Cornell BNL ERL Test Accelerator, C-Beta
Cornell BNL ERL Test Accelerator

CBETA layout

Beam schedule - daily & weekly
Commissioning procedures 
      live
Wiki                                                live

Baseline parameters
                  180205
Natl. Acad. Sciences report
      180916
Organization chart                     190507
Organization WBS L2              180614
Project Management Plan         171006
Risk register                                   
170228
Technical notes                            190806

Reviews & Advisory Committee meetings
161220
Magnet Buildability Review
170130
Advisory Committee Technical Review
170206
Directors Review - Cost & Schedule
180222
Advisory Committee meeting
181008
Advisory Committee meeting
190509
Advisory Committee meeting

Key Performance Parameters (NYSERDA contract Table 1)
Parameter Unit
KPP
Design
Electron beam energy
MeV

150
Electron bunch charge
pC

123
Gun current
mA
1
40
Bunch repetition rate (gun)
MHz

325
RF frequency
MHz
1300
1300
Injector energy
MeV

6
RF operation mode


CW
Number of ERL turns

1
4
Energy aperture of arc

2
4

Technical milestones (NYSERDA contract Table 2)
BOLD milestones 4 & 6 are also "go/no-go" milestones.
# Milestone
Baseline
Actual

NYSERDA funding start date

2016 Oct 31
1
Engineering design documentation complete
2017 Jan 31
2017 Jan 31
2
Prototype girder assembled
2017 Apr 30
2017 Apr 30
3
Magnet production approved
2017 June 30
2017 June 23
4
Beam through Main Linac Cryomodule
2017 Aug 31
2017 June 16
5
First arc production magnet tested
2017 Dec 31
2017 Dec 21
6
Fractional Arc Test: beam through MLC & prototype girder
2018 Apr 30
2018 Apr 20
7
Girder production run complete
2018 Nov 30
2018 Nov 21
8
Final assembly & pre-beam commissioning complete
2019 Feb 28
2019 Mar 13
9
Single pass beam energy scan
2019 June 30
2019 June 3
10
Single pass beam with energy recovery
2019 Oct 31
2019 Jun 24
11
Four pass beam with energy recovery (low current)
2019 Dec 31
2019 Dec 24
12
Project complete
2020 Apr 30