Cryogenic Target Shift
The Cryogenic Target
The Hall D cryogenic target consists of a tapered kapton target cell of 40 cm length, 2 cm diameter, a vacuum chamber, a pulse tube refrigerator, a compressor and its water cooling system, a gas manifold and panel, the electronic controls (PLC logic), a support cart and safety storage tanks. The figure below shows some of its main components.
The cell can be filled with liquid H2 (physics run) or gas H2 (empty run). It has a 130 um kapton wall and 75 um entrance and exit kapton windows.
When filled with LH2, the operating pressure and temperature are P=18 psia and T=17K.
Routine Operation
There are 3 routine operations:
- Fill target with LH2
- Empty target (target is still filled with gaseous H2)
- Target off
"Target off" triggers the warm-up of the system.
If you did not receive target training, do not operate the target and call an expert.
Interlocks
Safety interlocks protect the target if the temperature decreases below 16K or the pressure decreases 16 psia.
If such event happens or if the target warms up, the target should not be damaged. However, beam time will be lost. Call an expert immediately
Expert personnel
The individuals responsible for checking that the cryogenic target is ready to take data and setting its operating parameters are shown in following table. Problems with normal operation of the cryogenic target should be referred to those individuals and any changes to their settings must be approved by them. Additional experts may be trained by the system owner and their name and date added to this table.
| Name | Extension | Date of qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Deur (1st contact) | Office: 757-269-7526 / Cell: 757-871-5931 | June 12, 2014 |
| Mark Ito (2nd contact) | Office: 757-269-5295 / Cell 757-504-0664 | June 12, 2014 |
