Automatic retuning of superconducting linacs using LightWin

A. Plaçais, Frédéric Bouly, E. Froidefond, J. M. Lagniel, G. Normand, A. K. Orduz, B. Yee-Rendon, Lennert De Keukeleere, Jarno Van de Walle

Research outputpeer-review

Abstract

Reliability is an important feature for high-power particle accelerators. A significant proportion of beam trips come from the failure of superconducting accelerating cavities or their associated systems. Failure compensation is a technique that can limit the impact of these failures and therefore increase beam availability. Finding ideal compensation settings is, however, a difficult challenge that involves beam dynamics and multi-objective optimization, and which raises very different issues according to the linac under study. In this study, we present the LightWin tool to automatically find compensation settings in linacs. We study different compensation strategies on the MINERVA superconducting linac and present our first results on the SPIRAL2 superconducting linac.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 32nd Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC 2024
EditorsKelly Jaje
PublisherJACoW Publishing
Pages563-568
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9783954502196
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event32nd Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC 2024 - Chicago
Duration: 25 Aug 202430 Aug 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings - Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC
ISSN (Print)2226-0366

Conference

Conference32nd Linear Accelerator Conference, LINAC 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period2024-08-252024-08-30

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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