The
FREIA Accelerator and Detector
Instrumentation Laboratory in Uppsala
A
2 minutes video showing the FREIA Laboratory is available at https://youtu.be/ghOut4xd1oc
The home page of the FREIA
Laboratory and Division is http://www.physics.uu.se/research/freia-lab/
The FREIA Research
Infrastructure
The FREIA Laboratory in Uppsala,
Sweden, is developing and testing new particle accelerator and
detector instrumentation. It was created in 2012 as a Division of the
Department of Physics and
Astronomy at Uppsala University and is located at the Ångström
Laboratory Science Campus in a
1000 m2 large, 10 m high hall.
The Laboratory has as major
infrastructure:
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a
Helium liquefier with a capacity of 140 liters per hour with distribution
lines, dewars and
gas recovery system,
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a
versatile horizontal test cryostat of inner measures 3.2 m length and 1.19 m
diameter,
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two
400 kW 352 MHz radiofrequency power generators with wave guide circuitry,
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high
power solid state amplifiers,
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control
processors and other electronic equipment,
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radiation
protection bunkers and
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a
6.3-ton movable crane and other mechanical equipment
Currently this infrastructure is being
complemented with:
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a
vertical cryostat of inner measures 2.9 m height and 1.12 m diameter and
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a
high power 704 MHz radiofrequency generator.
The FREIA laboratory is continuously
developing and complementing its infrastructure as new
projects are added to the current activities.
The laboratory has 20 employees, of
which 12 are researchers with a PhD exam and 8 engineers
and technicians. There are currently 5 PhD students with their research based
at FREIA.
The availability of the nearby Ångström Mechnical Workshop (
http://www.physics.uu.se/research/angstrom-workshop/ ) with its highly qualified workshop
personnel and large set-up of modern numerical workshop machines constitutes an
important
complement to the Laboratory.
Current
FREIA Research and Development Activities
Current research and development
activities are closely linked to major research infrastructure
projects and comprise the following activities:
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development
and test of accelerating cavities and radiofrequency power sources for ESS,
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development
and tests of crab cavities and orbit corrector dipole magnets for the CERN
LHC upgrade,
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analysis
of the dynamics of a high-current beam in an accumulator ring for the ESS
Neutrino
SuperBeam (ESSnuSB)
project,
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commission
the Laser Heater for X-FEL,
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development
of high-power semiconductor microwave sources for scientific and industrial
accelerators and
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development of technology for generation of single-cycle light-beams.
New research projects under discussion
will address accelerators and instrumentation for
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synchrotron
radiation physics (beamline and undulators for MAX
IV) and
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medical physics (AccMed Superconducting
Radioisotope Cyclotrons and Light-Ion Therapy).