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This article provides an introduction to the principles, instruments, and accelerators used in the field of elementary particle physics. Topics include cathode ray tubes, high voltage generators, cyclotrons, linear drift tube accelerators, and synchrotrons.
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Elementary Particles • Instrumentation • Accelerators • Dec 21, 2018
Efield = V / D • With electron charge q: • F = q . Efield • electron kinetic energy: • Ee- = F dD = q.V • Ee- independent of: • distance D • particle mass heated filament distance D Potential diffence V
ElectronVolt: eV Energy unit: ElectronVolt: eV 1000 eV = 1 keV = 103 eV 1 MeV = 106 eV 1 GeV = 109 eV 1 TeV = 1012 eV 1 eV = |q| Joules = 1.6 x 10-19 Joules
Van de Graaff accelerator Vertical construction is easier as support of belt is easier Corona discharge deposits charge on belt From: Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration Stanley Humphries, Jr., on-line edition, p. 222. http://www.fieldp.com/cpa/cpa.html Left: Robert van de Graaff
Faraday Cage! HV = 10 kV gnd belt
Beam pipe From: Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration Stanley Humphries, Jr., on-line edition, p. 223. http://www.fieldp.com/cpa/cpa.html
Hoogspanning (hoge potentiaal) met: Rumkorffse Klos transformator bobine vonkenzender Marconi bobine: ontsteking voor explosie motoren
Practical limit to transformers Cockcroft-Walton high-voltage generator Sir John Douglas Cockroft Nobel Prize 1951 Ernest Walton From: Principles of Charged Particle Acceleration Stanley Humphries, Jr., on-line edition, p. 210 http://www.fieldp.com/cpa/cpa.html
Cockroft Walton generator at Fermilab, Chicago, USA High voltage = 750 kV Structure in the foreground: ion (H-) source
Motion of charged particle in magnetic field Lorentz force: The speed of a charged particle, and therefore its g, does not change by a static magnetic field
Motion of charged particle in magnetic field If magnetic field direction perpendicular to the velocity: which can be written as : p = r q B → p = 0.2998 B r (p in GeV/c, B in T, r in m, for 1 elementary charge unit = 1.602177x10-19 C, and obtained using 1 eV/c2 = 1.782663x10-36 kg and c = 299792458 m/s ) radius of curvature D Sh ρ
The cyclotron "Dee": conducting, non-magnetic box Top view Ernest O.Lawrence at the controls of the 37" cyclotron in 1938, University of California at Berkeley. 1939 Nobel prize for "the invention and development of the cyclotron, and for the results thereby attained, especially with regard to artificial radioelements." (the 37" cyclotron could accelerate deuterons to 8 MeV) Constant magnetic field Side view ~ r.f. voltage Speed increase smaller if particles become relativistic: special field configuration or synchro-cyclotron (uses particle bunches, frequency reduced at end of acceleration cycle) http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/early-years.html http://www.aip.org/history/lawrence/
From: S.Y. Lee and K.Y. Ng, PS70_intro.pdf in: http://physics.indiana.edu/~shylee/p570/AP_labs.tar.gz
From: S.Y. Lee and K.Y. Ng, PS70_intro.pdf in: http://physics.indiana.edu/~shylee/p570/AP_labs.tar.gz
Superconducting cyclotron (AGOR), KVI, Groningen Protons up to ~ 190 MeV, heavy ions (C, N, Ar, ...) ~ 50-60 MeV per nucleon http://www.kvi.nl
Eindhoven: new cyclotron for isotope production (2002) IBA Cyclone 30, 18 - 30 MeV protons, 350 mA http://www.accel.tue.nl/tib/accelerators/Cyclone30/cyclone30.html
Linear Drift Tube accelerator, invented by R. Wideröe Particles move through hollow metal cylinders in evacuated tube ~ r.f. voltage: frequency matched to velocity particles, so that these are accelerated for each gap crossed
Linear Drift Tube accelerator, Alvarez type Metal tank small antenna injects e.m. energy into resonator, e.m. wave in tank accelerates particles when they cross gaps, particles are screened from e.m. wave when electric field would decelerate Particles move through hollow metal cylinders in evacuated tube ~ Luis Walter Alvarez Nobel prize 1968, but not for his work on accelerators: "for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis"
Inside the tank of the Fermilab Alvarez type 200 MeV proton linac http://www-linac.fnal.gov/linac_tour.html
R.f. cavity with drift tubes as used in the SPS (Super Proton Synchrotron) at CERN NB: traveling e.m. waves are used Frequency = 200.2 MHz Max. 790 kW 8MV accelerating voltage
Standing waves in cavity: particles and anti-particles can be accelerated at the same time Superconducting cavity for the LEP-II e+e- collider (2000: last year of operation) t1 "iris" t2 Cavities in cryostat in LEP The direction of E is indicated
Non-superconducting cavity as used in LEP-I. The copper sphere was used for low-loss temporary storage of the e.m. power in order to reduce the power load of the cavity
Synchrotron : circular accelerator with r.f. cavities for accelerating the particles and with separate magnets for keeping the particles on track. All large circular accelerators are of this type. Injection During acceleration the magnetic field needs to be "ramped up". Focussing magnet r.f. cavity Bending magnet Extracted beam Vacuum beam line
During acceleration the magnetic field needs to be "ramped up". Slow extraction Fast extraction of remainder of beam Fast extraction of part of beam For LHC related studies SPS used as injector for LEP At time of operation of LEP
Collider: two beams are collided to obtain a high Centre of Mass (CM) energy. Colliders are usually synchrotrons (exception: SLAC). In a synchrotron particles and anti-particles can be accelerated and stored in the same machine (e.g. LEP (e+e-), SppS and Tevatron (proton - anti-proton). This is not possible for e.g. a proton-proton collider or an electron-proton collider. Important parameter for colliders : Luminosity L N = L s number of events /s cross-section Unit L: barn-1 s-1 or cm-2 s-1
CERN accelerator complex to Gran-Sasso (730 km)
Charged particles inside accelerators and in external beamlines need to be steered by magnetic fields. A requirement is that small deviations from the design orbit should not grow without limit. Proper choice of the steering and focusing fields makes this possible. Consider first a charged particle moving in a uniform field and in a plane perpendicular to the field: displaced orbit In the plane a deviation from the design orbit does not grow beyond a certain limit: it exhibits oscillatory behavior. However, a deviation in the direction perpendicular to the plane grows in proportion to the number of revolutions made and leads to loss of the particle after some time. design orbit
To prevent instabilities a restoring force in the vertical direction is required. Possible solution : "weak focusing" with a "combined function magnet" Components of magnetic field parallel to the design orbit plane force particles not moving in the plane back to it, resulting in oscillatory motion1) perpendicular to plane. The field component perpendicular to the plane now depends on the position in the design orbit plane: the period of the oscillatory motion1) in this plane around the design orbit becomes larger than a single revolution. field component causes downward force pole shoe design orbit plane (seen from the side) field component causes upward force pole shoe 1) "betatron oscillations"
Dipoles and quadrupoles in LEP Dipole Quadrupole
Large Hadron Collider LHC: proton-proton collider Interaction point Bunch size squeezed near interaction point • Crossing angle to avoid long range beam beam interaction • R ~4 km, E ~ 7 TeV (2x!) B ~ 7 T!
Superconducting magnets: no pole shoes Current distributions
pp collisions 2) heavy collisions: A proton is a bag filled with quarks en gluons