IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Kovermann, J.W.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUPC133	Instrumentation for the 12 GHz Stand-alone Test-stand to Test CLIC Acceleration Structures	1335
	M. Jacewicz, R.J.M.Y. Ruber, V.G. Ziemann Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden J.W. Kovermann CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Vacuum breakdown is one of the primary limitations in the design and construction of high energy accelerators operating with warm accelerating structures (ACS) such as CLIC linear collider because the mechanisms that cause the breakdown are still a mystery. The ongoing experimental work is trying to benchmark the theoretical models focusing on the physics of vacuum breakdown which is responsible for the observed discharges. The CLIC collaboration is preparing a dedicated 12 GHz test-stand to observe the characteristics of the RF discharges and their eroding effects on the ACS. The instrumentation for the test-stand must be versatile and allow for the conditioning of the ACS with measurements of the breakdown rates at different power levels as well as detection of the dark current and light emission directly relevant to breakdown physics. For that purpose we are developing 2 novel instruments. A pepper-pot chamber with an external magnetic spectrometer for measurement of the spatial and energy distributions of the electrons emitted from the ACS and an optical laser system for probing the ACS to observe the effect of a discharge on the transmitted light.

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Instrumentation for the 12 GHz Stand-alone Test-stand to Test CLIC Acceleration Structures

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M. Jacewicz, R.J.M.Y. Ruber, V.G. Ziemann
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
J.W. Kovermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Vacuum breakdown is one of the primary limitations in the design and construction of high energy accelerators operating with warm accelerating structures (ACS) such as CLIC linear collider because the mechanisms that cause the breakdown are still a mystery. The ongoing experimental work is trying to benchmark the theoretical models focusing on the physics of vacuum breakdown which is responsible for the observed discharges. The CLIC collaboration is preparing a dedicated 12 GHz test-stand to observe the characteristics of the RF discharges and their eroding effects on the ACS. The instrumentation for the test-stand must be versatile and allow for the conditioning of the ACS with measurements of the breakdown rates at different power levels as well as detection of the dark current and light emission directly relevant to breakdown physics. For that purpose we are developing 2 novel instruments. A pepper-pot chamber with an external magnetic spectrometer for measurement of the spatial and energy distributions of the electrons emitted from the ACS and an optical laser system for probing the ACS to observe the effect of a discharge on the transmitted light.