Fabrication and test of the first normal-conducting crossbar H-type accelerating cavity at Fermilab for HINS

Abstract

The proposed high intensity neutrino source (HINS) at Fermilab is based on an 8 GeV linear proton accelerator that consists of a normal-conducting (warm) and a superconducting section. The warm section is composed of an ion source, a radio frequency quadrupole, a medium energy beam transport (MEBT) and 16 warm Crossbar H-type (CH) cavities that accelerate the beam from 2.5 MeV to 10 MeV (from beta=0.0744 to beta=0.1422). These warm cavities are separated by superconducting solenoids enclosed in individual cryostats. Beyond 10 MeV, the design uses superconducting spoke resonators to accelerate the beam up to 8 GeV. In this paper, we illustrate the completion of the first warm CH cavity (beta=0.0744) explaining in detail the mechanical engineering aspects related to the machining and brazing processes. The radio-frequency (RF) measurements and tuning performed at Fermilab on the resonator and comparisons with simulations are also discussed.