10th Virtual MicroTCA Workshop for Industry and Research

Session

Session 4

8 Dec 2021, 14:00

Virtual Workshop via Zoom

Conveners

Session 4

• Christian Ganninger

31. MicroTCA for the new 200MHz Cavity-controller of the CERN SPS

Gregoire Hagmann (CERN)

08/12/2021, 14:00

Talk

The LLRF of the CERN SPS has gone through a complete renovation during the Long Shutdown 2019-2020. The upgrade was motivated by the High Luminosity LHC project (HL-LHC) that calls for the doubling of the SPS beam intensity .
Installation of two additional cavities and the obsolescence of the aging electronics required the redesign of the 200MHz cavity-controller system (RF feedback) and of...

30. MicroTCA Hardware Upgrade for the 200 MHz Cavity Controller in the CERN Proton Synchrotron

Matteo Pagin (CERN)

08/12/2021, 14:15

The CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) provides hadron beams to the downstream accelerators, to dedicated experimental areas and for anti-proton production. Six 200 MHz cavities are driven by a phase modulated RF signal resulting in controlled longitudinal emittance blow-up. The cavities also provide bunching for the PS-to-SPS transfer. During the long shutdown (LS2) an upgrade of the cavity...

23. Development of a MTCA.4 LINAC LLRF system for the MedAustron LINAC upgrade

Mr B. Baričević (Instrumentation Technologies), M. Wolf (EBG MedAustron)

08/12/2021, 14:30

Talk

MedAustron is a synchrotron-based particle therapy center located in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. The acceleration of the protons and heavy ions is achieved through a LINAC injector followed by a synchrotron, featuring three irradiation rooms for particle therapy and one room for non-clinical research. In the course of an ongoing development project, the LINAC LLRF will be upgraded to a...

49. LLRF control status at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin

Dr Pablo Echevarria (Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin)

08/12/2021, 14:45

Talk

At Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), it is planned to apply mTCA.4 technology for the LLRF control of two of its accelerator facilities: BESSY-II and SeaLab. BESSY-II is a 3rd generation Synchrotron Light Source in operation since 1998 and focused on the generation of soft X-rays, complementing this way PETRA-III at DESY. It comprises a booster ring with one PETRA-type 500MHz normal conducting...