Cryogenic thermo-acoustics in the SPIRAL2 LINAC

TL;DR

This paper investigates cryogenic thermo-acoustic oscillations in the SPIRAL2 LINAC's valves-boxes, using extensive monitoring data to understand and develop methods for controlling these effects in a complex accelerator environment.

Contribution

It presents instrumentation and methods for modeling cryogenic thermo-acoustics, aiming to damp or harness these oscillations in a real-world accelerator setting.

Findings

Extensive dataset analysis of thermo-acoustic oscillations.

Development of instrumentation for monitoring these effects.

Proposed methods for controlling thermo-acoustic phenomena.

Abstract

SPIRAL2 is a superconducting LINAC subject to cryogenic thermo-acoustic oscillations occurring in its valves-boxes. 4 years of monitoring and experimental investigations with thousands of datasets turned these unwanted effects into an opportunity to study and understand thermo-acoustics in a complex environment such as a real life accelerator. Without digging deep into Rott's thermo-acoustics theory, thoroughly shown in other works, this paper describes the instrumentation and the methods that prepare more advanced modelling of these phenomena either to damp or to harness the energy of cryogenic thermo-acoustics.