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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2024-THP03
TitleDesign Choices for the Cryogenic Current Comparator for FAIR
Authors
  • T. Sieber, H. Bräuning, M. Schwickert, T. Stoehlker
    GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
  • F. Schmidl
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena
  • G. Khatri, J. Tan, T. Koettig
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
  • L. Crescimbeni
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität
  • M. Schmelz, R. Stolz
    Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
  • V. Tympel
    Helmholtz-Institut Jena
  • V. Zakosarenko
    Supracon AG
AbstractThe Cryogenic Current Comparator (CCC) is a superconducting SQUID-based device, which measures extremely low electrical currents via their azimuthal magnetic field. Triggered by the need for nA current measurement of slow extracted beams and weak beams of exotic ions in the storage rings at FAIR and CERN, the idea of the CCC as a diagnostics instrument has been revitalized during the last ten years. The work of a collaboration of institutes specialized on the various subtopics resulted in a large variety of CCC types with respect to field-pickup, magnetic shielding, SQUID types and SQUID coupling. Many of them have been tested under laboratory and under beamline conditions, which formed a detailed picture of the application possibilities for CCCs in accelerators. In parallel to CCC detector development the cryogenic support system has steadily been optimized, to fulfil the requirement of a standalone liquid helium cryostat, which is nonmagnetic, fit for UHV application, vibration damped, compact and accessible for maintenance and repair. We present the major development steps of the CCC for FAIR. The latest beamtime results are shown as well as recent tests with the cryogenic system. The most promising CCC type for FAIR is the so called Dual-Core CCC (DCCC), which runs two pickups in parallel with independent electronics for noise reduction. The magnetic shielding has an axial meander geometry, which provides superior attenuation of external magnetic noise.
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ConferenceProc. 13th International Beam Instrumentation Conference
Series
LocationBeijing
Date09-13 Sep 2024
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardJianshe Cao (IHEP), Junhui Yue (IHEP), Lin Bian (IHEP), Ivan Andrian (Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A.), Volker RW Schaa (GSI), Zhichu Chen (SARI)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-249-3
Online ISSN2673-5350
Received04 September 2024
Revised10 September 2024
Accepted10 September 2024
Issued11 December 2024
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2024-THP03
Pages487-491