Continuous wave superconducting radio frequency electron linac for nuclear physics research
Abstract
CEBAF, the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, has been actively serving the nuclear physics research community as a unique forefront international resource since 1995. This cw electron linear accelerator (linac) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) has continued to evolve as a precision tool for discerning the structure and dynamics within nuclei. Superconducting rf (SRF) technology has been the essential foundation for CEBAF, first as a 4 GeV machine, then 6 GeV, and currently capable of 12 GeV. We review the development, implementation, and performance of SRF systems for CEBAF from its early beginnings to the commissioning of the 12 GeV era.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.124801
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1606.03317
- Bibcode:
- 2016PhRvS..19l4801R
- Keywords:
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- Physics - Accelerator Physics
- E-Print:
- 56 pages, 31 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams