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ILC cryogenics

          ILC Cryogenic System Considerations talk (PDF) given at Snowmass, 18 Aug05
          A Preliminary Look at the ILC Cryogenic System (2.7 MB ppt document, 8 Feb 06)
          ILC GDE Meeting Cryogenics (9.0 MB ppt file, Bangalore, 10 March 06)

GENERAL INFORMATION

Cryogenics -- General Talks

    Cryogenics for Warm Physicists and Engineers (pdf file, 6.1 MB, presented at the Accelerator Physics and Technology Seminar at Fermilab on 29 May 2008)

    Large-scale Cryogenics for Particle Accelerators (pdf file, 3.3 MB, presented at the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai on 13 March 06)
    View HTML version of "Refrigeration for Large Scale Low Tc Superconducting Systems"  (A talk presented at the Cryogenic Society of America short course just before the Cryogenic Engineering Conference in Madison in July, 2001 -- intended as a practical tutorial for engineers.) 
    View HTML version of "Large-scale Cryogenics for Accelerators"  (A talk presented via video link for Gerry Dugan's Accelerator Technology class in October, 2000 -- intended as a general talk on cryogenic technology for accelerator physics students.) 
    View HTML version of "Cryogenics -- Why Fermilab Has Caught the Uncommon Cold", the Ask-a-Scientist talk on March 6, 2005.  Download PowerPoint version (large file, 8 MB)

List of publications by Tom Peterson (HTML file with links to some of the publications) 

JT heat exchanger notes and design
Link to a page describing out 4.5 K to 2 K JT heat exchanger design, with links to the TIF drawings for the Stand 4 version. 

US LHC Project
    
    LHC IR Cryogenic System (page of links to various files dealing with IR system cryogenics) 
    US LHC Project -- Fermilab website

    DFBX-2007 (photos and documents compiled for our work in 2007)
    DFBX fabrication images  (Photos of fabrication progress at Meyer Tool and other information about the Distribution Feed Boxes designed by LBNL for the LHC Inner Triplet Quadrupoles as part of the US LHC project.) 
    Meyer Tool visit 15 December 04

HTS Leads
    Thermal tests of 6-kA HTS current leads for the Tevatron (PDF file, CEC publication about prototype 6 kA HTS leads tests, November 1999) 
    Dev&Test HTS leads web page

Tevatron Component Tests
    The Nature of the helium flow in Fermilab's Tevatron dipole magnets (PostScript file, "Cryogenics" publication, June 1997) 
     Beam Tube Bellows Twist Report (MS Word document, August 2003)
     Tevatron Dipole Roll Test Report (MS Word document, August 2003) 

VMTF
    Large superfluid helium system at Fermilab (PDF file, "Cold Facts" publication about Vertical Magnet Test Facility (VMTF) cryogenics, October 1999) 

Very Large Hadron Collider (VLHC or RLHC) 
    Cryogenic systems for the low field RLHC study cases (PDF file, by M. McAshan and P.O. Mazur, for the 1996 Snowmass Study) 
    Cryogenic systems for the high field RLHC study cases (PDF file, by M. McAshan and P.O. Mazur, for the 1996 Snowmass Study)
    Jefferson Lab VLHC Cryogenics/Vacuum Workshop Summary (PDF file, 1999) 
    High Field VLHC Cryo System Study (MS Excel document, April 2001)  This is my spreadsheet of high field VLHC heat and cryo power.
    Chapter 6 of the June 4, 2001, VLHC study (PDF file) about components of the high-field VLHC, including Section 6.2.1, "Stage-2 Cryogenic System Concept". 

Muon Collider and Neutrino Factory
      "Cryogenic Systems" chapter (PDF file, by Mike McAshan) of the Neutrino Source Study Report (study organized by Norbert Holtkamp, Spring 2000)

CONFERENCES

Cryogenic Engineering Conference 2001
    Download a PowerPoint version of my July 16, 2001, CSA short course talk entitled "Refrigeration for Large Scale Low Tc Superconducting Systems".

Cryogenic Engineering Conference 2003
   Link to the conference website

Cryogenic Engineering Conference 2005
   Link to the conference website

     Cryogenic Safety Subcommittee (CSS) (committee structure, old) 

     ELM Committee

     SNS Accerator Systems Advisory Committee (PDF file report on the March, 2004, meeting) 

 OTHER LINKS

     Fermilab Butterflies --  Table of Fermilab butterfly sightings with links to photos of all the species (HTML file). 
     Video and/or slides of 2004 DASTOW butterfly talk (HTML file)
 

Thomas J. Peterson

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