The "Multimat" experiment at CERN HiRadMat facility: advanced testing of novel materials and instrumentation for HL-LHC collimators

8th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Carra, F.^1,2 ; Bertarelli, A.^1 ; Berthomé, E.^1 ; Fichera, C.^1 ; Furness, T.^3 ; Guinchard, M.^1 ; Mettler, L.K.^1 ; Portelli, M.^1,4 ; Redaelli, S.^1 ; Sacristan De Frutos, O.^1

CERN, Route de Meyrin 385, Meyrin

1217, Switzerland^1

Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24, Turin

10129, Italy^2

University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield

HD1 3DH, United Kingdom^3

University of Malta, Msida

MSD 2080, Malta^4

关键词: Advanced equipment;    Candidate target;    Dynamic strength;    Energy depositions;    Engineering calculation;    Instrumentation systems;    Technical solutions;    Thin-film coatings;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The increase of the stored beam energy in future particle accelerators, such as the HL-LHC and the FCC, calls for a radical upgrade in the design, materials and instrumentation of Beam Intercepting Devices (BID), such as collimators Following successful tests in 2015 that validated new composite materials and a novel jaw design conceived for the HL-LHC collimators, a new HiRadMat experiment, named "HRMT36-MultiMat", is scheduled for autumn 2017. Its objective is to determine the behaviour under high intensity proton beams of a broad range of materials relevant for collimators and beam intercepting devices, thin-film coatings and advanced equipment. The test bench features 16 separate target stations, each hosting various specimens, allowing the exploration of complex phenomena such as dynamic strength, internal damping, nonlinearities due to anisotropic inelasticity and inhomogeneity, effects of energy deposition and radiation on coatings. This paper details the main technical solutions and engineering calculations for the design of the test bench and of the specimens, the candidate target materials and the instrumentation system.