7th COLD meeting

Europe/Paris
CTRM meeting room

CTRM meeting room

present:

A.D'Elia, B.Joly, J.-L. Revol, P.Borowiec, T.Brochard, H.Pedroso Marques, S.White, N.Carmignani, R.Bourtenberg, G.LeBec, Qing Qin, C.Gonzales Torres, F.Ewald, L.Eybert, B.Roche, Y.Gouez

 

presentation of review pannel

 

WP01 ADE

2 COD being hired. 1 for LLRF, 1 for RF engineer

N.Benoist (DIAG) accepted to help T.Brochard for RF waveguides drawing. Hours needed to be defined.

contact with infrastructure WP05 for cooling and elec requirements.

 

WP02 FE 

no update

 

WP03 HPM 

no update

 

WP04 TB 

to prepare meeting with SLAC on pressurized vassel, contacted APAVE. if pressure rise lower than 0.5bar, then no need for any authorization.

What about boiling LN2 or issues? This is handled by burst disk pressure limitation valve.

START of next year 2026 first drawings.

drawings inspected. some missing part. moving parts not all clear. some manual movements some motorized.

no alignment reference points. 

CGT : need to define alignment strategy to define the ref-points locations.

SL: we could propose a solution to SLAC

LE: 50 um are demanding alignment request. 

SL: this value is based on 6GeV (COLD phase 4) simulations.

 

WP05 YG 

new round of meetings with various WPs. 

for cooling system a new installation will be needed for COLD. fully independent from ESRF present linac. 

electricity not a big deal

LN2 tank size to be confirmed        ( < -- ACTION)

Space configuration to be evaluated. Space for control room will then be defined (common for linac and COLD project)

SL: if the use of COLD and present linac is alternative (never work together) the water infrastructure would be sufficient? 

PB and SW: in any case better to have separate installation.

not easy to install new pipes (bigger)

 

WP06 BJ

waiting fro drawings

control room for acustic insulation (safety + RF)

modify linac entrance building to have larger platform and cover in case of rain. Not expensive installation.

 

WP07 RB

gathered needs for COLD

interlock meeting. Marc Dubrulle provided a list of interlock. some are for PSS some for equipment interlock.

 

WP12 TIMING (no referent at the moment, replaces WP photons)

PSI set up will work for COLD project phase 0,1 and 2. For phase 3 a system able to send beam in the SR will have to be designed.

BR: PSI solution will work for COLD project phase 0,1 and 2

 

WP08

no update

 

WP09 JLR on behalf of SAFETY

linac door connected to PSS system in winter shutdown.

meeting monday 15th dec 2025 with SAFETY

authorization for RF unit ready, but not submitted

SL: AFTER the authorization is submitted (to avoid any further delay) could we ask to submit authorization for RF unit to arrive in March 2027? Identical document, only RF-unit number will change. 

 

WP10 

no update

 

WP11

re-running linac simulations due to bug fix in RF_Track code.

 

WP12-photons suppressed after meeting with FEL experts. nothing to learn from undulator after cold linac installation.

 

visit of CTF-2 and CLEAR facility very fruitfull. Same installation as ours.

 

CDR ACTIONS:

remove phase 4 from all sections apart sections intro and beamdynamics.   ( < -- ACTION)

remove BLM section from CDR   ( < -- ACTION)

add name of people writing to every section   ( < -- ACTION)

 

SEND CDR PDF to Yann Gouez    ( < -- ACTION)

ADD new structure design for COLD Phase 2 installation  ( < -- ACTION)

remove JIRA PLAN and replace it with link to microsoft project   ( < -- ACTION)

 

 

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    • 1:00 PM 1:05 PM
      general project update 5m

      COLD Project Review in 21st April 2026 with external advisors.

      Panel members (5-6):

      RF, photoinjectors, pulsed power:
      1) chair: Roberto Corsini (CERN) (CONTACTED, OK) Backup: Walter Wuensch (CERN)
      2) Tetsuo Abe (KEK) (CONTACTED), Backup: Florian Burkart (DESY, ARES), Patrick Alexandre (SOLEIL)

      CRYOGENICS:
      3) Donato Passarelli (FNAL) (CONTACTED, OK*) Backup: A. Ghribi (IN2P3).

      operation / diag / synchro / beam dynamics:
      4) Sara Thorin (MAX-IV) (CONTACTED, OK) Backup: Gerardo D'Auria (ELETTRA)

      Competitor 6GeV LINACS / LASER
      5) Wim Leemans (DESY) (CONTACTED) Backup: Winfried Decking (EuXFEL)

      Agenda:

      8.45 welcome coffee

      9.00 (20+10) ESRF injectors upgrade overview (Qing Qin)

      9.30 (30+15) 6GeV linac and COLD project driver: beam dynamics and planning (Liuzzo)

      10.15 coffee break

      10.45 (30+15) Acc. Struct + cryomodule for C^3 and COLD (Nanni, Aymar, SLAC)

      11.30 (30+15) S-band brazing free high charge Photo electron gun and RF deflector (Alesini, INFN)

      12.15 LUNCH (ESRF canteen private room)

      13.45 (20+10) RF power and distribution (R.Zennaro, PSI, A.D'Elia, ESRF)

      14.15 (20+10) installation, implementation and safety aspects (J-L Revol)

      14.45 (20+10) Diagnostics and Laser (F.Ewald)

      15.15 coffee break

      15.30 (60) review writing

      17.30 (15) final review return and closing remarks

      19.00 DINNER

      Speaker: Simone Liuzzo (ESRF)
    • 1:05 PM 1:10 PM
      WP status round table 5m

      WP 01 RF
      WP 02 Diagnostics
      WP 03 Vacuum
      WP 04 Mechanical Engineering:
      WP 05 Infrastructure
      WP 06 Operation
      WP 07 Control
      WP 08 Alignment
      WP 09 Safety
      WP 10 Magnets
      WP 11 Beam Dynamics
      WP 12 Photons

    • 1:10 PM 1:15 PM
      Visit of CLEAR facility 24th November 5m
      Speaker: Simone Liuzzo (ESRF)
    • 1:20 PM 1:25 PM
      Review CDR document 5m

      Conceptual Design Report:
      https://www.overleaf.com/7899755955tmcgtsjgcdkt#10571a

      OK means it is OK for the moment but you are fully free to modify correct, reference add figures, etc..

      WP 01 RF OK
      WP 02 Diagnostics OK
      WP 03 Vacuum waveguides?
      WP 04 Mechanical Engineering
      WP 05 Infrastructure Please check text
      WP 06 Operation Add reliability, maintainability, repeatability
      WP 07 Control OK, interlocks to be added
      WP 08 Alignment OK
      WP 09 Safety some text, please complement
      WP 10 Magnets OK
      WP 11 Beam Dynamics missing several simulations

    • 1:25 PM 1:27 PM
      Planning and budget review 2m

      JIRA planning (OUTDATED)
      https://jira.esrf.fr/secure/PortfolioPlanView.jspa?id=26&sid=26&vid=0#plan/backlog

      New: Microsoft Project planning
      more tasks
      more budget
      additional items (RF-deflector, Water cooling,...)

      CAN IT BE IMPORTED TO JIRA?

      Speaker: Simone Liuzzo (ESRF)
    • 1:30 PM 1:32 PM
      Human resources 2m

      2 COD position being opened
      - LLRF
      - RF

    • 1:40 PM 1:45 PM
      AOB 5m

      Collaborations

      EIC-pathfinder-OPEN project

    • 1:50 PM 1:51 PM
      update confluence page 1m

      check Pending Actions list from previous meetings

      https://confluence.esrf.fr/display/PROJCOLD/COLD%3A+Cool+copper+Operation+Linac+Demonstrator