Synchrotron radiation and beam tube vacuum in a Very Large Hadron Collider, Stage 1 and Stage 2 VLHC

Synchrotron radiation induced photodesorption in particle accelerators may lead to pressure rise and to beam-gas scattering losses, finally affecting the beam lifetime. We discuss the beam tube vacuum in the low field Stage 1 and Stage 2 Very Large Hadron Collider VLHC. Since VLHC Stage 1 has a room temperature beam tube, a non-evaporable getter (NEG St101 strip) pumping system located inside a pumping antechamber, supplemented by lumped ion pumps for pumping methane is considered. In Stage 2, the 100 K beam screen, or liner, illuminated by the synchrotron radiation, is inserted into the magnet cold bore. Cryo-pumping is provided by the cold bore kept at 4.2 K, through slots covering the beam screen surface. Possible beam conditioning scenarios are presented for reaching design intensity, both for Stage 1 and 2. The most important results are summarized in this paper.