IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Le Pimpec, F.)

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WEPFI058	Breakdown Localization Studies on the SwissFEL C-band Test Structures	2824
	J. Klavins, S. Dementjevs, F. Le Pimpec, L. Stingelin, M. Wohlmuther, R. Zennaro PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland N.C. Shipman CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The SwissFEL main linac will consist of 10⁴ C-band structures with a nominal accelerating gradient of 28MV/m. First power tests were performed on short constant impedance test-structures composed of eleven double-rounded cups. In order to localize breakdowns, two or three acoustic emission sensors were installed on the test-structures. In order to localize breakdowns we have analyzed, in addition to acoustic measurements, the delay and phase of the rf power signals. Parasitic, acoustic noise emitted from the loads of the structure complicated the data interpretation and necessitated appropriate processing of the acoustic signals. The Goals of the experiments were to identify design and manufacturing errors of the structures. The results indicate that breakdowns occur mostly at the input power coupler, as also confirmed by vacuum-events at the same location. The experiments show that the linac test-structures fulfill the requirements in breakdown probability. Moreover developing a detection system based on acoustic emission sensors for breakdown localization for our C-band structure seems reasonable given the results obtained.

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Breakdown Localization Studies on the SwissFEL C-band Test Structures

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J. Klavins, S. Dementjevs, F. Le Pimpec, L. Stingelin, M. Wohlmuther, R. Zennaro
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
N.C. Shipman
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The SwissFEL main linac will consist of 10⁴ C-band structures with a nominal accelerating gradient of 28MV/m. First power tests were performed on short constant impedance test-structures composed of eleven double-rounded cups. In order to localize breakdowns, two or three acoustic emission sensors were installed on the test-structures. In order to localize breakdowns we have analyzed, in addition to acoustic measurements, the delay and phase of the rf power signals. Parasitic, acoustic noise emitted from the loads of the structure complicated the data interpretation and necessitated appropriate processing of the acoustic signals. The Goals of the experiments were to identify design and manufacturing errors of the structures. The results indicate that breakdowns occur mostly at the input power coupler, as also confirmed by vacuum-events at the same location. The experiments show that the linac test-structures fulfill the requirements in breakdown probability. Moreover developing a detection system based on acoustic emission sensors for breakdown localization for our C-band structure seems reasonable given the results obtained.