First full cool down of the SPIRAL 2 superconducting LINAC

Adnan Ghribi (1) , Muhammad Aburas (1) , Yoann Baumont (1, 2) , Pierre-Emmanuel Bernaudin (1, 2) , Stéphane Bonneau (1) , Guillaume Duteil (1, 2) , Robin Ferdinand (1, 2) , Michel Lechartier (1, 2) , Jean-François Leyge (1, 2) , Guillaume Lescalié (1, 2) , Yann Thivel (1, 2) , Arnaud Trudel (1, 2) , Laurent Valentin (1) , Adrien Vassal (1, 3, 4, 5)

1 GANIL - Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds
2 IRFU - Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers
3 IRIG - Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire de Grenoble
4 UGA - Université Grenoble Alpes
5 UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie

• First full cool down of the SPIRAL 2 superconducting linear accelerator. • Cool down requirements methods and procedures as well as actual data. • Preparing the operation mode through experimental run. • New multidisciplinary challenges between cryogenic and RF for superconducting accelerator.

Mots clés: Cryogenics; LHe refrigeration; Superconducting cavities; LINAC; Accelerators

Domaines: Physique [physics]

Adnan Ghribi, Muhammad Aburas, Yoann Baumont, Pierre-Emmanuel Bernaudin, Stéphane Bonneau, et al.. First full cool down of the SPIRAL 2 superconducting LINAC. Cryogenics, 2020, 110, pp.103126. ⟨10.1016/j.cryogenics.2020.103126⟩. ⟨hal-02905206⟩