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Accelerator Operations and PIP

Accelerator Operations and PIP. Sergei Nagaitsev DOE OHEP briefing 6 March 2014. Accelerator Operations. Fermilab operates a total of 16 km of accelerators and beamlines A 400-MeV proton linear accelerator (0.15 km) An 8-GeV Booster synchrotron (0.5 km)

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Accelerator Operations and PIP

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  1. Accelerator Operations and PIP Sergei Nagaitsev DOE OHEP briefing 6 March 2014

  2. Accelerator Operations Fermilab operates a total of 16 km of accelerators and beamlines • A 400-MeV proton linear accelerator (0.15 km) • An 8-GeV Booster synchrotron (0.5 km) • An 8-GeV accumulator ring (3.3 km) • A 120-GeV synchrotron (3.3 km) • A Muon Campus Delivery ring (0.5 km) • Soon: the g-2 ring • Transfer lines and fixed target beam lines (8 km) • Two high power target stations, several low-power targets And maintains • 130 buildings, structures, service bldgs,… S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  3. Fermilab after the Tevatron • Fermilab operates the largest accelerator complex in the U.S., 2nd largest in the world (even after termination of the Tevatron) • Most economical, leanest operation of the largest accelerator complex in the US (maybe in the world) • Apr 2012 – Sep 2013, ~18 months have been spent in shutdown and commissioning, adapting the accelerator complex after the end of the Tevatron era • Present mission: deliver high-intensity proton beams to explore the Neutrino Sector and rare decays • Fermilab is now ready for the Intensity Frontier program and investments! S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  4. Fermilab Accelerator Complex Linac: NTF, MTA BNB: MicroBooNE NuMI: MINOS+, MINERvA, NOvA Fixed Target: SeaQuest, Test Beam Facility, M-Center Muon: g-2, Mu2e (future) S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  5. Take-home message • Operational excellence is our guiding principle. • 24/7 operation, 6-week/year shutdown, ~80% up-time • The Proton Improvement Plan (PIP) is crucial to Fermilab accelerator operations • Reliability, availability and proton flux • The success of Intensity Frontier program depends (from accelerator point of view) on: • Integrated number of protons on target (POT) • Target reliability S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  6. Historic Fermilab Proton Flux S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  7. Neutrino beam delivery over the last 15 years: protons on target (x1020) K2K 0.92 T2K 6.39 OPERA/ICARUS 1.81 9.12 = total Asia + Europe NuMI 13.90 BNB 17.73 31.63 = total Fermilab • Fermilab has already delivered 3.5 times the number of protons on target to its neutrino experiments than both Asia and Europe combined. • No one does accelerator-based neutrinos better than Fermilab! S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  8. Proton delivery scenario (approximate) 15 Hz (after PIP) Total beam thru Booster POT/quarter, (x1020) NuMI 7.5 Hz g-2 BNB SY120 “tax” mu2e FY S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  9. High-power Targetry • Target • Solid, Liquid, Rotating, Rastered • Other production devices: • Collection optics (horns, solenoids) • Monitors & Instrumentation (high radiation/temperature) • Primary Beam window • Absorbers/Collimators • Facility Operations: • Remote Handling • Shielding & Radiation Transport • Air Handling • Cooling Systems • Waste stream S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  10. Neutrino Target Facility Comparison NuMI (FNAL) CNGS (CERN) NOvA (FNAL) T2K (J-PARC) LBNE –1.2 MW (FNAL) LBNE –2.4 MW(FNAL) SNS (ORNL)for reference Blue – Design Beam Power Green – Actual Beam Power S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  11. Main High-Power Target Challenges Thermal Shock Radiation Damage Beam Windows Also: radiation protection, remote handling S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  12. NuMI and NOvA targets Focusing Horns Decay Pipe NuMI target 2 m π- νμ 120 GeV protons νμ π+ 30 m 15 m 675 m • NuMI target must fit inside horn 1 • target removed during shutdown • NOvAtarget is installed upstream of horn 1 (neutrino energy from off-axis angle) • Physics requirements allowed for changes in the design • mechanically more robust NuMI NOvA S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  13. New Fermilab Targets in the Next Decade • g-2 (previously P-bar Source Target Station): • Commissioning in 2016-17 • High-Z rotating target (inconel 718 alloy) • Lithium lens at ~12 Hz (average) • Pulsed Magnet (Momentum selection) • Mu2e • Commissioning in 2019-20 • High-Z, radiatively cooled target (tungsten) • Mounted in large SC solenoid • Only 8 kW beam power, but radiation protection issues are a challenge due to solenoid • LBNE • Commissioning in 2023-24 • 1.2 MW beam power • Low-Z target (graphite/beryllium?) • Difficult target, horn, beam window, radiation protection, remote handling challenges. p-bar lithium lens Mu2e target concept S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  14. Fermilab Booster • Booster is a resonant machine running at 15 Hz • RF is pulsed, limited to ~7.5 Hz • at higher frequencies the cavities spark • at higher frequencies the tuners overheat • Refurbishment plan to achieve 15 Hz is part of PIP • There is an RF pre-pulse associated with beam cycles • It means that the beam pulse rate is less than 7.5 Hz S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  15. Booster performance • In FY14, we expect to meet the Booster beam performance metric. S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  16. Started delivering protons to NuMI in 2005 ~1.55e21 in 7 years: NOvAgoal is 3.6e21 Most intense high energy neutrino beam in the world Accelerator Performance for NuMI S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  17. Previous operation: H- linac at ~35 mA Charge exchange injection into Booster 10-11 turns: 4.3e12 9 pulses (at 15 Hz) into Main Injector with RF slip stacking Ramp to 120 GeVat 204 GeV/s and extract to NuMI target 3.7e13 / 2.2 sec cycle 323 kW 320 kW on target S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  18. Move slip-stacking to recycler 11 batch -> 12 batch Increase Main Injector ramp rate (204 GeV/s -> 240 GeV/s) 330 (380) -> 700kW with only ~10% increase in per-pulse intensity Peak intensity 10% just more frequent Increasing Beam Power to 700 kW Recycler MainInjector S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  19. The Plan • Booster at 4.3e12 ppp, 7.5 Hz ✔ • Begin NuMI operation with MI only✔ • 2.5e13 0.6 Hz (1.67 s cycle) • ~290 kW peak • Commission Recycler as a proton machine • Injection, extraction, instrumentation, slip stacking✔ • Operational in May 2014 • Considering several scenarios on how to ramp the beam power up • Began SY120 operation at 2e11✔ • Raised intensity to 2e12 in January ✔ • 8e12 per spill in March S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  20. Main Injector Performance • We are working hard to meet the challenging POT performance metric S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  21. Recycler status • 12 Booster batches slip-stacked in the Recycler, transferred to MI and extracted to NuMI target • Next step: increase beam intensity S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  22. SY120 (slow extraction program) • ~10% Tax on the NuMI program • SeaQuest is running since November • Fermilab Test Beam Facility: very successful • FY14: scheduled more than 20 experiments • Meson Center test beam: • Capable of delivering 5 – 85 GeV/c secondaries of either sign. • Using the same secondary configuration as the MIPP experiment – proven design. • Initial user will be LArIAT (liquid argon detector test). • May be ready to commission in late March. • Shielding Assessment Approved S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  23. PIP • The PIP campaign has several goals: • Increased reliability of the Linac/Booster complex • Control of beam losses • Increased proton flux • Main challenge: keep beam losses constant while increasing the protons on target • Beam loss limits are set at levels for personnel safety (ALARA) and equipment serviceability S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  24. PIP profile • Notes: • Values are $M TPC including M&S, SWF, and indirects. • Schedule is matched to the funding profile as well as it is known - though some long-lead items are not far from technically limited. • FY14 is based on formal budget numbers. • FY15 and FY16 are based on preliminary budget guidance. • FY17 and FY18+ are base on previous funding profiles updated for the above guidance (a fully updated profile has not been produced). critical path to 15 Hz rf pulsing critical path to 15 Hz beam and flux S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  25. Linac Modulators – From tube based to solid state The Linac DTL 7835 tube modulatoris ~45 years old and is increasingly difficult to maintain. Rebuild and replace (old or obsolete parts) was considered but a fully modern system was decided. Designs being considered: In house IGBT (EE/PS dept) SLAC – Marx generator Voltage Transients Test IGBT, Snubber, and Main Storage Capacitor IGBT 9-cell construction S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  26. Linac 200 MHz Power Systems 7835 triode • Burle 7835 triode RF power amplifier tubes for DTL: Consume 8 per year (~250k$ each new) • High vulnerability: poor lifetime, problems with supplier • This has been a concern for many years for FNAL and other laboratories. After considering several options which looked at cost, labor, schedules and risk, a plan was developed and approved by laboratory management. • Inventory buildup: a 4-year supply of tubes • Design and build a new solid state modulator (keep 7835) • Replace tube systems in driver with Solid State when possible • Investigate 7835 replacement S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  27. Tube replacement Present 7835 7835 socket The purchase of a 200 MHz Klystron has just been completed. The device will arrive in FY15 and then tested. This will be the first of its kind and will need to be fully tested before proceeding. Some key specs: 5 MW Single Beam Klystron 450µs pulse Horizontal tube ~19 feet (floor space issues) S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  28. Booster RF cavities July 1970 Flatbed semi delivering Booster RF cavity pair Cavities built by GE S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  29. Booster rf cavities • Booster has 22 slots for rf cavities • We can not run (4.3e12) beam with fewer than 17 cavities. • We have 19 cavities on hand • At any given time: 17 are installed, 2 are out for repair • each cavity requires 3 tuners. Tuners require 3 weeks to rebuild during the 10-week refurbishment process. • Cavity #20 is the old 1st prototype cavity. It presently has no tuners and thus can not be used. Cavity itself is being repaired. • We are planning to procure 10 new prototype tuners (enough for 3 cavities) • delivery date is not determined since some ferrite did not meet our requirements S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  30. Booster PIP - Refurbishment of 40 year old cavities (facelift) 10 0 Weeks Tuners Rebuild Cavity Removal - Stripping Rebuild and Test Rebuild - Cones & Tuners Re-Assemble Cool-down Remove Tuners Rebuild Stems/Flanges • Testing • Cavity Removal S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  31. Booster PIP - Cavity Refurbishment Timeline S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  32. Refurbishment: “Fun” facts and beyond • All cavities in tunnel need to be refurbished before higher rep rate (15 Hz) is possible • After refurbishment is completed – higher flux will require time • After refurbishment is completed – the cavities will still be OLD • There is likely to be failures as cavities are run harder • Even if we have 20 cavities installed in the ring, this leaves us with no spares. • The plan is to procure 3 more cavities in FY16,17 • same type as present cavities • larger bore • install 2 in ring as hot spares S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

  33. Summary • Operational excellence • High-power targetry • PIP • Fermilab is ready for Intensity Frontier investments S. Nagaitsev | Operations and PIP

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