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The CLIC linear collider aims at accelerating multiple bunches of electrons and positrons and colliding at a centre of mass energy of 3 TeV. These bunches are accelerated through X-band linacs operating at an accelerating frequency of 12 GHz. Each beam readily excites wake-fields in the accelerating cavities of each linac. The transverse components of the wake-fields, if left unchecked, can dilute the beam emittance. The present CLIC design relies on heavy damping of these wake-fields in order to ameliorate the effects of the wake-field on the beam emittance. Here we present initial results on a modified design which combines both damping and detuning of the cell frequencies of each cavity structure in order to enhance the overall decay of the wake-field. Interleaving of cell frequencies is explored as a means to improve the damping.
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