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Status of the Tevatron cryosystem upgrade.

Author(s) : FUERST J. D., THEILACKER J. C.

Summary

Fermilab's Tevatron accelerates counter-rotating beams of protons and anti-protons to an energy of 900 gigaelectronvolts per beam for high energy physics research. An upgrade to the liquid helium cryogenic system is under way. An 11% energy increase is sought using cold vapour compression to reduce the magnet operating temperatures from 4.8 K down to about 4.0 K. The paper describes the status of the upgrade including cold compressor operating history, magnet performance at lower temperature, and hardware reliability issues.

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  • Original title: Status of the Tevatron cryosystem upgrade.
  • Record ID : 1999-2093
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Cryogenics and refrigeration. Proceedings of ICCR '98.
  • Publication date: 1998/04/21
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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