Author: France, A.
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THPPP031 RF Design of ESS RFQ 3800
 
  • O. Piquet, M. Desmons, A. France
    CEA/DSM/IRFU, France
  • O. Delferrière
    CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
 
  The low energy front end of ESS is based on a 352 MHz, 5-m long Radiofrequency Quadrupole (RFQ) cavity. It will accelerate and bunch proton beams from 75 keV to 3 MeV. The beam current is 50 mA (75 mA as an upgrade scenario) for 4% duty cycle. A complete RF analysis of the ESS RFQ has been performed using 3D RF simulating codes and a RFQ 4-wire transmission line model. Proposed RFQ is a 4 vane-type structure where 2D cross-section is optimized for lower power dissipation, while featuring simple geometrical shape suitable for easy machining. RF calculations are performed for the whole RFQ, and mainly for the following parts: end cells, vacuum port, tuners and RF coupling ports. Power losses are particularly calculated in order to achieve Thermo-mechanical calculations.