NSLS-II Seminar

Various engineering solutions are presented for several collider-accelerator components and systems.
The EBIS Drift Tube project required the prediction and improvement of Ultra-High Vacuum levels for the EBIS drift tubes in areas of low conductance (long, narrow pipes). This was accomplished using hand calculations aided by Excel Spreadsheet macros and subroutines. The detailed design and ultimately the fabrication of the first-of-its kind Non-Evaporable Getter (NEG) in high voltage was installed. Thermal and thermal-structural management of these drift tubes was performed both by classical hand calculations as well as state-of-the-art Finite Element Analysis software. Another major project effort was the proposed Neutrino Horn. This required extensive thermal-hydraulic analysis. Other thermal-structural challenges include the BLIP Targets. These targets are exposed to extremely harsh radiation, thermal and corrosion environments. Their survival is key to the production of much needed radioisotopes, currently lagging national and global demands.
Many detectors are used throughout the Collider-Accelerator Complex. The first-of-its kind zero-beam-loss detectors where designed and installed at the NASA Space Radiation Laboratory (NSRL) beam line and have been running flawlessly for the last 7 years.
Another unique detector project was the Hydrogen Jet Luminescence Monitor. Optics analysis combined with clever mechanical design continues to provide real-time imaging of proton and heavy ion beam profiles.
Using advanced prototyping and manufacturing methods, cryogenic RF systems and devices are currently being analyzed and designed with production scheduled for the near future.
In summary, vast numbers of components, detectors, magnets, cooling systems and optics have been analyzed, designed, fabricated, tested and installed using basic engineering principles and conventional as well as state-of-the-art techniques. All of these projects were realized fro