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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-THPAL076
Title Experimental Methods for the Assessment of NEG Pumps Working in Dust-Sensitive Environments
Authors
  • T. Porcelli, E. Maccallini, P. Manini, M. Mura, M.F. Urbano
    SAES Getters S.p.A., Lainate, Italy
Abstract NEG pumps have been widely adopted by many accelerator facilities since decades. However, their use in dust-sensitive areas - such as superconductive radio frequency (SRF) cavities - has always been limited by concerns about accidental dust emission, which could induce detrimental field emission. As future machines will necessarily rely on highly-efficient SRF cavities, able to supply very high accelerating gradients, requirements in terms of particle release from vacuum components (e.g., pumps and valves) are becoming more and more stringent. At the same time, achieving stable ultra-high vacuum conditions is crucial, as condensed residual gas might also be a potential source of field emission. At present, a unified standard procedure to assess dust generation and propagation along a machine is still missing and discussions are ongoing in the vacuum community. Recent experimental measurements demonstrated the compatibility of sintered NEG pumps with ultra-clean environments, due to their intrinsic very low dust release. In parallel, in-situ tests performed at different accelerator facilities showed absence of dust contamination from NEGs and no impact on cavities efficiency.
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Conference IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Series International Particle Accelerator Conference (9th)
Proceedings Link to full IPAC2018 Proccedings
Session MC7 Poster Session
Date 03-May-18   09:00–12:00
Main Classification 07 Accelerator Technology
Sub Classification T14 Vacuum Technology
Keywords vacuum, cavity, SRF, experiment, background
Publisher JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Shane Koscielniak (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Jana Thomson (TRIUMF, Vancouver, BC, Canada)
ISBN 978-3-95450-184-7
Published June 2018
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