourism project relates to the upgrading and modernization of Romania's hotel and resort facilities in major cities, at the seashore, and in the mountains. It also considers upgrading of ancillary facilities such as restaurants, sporting facilities, a...
purposes. A project schedule will be produced by database administration to support each upgrade Request is approved and then migrated to the other database instances. The upgrades for TEST and TST7:...................................................................................................... 12 Database Update Procedures
The document is the Project Management Plan (PMP) of the design and installation of the 209E Septic System Upgrade.
... Accession Number : ADA180697. Title : La Maddalena, Italy. Mooring Upgrade Project Documentation Report. Corporate ...
SciDAC1, with its support for the 'Advanced Computing for 21st Century Accelerator Science and Technology' (AST) project, witnessed dramatic advances in electromagnetic (EM) simulations for the design and optimization of important accelerators across the Office of Science. In SciDAC2, EM simulations continue to play ...
The LHC accelerator, as of June 2004, is on a schedule which predicts first collisions in late 2007 and first physics running in early 2008.
Four interrelated projects are underway whose purpose is to migrate the LAMPF-PSR Accelerator Complex control systems to a system with a common set of hardware and software components. Project goals address problems in performance, maintenance and growth potential. Front-end hardware, operator interface hardware and software, computer ...
Four interrelated projects are underway whose purpose is to migrate the LAMPF-PSR Accelerator Complex control systems to a system with a common set of hardware and software components. Project goals address problems in performance, maintenance, and growth potential. Front-end hardware, operator interface hardware and software, computer ...
Several new or upgraded versions of heavy ion accelerators have recently come into service. A review is made of these machines and tentative conclusions are drawn on the merits of the various types.
The Cyclotron Institute at Texas A&M University is undergoing an upgrade that will allow for the production of radioactive ions for nuclear physics experiments. These ions will be produced with one of two ion guides, then collected, charge boosted and reaccelerated in the K500 cyclotron. The first radioactive ion beam for the project will be ^27Si ...
Reports of operations are presented for twenty-seven facilities, along with reports on accelerators in progress, ion sources, insulating gases, charging systems, stripping foils, accelerating tubes, and upgraded accelerator systems. (GHT)
The main ongoing project at Fermilab is called the Tevatron, meaning 1,000 GeV in beam energy. The following is a list of major constituents for this project: Super Ring; upgrading external beam lines for experimental areas; electron cooling and antiproton acceleration; and colliding beam facility and its ...
The current generation of UNIX farms at Fermilab are rapidly approaching the end of their useful life. The workstations were purchased during the years 1991-1992 and represented the most cost-effective computing available at that time. Acquisition of new workstations is being made to upgrade the UNIX farms for the purpose of providing large amounts of computing for ...
VISA II is the follow-up project to the successful Visible to Infrared SASE Amplifier (VISA) experiment at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) in Brookhaven National Lab (BNL). This paper will report the motivation for and status of the two main experiments associated with the VISA II program. One goal of VISA II is to perform an experimental study of the ...
High intensity hadron beams of up to 2 MW beam power are a key element of new proposed experimental facilities at Fermilab. Project X, which includes a SCRF 8 GeV H{sup -} linac, will be the centerpiece of future HEP activities in the neutrino sector. After a short overview of this, and other proposed projects, we present the current status of the beam ...
An upgrade project was recently completed on the 200 MeV H{sup -} linac and the Brookhaven Linac Isotope Producer (BLIP) in order to improve radioisotope production capacity and reliability. The average beam current has increased from 60 {mu}A to 150 {mu}A. The increased average current is the result of increases in peak current, from 25 mA to 37 mA, pulse ...
The accelerator-based particle physics program in the US is entering a period of transition. This is particularly true at Fermilab which for more than two decades has been the home of the Tevatron Proton-Antiproton Collider, the World's highest energy hadron collider. In a few years time the energy frontier will move to the LHC at CERN. Hence, if an ...
Final Report on the $6,800 Award to the Project Entitled Meteorology Laboratory Computer Upgrading Equipment Award Program. The project requested funds to upgrade the Meteorology Laboratory at Western in the laboratory. This Meteorology Laboratory upgrade is serving three meteorology classes: ...
This study provided a statistical analysis of the Navy's Project UPGRADE 83, a program for administrative early discharge of first term enlistees. The study analyzed the effect of UPGRADE 83 on the overall Navy early discharge profile for first-term enlis...
Electron accelerators for the frontiers of nuclear physics must provide high duty factor (gte 80) for coincidence measurements; few-hundred-MeV through few-GeV energy for work in the nucleonic, hadronic, and confinement regimes; energy resolution of ~ 10-4; and high current (gte 100 zA). To fulfill these requirements new machines and ...
, a position which will be referred to as the project manager. The purposes of this memorandum are to define position to compete for any special funding opportunities that may arise and to have a well�defined projectThe VLA Upgrade Project Memorandum #1 Organization and Goals of the Project ...
Subcritical Assembly in Dubna (SAD), a project funded by the International Science and Technology Centre, driven in collaboration with many European partners, may become the first Accelerator Driven Subcritical experiment coupling an existing proton accelerator of 660 MeV with a compact MQX-fuelled subcritical core. The main objective ...
The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is an accelerator-based high-power project currently in preparation under the direction of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The complex is based on an H- linear accelerator, a rapid cycling proton synchrotron accelerating the beam to 1.6 GeV, a solid tungsten target ...
CEBAF at Jefferson Lab is a 5-pass, recirculating cw electron linac operating at ~6 GeV and devoted to basic research in nuclear physics. The 12 GeV Upgrade is a major project, sponsored by the DOE Office of Nuclear Physics, that will expand its research capabilities substantially by doubling the maximum energy and adding major new experimental apparatus. ...
The Advanced Light Source (ALS) will soon be upgraded to enable top-off operations [1], in which electrons are quasi-continuously injected to produce constant stored beam current. The upgrade is structured in two phases. First, we will upgrade our injector from 1.5 GeV to 1.9 GeV to allow full energy injection and will start top-off ...
The ATLAS Positive Ion Injector (PII) is designed to replace the tandem injector for the ATLAS heavy-ion facility. When the PII project is complete, ATLAS will be able to accelerate all ions through uranium to energies above the Coulomb barrier. PII consists of an ECR ion source on a 350 KV platform and a very low-velocity superconducting linac. The linac ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), evaluating the impacts associated with the proposed Low-Level Radioactive Waste Building at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. As a result of the high energy physics program at Fermilab, small quantities of low-level radioactive wastes are generated. These ...
BNL plans to create a very long base line super neutrino beam facility by upgrading the AGS from the current 0.14 MW to 1.0 MW and beyond. The proposed facility consists of three major components. First is a 1.5 GeV superconducting linac to replace the booster as injector for the AGS, second is the performance upgrade of the AGS itself for higher intensity ...
HIRFL has been upgraded for basic research on nuclear physics, atomic physics, irradiative material and biology from beginning of this decade. So far, the main performances of HIRFL have improved in the beam species from light ion to uranium and the maximum beam intensities reaching ~10?A from SFC, 1.5 ?A from SSC. Therefore, some experiments have been performed during this ...
An overview of the CLAS12 detector is presented and the initial physics program after the energy-doubling of the Jefferson Lab electron accelerator. Construction of the 12 GeV upgrade project has started October 2008. A broad program has been developed to map the nucleon's 3-dimensional spin and flavor content through the ...
The Argonne Tandem Linear Accelerator System (ATLAS) is the first superconducting heavy-ion linac in the world. Currently ATLAS is being upgraded with the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU). The latter is a funded project to expand the range of shortlived, neutron-rich rare isotope beams available for ...
In February 2006, Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, VA, received � Critical Decision 1� (CD-1) approval to proceed with the engineering and design of the long anticipated upgrade to increase the beam energy of CEBAF, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, from 6 GeV to 12 GeV. This will require the installation of 10 new cryomodules, ...
In February 2006, Jefferson Laboratory in Newport News, VA, received ``Critical Decision 1'' (CD-1) approval to proceed with the engineering and design of the long anticipated upgrade to increase the beam energy of CEBAF, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, from 6 GeV to 12 GeV. This will require the installation of 10 new cryomodules, and ...
Fermilab has plans for a comprehensive accelerator upgrade to open new possibilities for both the fixed target and collider experimental programs. An early step in this program is to increase the energy of the linac from 200 to 400 MeV by replacing the last four of its nine 201 MHz Alvarez tanks with twenty-eight 805 MHz side-coupled cavity chains ...
As part of the planned Jefferson Laboratory's electron accelerator (CEBAF) power upgrade, ten additional superconducting RF cryomodules will be added to its accelerator linacs. Although physically the same size as each of the original 40 linac cryomodules, each new cryomodule will have approximately 4 times the ...
A discussion of design issues for future conventional neutrino beam-lines with proton beam power above a megawatt. There are several conventional neutrino beam-lines currently in operation that are designed to handle proton beam power of a fraction of a mega-watt. By conventional neutrino beam-line is meant one where accelerated protons strike a target to produce charged ...
At Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), the Tevatron high energy particle collider must meet the increasing scientific demand of higher beam luminosity. To achieve this higher luminosity goal, U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored a major upgrade of capabilities of Fermilab's accelerator complex that spans ...
This paper discusses the Savannah River Site Accelerated Transuranic (TRU) Waste Project that was initiated in April of 2009 to accelerate the disposition of remaining legacy transuranic waste at the site. An overview of the project execution strategy that was implemented is discussed along with the lessons ...
HIRFL-CSR, the project that was proposed to upgrade the HIRFL facility, is a multifunctional Cooling Storage Ring (CSR) system, consisting of a main ring (CSRm) and an experimental ring (CSRe). The heavy ion beams from the HIRFL will be injected, accumulated, cooled and accelerated to high energy in the CSRm, then fast-extracted to ...
Modernizing aging hydropower stations presents plant owners with a unique opportunity for improving efficiency and plant output. But several factors should be considered before undertaking a turbine upgrade project.
The objective of this project was to establish the physical and chemical characteristics of western coal and determine the best preparation technologies for upgrading this resource. Western coal was characterized as an abundant, easily mineable, clean, lo...
A project is described in which the attitudes, preferences and priorities of a community situated on an urban periphery were accommodated in the formulation and implementation of an upgrading strategy, through the direct involvement of the community membe...
This ADM documents the evaluation of the potential environmental impact hazards from the Environmental, Safety and Health Upgrades, Phase 3 project.
This document, Functional Test Procedure (TP), has been prepared to demonstrate that the Instrumentation Upgrade functions as required by Project criteria.
This facility report discusses progress and outcomes of three major upgrade projects on the AMS facility at GNS Science, New Zealand. Converting the EN-tandem accelerator from a belt-driven charging system to a Pelletron has reduced the fluctuations on the terminal voltage by at least one order of magnitude. The Pelletron system has ...
Competition and over-capacity continue to shape the market equation for hydropower equipment manufactures. One variable is the increasingly cost-conscious client, searching for a supplier that can squeeze every available megawatt out of an upgrade; another is the lure of overseas projects and the continued confirmation the North American market will remain ...
Nucleon Form Factors provide powerful constraints on the Generalized Parton Distributions, which form a unified framework for a number of electromagnetic processes. Plans have been developed to measure the neutron electric and magnetic form factors at momentum transfers up to 10 and 18 GeV^2, respectively. Experiments will be performed in JLab Hall A after the 12 GeV upgrade ...
The construction of the Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade, a new radioactive beam facility for the Argonne tandem linac accelerator system (ATLAS), is in progress. The facility will use fission fragments from a 1 Ci (252)Cf source, thermalized and collected into a low-energy particle beam by a helium gas catcher. In order to reaccelerate these beams, ...
A lead-scintillator sampling electromagnetic calorimeter (EMC) is planned as an upgrade to the STAR detector for the RHIC Accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Considerable work on the conceptual design of the calorimeter, and related interfacing issues with the solenoids magnet and the time projection chamber (TPC) ...
An upgrade of the existing proton and deuteron accelerator facility COSY at the Forschungszentrum Juelich, based on a superconducting linac is under investigation. This paper will report on the cryogenic aspects of the project: The cryomodule layout will be shown and special emphasis will put on the short cold-warm transition, the heat ...
To assay the degradation of high explosives (HE) by a material-loss mechanism, prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA), using a miniature neutron accelerator developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is proposed. Whereas the PGAA signatures from carbon and nitrogen in the chemical matrices are relatively low, fast neutrons may be used due to the higher cross ...
The National Spallation Neutron Source is a collaborative project or perform the conceptual design for a next generation neutron source for the Department of Energy. This paper reviews the need and justification for a new neutron source, the origins and structure of the collaboration formed to address this need, and the community input leading up to the current design ...
The status of a three year construction program, begun October 1, 1983, of the SLAC Linear Collider is reviewed and evolutions of the original conceptual design are discussed. Subsystems of the project, that are described with emphasis on new or unusual technology, include: Electron Source and Injector, Damping Rings, Linear Accelerator Development, Energy ...
Electropolishing has shown promising results for the treatment of Nb cavities to be used in particle accelerators, particularly in the attainment of high surface electric fields. In support of the CEBAF Upgrade project and as part of a longer-term R and D program, we have investigated the properties of several electrolyte recipes. A ...
Three projects have been initiated since 1994 to improve the performance of the accelerator and target facilities for the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE). The LANSCE Reliability Improvement Project (LRIP) was separated into two phases. Phase 1, completed in 1995, targeted near-term improvements to beam reliability and ...
To produce energies of over 50 GeV for SLC, all klystron stations on the accelerator are being upgraded to produce 250 MeV energy contribution per station. This involves installing new, higher power, longer pulse klystrons, upgrading klystron modulators t...
DRIVER ACCELERATOR DESIGN FOR THE 10 KW UPGRADE OF THE JEFFERSON LAB IR FEL D. Douglas, S. V, Newport News, VA23606, USA Abstract An upgrade of the Jefferson Lab IR FEL [1] is now un- der construction. It will provide 10 kW output light power in a wavelength range of 2�10 �m. The FEL will be driven by a modest
DRIVER ACCELERATOR DESIGN FOR THE 10 KW UPGRADE OF THE JEFFERSON LAB IR FEL D. Douglas, S. V, Newport News, VA23606, USA Abstract An upgrade of the Jefferson Lab IR FEL [1] is now un� der construction. It will provide 10 kW output light power in a wavelength range of 2--10 �m. The FEL will be driven by a modest
The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Jefferson Lab, is planning an upgrade of the CEBAF accelerator from a maximum energy of 6 GeV to 12 GeV and from 3 to 4 experimental halls. This paper will discuss the plans for upgrading the energy of the machine which requires improvements of the existing Super ...
A review is given of problem areas in beam transmission which are frequently encountered during the design, operation and upgrading of electrostatic accelerators. Examples are provided of analytic procedures that clarify accelerator ion optics and lead to...
experience of the accelerator with particular emphasis on the performance of the cryogenic terminal pumping, the titanium electrode spiral inclined field acceleration tubes, and the overall accelerator transmission experience of the accele- rator with particular emphasis of the performance of the cryogenic terminal pumping
There are six North-American MP Tandem accelerators: Yale; Minnesota; Chalk River; Rochester; and two at Brookhaven. The current status and operating characteristics of these six tandem accelerators are discussed. Upgrade and special improvements of the d...
A proof-of-concept study for a new shale oil upgrading and refining process was undertaken. This project is aimed at reducing upgrading costs, thereby malting shale oil development more feasible for commercialization. Raw shale oil was topped to remove th...
This article synthesizes and describes the lessons learned from the Network Operations Control Center (NOCC) upgrade project, from the requirements phase through development and test and transfer. At the outset, the NOCC upgrade was being performed simult...
This report contains a brief overview of the upgrading of the two bow buoy systems of the Mediterranean Mooring located near La Maddalena, Italy, and a detailed listing of the upgraded mooring material installed. Information concerning the activities whic...
The China Spallation Neutron Source (CSNS) is an accelerator-based multidisciplinary user facility to be constructed in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. The CSNS complex consists of an H? linear accelerator, a rapid cycling synchrotron accelerating the beam to 1.6 GeV, a solid-tungsten target station, and instruments for spallation neutron ...
The Fermilab Linac Upgrade will increase the linac energy from 201 MeV to 401.5 MeV. Seven accelerating modules, composed of 805-MHz side-coupled cells, will accelerate H {sup {minus}} beams from 116.5 to 401.5 MeV. The side-coupled structure (SCS) has been built, tuned, tested to full power, and placed in the linac enclosure along ...
The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a MW-class accelerator-driven pulsed neutron source. The SNS began formal operations in October 2006. Since then, the beam power has been increased to 1 MW, the number of operating hours per year has increased to nearly 5000, the availability has increased to 85%, and the number of operating neutron ...
BNL plans to upgrade the AGS proton beam power from the present 0.14 MW to higher than 1.0 MW and beyond for a neutrino facility. We have examined possible upgrade to the AGS accelerator complex that would meet the requirements of the proton beam of 1.0 MW for neutrino superbeam facility. The major contribution for the higher power is ...
This supporting document provides the hazards categorization for the K Basin Water Filtration Upgrade Project at K East. All activities associated with the project are less than Hazard Category 3, except for the handling of the ECO-ROK liners containing s...
We report on the status of the CDF End Plug Upgrade Project. In this project, the CDF calorimeters in the end plug and the forward regions will be replaced by a single scintillator based calorimeter. After an extensive R&D effort on the tile/fiber calorim...
This paper examines the feasibility of a long baseline neutrino beam facility based on a proposed upgrade to the AGS accelerator at Brookhaven National Laboratory. It assumes that the AGS is upgraded initially to a 1 MW proton driver and eventually to a 4...
The plans for upgrading the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV are presented. The research program supporting that update are illustrated with a few selected examples. The instrumentation under design to carry out that research program is discussed.
The plans for upgrading the CEBAF accelerator at Jefferson Lab to 12 GeV are presented. The research program supporting that upgrade is illustrated with a few selected examples. The instrumentation under design to carry out that research program is discussed.
The up-grading transformation of the Saclay FN-Tandem asked for the replacement of the aluminum electrode accelerating tube by a new one with stainless steel electrodes, and the old (yellow) resistors of the column by a set of new (blue) resistors. The fi...
The cathode field shaper, shank assembly, and magnetic field profile have been redesigned for the upgraded RADLAC-II configuration. The new design incorporates our most recent experimental observations, JASON code analysis, and simulation results with the...
An upgrade of the Beam Position Monitor (BPM) signal processing and data acquisition system for the Fermilab Main Injector is described. The Main Injector is a fast cycling synchrotron that accelerates protons or antiprotons from 8 to 150 GeV. Each Main I...
The Fermilab collider program is undergoing a major upgrade of both the accelerator complex and the two detectors. Operation of the Tevatron at luminosities upwards of ten time that currently provided will occur in early 1999 after the commissioning of th...
The BASE Light Ion Facility upgrades have been completed. All proton beams are now delivered to Cave 4A. New control software, a larger diameter beam window, and improved quality assurance measures have been added.
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free electron laser project is currently under construction at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). A new injector and upgrades to the existing accelerator were installed in two phases in 2006 and 2007. We report on the commissioning of the injector, the two ...
This paper explains the precarious position of New Orleans. Global sea-level rise is projected to accelerate two-to four-fold during the next century, increasing storm surge and shoreline retreat along low-lying, unconsolidated coastal margins. The Mississippi River Deltaic Plain in southeastern Louisiana is particularly vulnerable to erosion and ...
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The Mu2e collaboration proposes to search for the coherent, neutrinoless conversion of muons into electrons in the field of a nucleus, ??N?e?N, with a single-event sensitivity of �10?16, an improvement of a factor of 10,000 over existing limits. This lepton flavor-violating reaction probes mass scales unavailable by direct searches at either present or planned high energy colliders. The ...
In 2004, the US DOE established the LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP) with the goal of developing a technology base for future upgrades of the LHC. The focus of the magnet program, which is a collaboration of three US laboratories, BNL, FNAL and LBNL, is on development of high gradient quadrupoles using Nb{sub 3}Sn superconductor. Other program ...
In the framework of the 12 GeV upgrade project for the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) improvements are being made to refurbish cryomodules housing Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility�s (JLab) original 5-cell cavities. Recently we have started to look into a possible ...
In the framework of the 12 GeV upgrade project for the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) improvements are being made to refurbish cryomodules housing Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facilitys (JLab) original 5-cell cavities. Recently we have started to look into a possible simplification ...
As part of the long-term upgrading project of the Princeton University AVF University of AVF cyclotron, we have carried out design studies of the axial injection system and the accompanying new central regions for the cyclotron. Such studies were required by the desire to accelerate high charge-state ions as well as polarized ions in ...
This is the final report of a two-year, Laboratory-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) project at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). For several years, the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF) and the Proton Storage Ring (PSR) have provided a successful driver for the nearly 100-kW Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center (LANSCE) source. The authors have studied ...
A design study for an accelerator-driven spallation-neutron source is underway at Los Alamos. The driver, based on the LAMPF facility, produces a 1-MW proton beam and is upgradable to 5 MW. After linear acceleration to full energy, an H-beam is accumulated for approximately I ms in a compressor ring and then extracted to produce an ...
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) has shown its determination to remain at the forefront of accelerator based science through its continued investment in long range accelerator R and D. The laboratory has a broad program in accelerator technology development including projects such as high {Tc} magnets at RHIC, ...
