Argonne Accelerator Institute Members


Kenneth W. Shepard  
Phone: (630) 252-4899
E-mail address: kwshepard@anl.gov
Division and group: Physics/SRF Group (leader)

Areas of Research Interest

The development of hadron linac technology, particularly superconducting rf accelerating structures for particle velocities less than the velocity of light, and associated cryostats, couplers, tuners, etc.

Selected List of Publications

"Development of spoke cavities for RIA," K. W. Shepard, M. P. Kelly, J. Fuerst, M. Kedzie, Z. A. Conway, Physica C 441, p205-208 (2006).

"Superconducting Triple Spoke Cavity for Beta = 0.5 Ions," K. W. Shepard, M. P. Kelly, J. D. Fuerst, M. Kedzie, and Z.A. Conway, in Proc. 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference, May 16-20, 2005, pp 4344-46 (2005).

"Prototype Superconducting Triple-Spoke Cavity for Beta = 0.63," K. W. Shepard, M. P. Kelly, J. D. Fuerst, M. Kedzie, and Z.A. Conway, in Proc. 2005 Particle Accelerator Conference, May 16-20, 2005, Pp 4338-40 (2005).

“High-Energy Ion Linacs Based on Superconducting Spoke Cavities," K. W. Shepard, P. N. Ostroumov, and J. R. Delayen, Phys. Rev. ST – AB 6, 080101 (2003).

"Development of SC Intermediate-velocity Structures for the U.S. RIA Project," K.W. Shepard, in Proc. 11th Workshop on RF Superconductivity, September 8-12, 2003, Lubeck, Germany

"The RIA Driver LINAC,” Kenneth W. Shepard, , in Proc. 21st Linac Conference, Gyeongju, Korea, August 19-23, 2002

"SC Driver Linac for a Rare Isotope Facility," K. W. Shepard, J. R. Delayen, C. M. Lyneis, J. Nolen, P. Ostroumov, J. W. Staples, J. Brawley, C. Hovater, M. Kedzie, M. P. Kelly, J. Mammosser, C. Piller, and M. Portillo, in the Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on RF Superconductivity, November 1 – 5, 1999, Santa Fe, New Mexico