2017/07/24 by Ida Aichinger, Aichinger, Ida, Roberto Kersevan +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1707.07525
18 pages, 19 figures
arxiv created 2017/09/27 · arxiv updated 2017/09/28
The Future Circular Collider (FCC), currently in the design phase, will address many outstanding questions in particle physics. The technology to succeed in this 100 km circumference collider goes beyond present limits. Ultra-high vacuum conditions in the beam pipe is one essential requirement to provide a smooth operation. Different physics phenomena as photon-, ion- and electron- induced desorption and thermal outgassing of the chamber walls challenge this requirement. This paper presents an analytical model and a computer code PyVASCO that supports the design of a stable vacuum system by providing an overview of all the gas dynamics happening inside the beam pipes. A mass balance equation system describes the density distribution of the four dominating gas species H2, CH4, CO and CO2. An appropriate solving algorithm is discussed in detail and a validation of the model including a comparison of the output to the readings of LHC gauges is presented. This enables the evaluation of different designs for the FCC.