IPAC2017 - List of Authors (Argyropoulos, T.)

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TUPAB017	Results of the Beam-Loading Breakdown Rate Experiment at the CLIC Test Facility CTF3	1348
	E. Senes, T. Argyropoulos, N. Catalán Lasheras, R. Corsini, D. Gamba, J. Giner Navarro, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, R. Rajamaki, X.F.D. Stragier, I. Syratchev, F. Tecker, W. Wuensch CERN, Geneva, Switzerland J. Giner Navarro IFIC, Valencia, Spain R. Rajamaki Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Aalto, Finland E. Senes Torino University, Torino, Italy
	The RF breakdown rate is crucial for the luminosity performance of the CLIC linear collider. The required breakdown rate at the design gradient of 100 MV/m has been demonstrated, without beam presence, in a number of 12 GHz CLIC prototype structures. Nevertheless, the beam-loading at CLIC significantly changes the field profile inside the structures, and the behaviour with beam needs to be understood. A dedicated experiment in the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 to determine the effect of beam on the breakdown rate has been collecting breakdown data throughout the year 2016. The complete results of the experiment and the effect of the beam-loading on the breakdown rate are presented.
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TUPVA044	Modelling and Measurements of Bunch Profiles at the LHC	2167
	S. Papadopoulou, F. Antoniou, T. Argyropoulos, M. Hostettler, Y. Papaphilippou CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Fitterer Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
	The bunch profiles in the LHC are often observed to be non-Gaussian, both at Flat Bottom (FB) and Flat Top (FT) energies. Especially at FT, an evolution of the tail population in time is observed. In this respect, the Monte-Carlo Software for IBS and Radiation effects (SIRE) is used to track different types of beam distributions. The impact of the distribution shape on the evolution of bunch characteristics is studied. The results are compared with observations from the LHC Run 2 data.
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THPIK095	High Power X-Band Generation Using Multiple Klystrons and Pulse Compression	4311
	B.J. Woolley, T. Argyropoulos, N. Catalán Lasheras, G. McMonagle, S.F. Rey, I. Syratchev, W. Wuensch CERN, Geneva, Switzerland D. Esperante Pereira IFIC, Valencia, Spain J. Tagg National Instruments Switzerland, Ennetbaden, Switzerland M. Volpi The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	CERN has constructed and is operating a new X-band test stand containing two pairs of 12 GHz, 6 MW klystrons. By power combination through hybrid couplers and the use of pulse compressors, up to 45 MW of peak power can be sent to any of 4 test slots at pulse repetition rates up to 400 Hz. The test stand is dedicated to RF conditioning and testing of high gradient accelerating structures for the CLIC study and also future X-band FELs. Operations have been ongoing for a few months, with initial operation dedicated to control algorithm development. Significant progress has been made in understanding the unique challenges of high power RF combination and phase switching using RF hybrids.
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THPIK081	Design and Construction of a High-Gradient RF Lab at IFIC-Valencia	4272
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	A. Vnuchenko, T. Argyropoulos, C. Blanch Gutiérrez, D. Esperante Pereira, A. Faus-Golfe, J. Giner Navarro IFIC, Valencia, Spain N. Catalán Lasheras, G. McMonagle, I. Syratchev, W. Wuensch CERN, Geneva, Switzerland A. Faus-Golfe LAL, Orsay, France
	The IFIC High-Gradient (HG) Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory is designed to host a high-power infrastructure for testing HG S-band normal-conducting RF accelerating structures and has been under construction since 2016. The main objective of the facility is to develop HG S-band accelerating structures and to contribute to the study of HG phenomena. A particular focus is RF structures for medical hadron therapy applications. The design of the laboratory has been made through collaboration between the IFIC and the CLIC RF group at CERN. The layout is inspired by the scheme of the Xbox-3 test facility at CERN, and it has been adapted to S-band frequency. In this paper we describe the design and construction status of such a facility.
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THPIK097	High Power Tests of a Prototype X-Band Accelerating Structure for CLIC	4318
	R. Zennaro, H. Blumer, M. Bopp, T. Garvey, L. Rivkin PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland T. Argyropoulos, D. Esperante Pereira IFIC, Valencia, Spain N. Catalán Lasheras, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, A. Solodko, I. Syratchev, R. Wegner, B.J. Woolley, W. Wuensch CERN, Geneva, Switzerland T.G. Lucas, M. Volpi The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
	Funding: Partially funded by SNF FLARE grant 20FL20₁47463 We present the design, construction and high-power test of an X-band radio-frequency accelerating structure, built as a prototype for the CERN LInear Collider (CLIC) study. X-band structures have been attracting increasing attention in recent years with applications foreseen in the domains of compact free electron lasers, medical accelerators and as diagnostics for ultra-short (femtosecond) electron bunches (when used in deflecting mode). To date, the main motivation for developments in this field has been as accelerating structures for linear colliders such as CLIC. In the context of a CERN/PSI collaboration we have built a prototype structure based on an existing CERN design, but with some modification, and following, as closely as possible, the realization and vacuum brazing techniques employed in the production of the C-band structures for the Swiss Free Electron Laser, SwissFEL. We will present the basic design of the structure and describe the fabrication process. The results of high power conditioning of the structure at CERN on an X-box test stand, to assess conditioning times, accelerating field and measure breakdown rates, will also be presented.
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Results of the Beam-Loading Breakdown Rate Experiment at the CLIC Test Facility CTF3

1348

E. Senes, T. Argyropoulos, N. Catalán Lasheras, R. Corsini, D. Gamba, J. Giner Navarro, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, R. Rajamaki, X.F.D. Stragier, I. Syratchev, F. Tecker, W. Wuensch
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
J. Giner Navarro
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
R. Rajamaki
Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Aalto, Finland
E. Senes
Torino University, Torino, Italy

The RF breakdown rate is crucial for the luminosity performance of the CLIC linear collider. The required breakdown rate at the design gradient of 100 MV/m has been demonstrated, without beam presence, in a number of 12 GHz CLIC prototype structures. Nevertheless, the beam-loading at CLIC significantly changes the field profile inside the structures, and the behaviour with beam needs to be understood. A dedicated experiment in the CLIC Test Facility CTF3 to determine the effect of beam on the breakdown rate has been collecting breakdown data throughout the year 2016. The complete results of the experiment and the effect of the beam-loading on the breakdown rate are presented.

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TUPVA044

Modelling and Measurements of Bunch Profiles at the LHC

2167

S. Papadopoulou, F. Antoniou, T. Argyropoulos, M. Hostettler, Y. Papaphilippou
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Fitterer
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA

The bunch profiles in the LHC are often observed to be non-Gaussian, both at Flat Bottom (FB) and Flat Top (FT) energies. Especially at FT, an evolution of the tail population in time is observed. In this respect, the Monte-Carlo Software for IBS and Radiation effects (SIRE) is used to track different types of beam distributions. The impact of the distribution shape on the evolution of bunch characteristics is studied. The results are compared with observations from the LHC Run 2 data.

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THPIK095

High Power X-Band Generation Using Multiple Klystrons and Pulse Compression

4311

B.J. Woolley, T. Argyropoulos, N. Catalán Lasheras, G. McMonagle, S.F. Rey, I. Syratchev, W. Wuensch
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
D. Esperante Pereira
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
J. Tagg
National Instruments Switzerland, Ennetbaden, Switzerland
M. Volpi
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

CERN has constructed and is operating a new X-band test stand containing two pairs of 12 GHz, 6 MW klystrons. By power combination through hybrid couplers and the use of pulse compressors, up to 45 MW of peak power can be sent to any of 4 test slots at pulse repetition rates up to 400 Hz. The test stand is dedicated to RF conditioning and testing of high gradient accelerating structures for the CLIC study and also future X-band FELs. Operations have been ongoing for a few months, with initial operation dedicated to control algorithm development. Significant progress has been made in understanding the unique challenges of high power RF combination and phase switching using RF hybrids.

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THPIK081

Design and Construction of a High-Gradient RF Lab at IFIC-Valencia

4272

SUSPSIK096

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A. Vnuchenko, T. Argyropoulos, C. Blanch Gutiérrez, D. Esperante Pereira, A. Faus-Golfe, J. Giner Navarro
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
N. Catalán Lasheras, G. McMonagle, I. Syratchev, W. Wuensch
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A. Faus-Golfe
LAL, Orsay, France

The IFIC High-Gradient (HG) Radio Frequency (RF) laboratory is designed to host a high-power infrastructure for testing HG S-band normal-conducting RF accelerating structures and has been under construction since 2016. The main objective of the facility is to develop HG S-band accelerating structures and to contribute to the study of HG phenomena. A particular focus is RF structures for medical hadron therapy applications. The design of the laboratory has been made through collaboration between the IFIC and the CLIC RF group at CERN. The layout is inspired by the scheme of the Xbox-3 test facility at CERN, and it has been adapted to S-band frequency. In this paper we describe the design and construction status of such a facility.

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THPIK097

High Power Tests of a Prototype X-Band Accelerating Structure for CLIC

4318

R. Zennaro, H. Blumer, M. Bopp, T. Garvey, L. Rivkin
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
T. Argyropoulos, D. Esperante Pereira
IFIC, Valencia, Spain
N. Catalán Lasheras, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, A. Solodko, I. Syratchev, R. Wegner, B.J. Woolley, W. Wuensch
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
T.G. Lucas, M. Volpi
The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Funding: Partially funded by SNF FLARE grant 20FL20₁47463
We present the design, construction and high-power test of an X-band radio-frequency accelerating structure, built as a prototype for the CERN LInear Collider (CLIC) study. X-band structures have been attracting increasing attention in recent years with applications foreseen in the domains of compact free electron lasers, medical accelerators and as diagnostics for ultra-short (femtosecond) electron bunches (when used in deflecting mode). To date, the main motivation for developments in this field has been as accelerating structures for linear colliders such as CLIC. In the context of a CERN/PSI collaboration we have built a prototype structure based on an existing CERN design, but with some modification, and following, as closely as possible, the realization and vacuum brazing techniques employed in the production of the C-band structures for the Swiss Free Electron Laser, SwissFEL. We will present the basic design of the structure and describe the fabrication process. The results of high power conditioning of the structure at CERN on an X-box test stand, to assess conditioning times, accelerating field and measure breakdown rates, will also be presented.

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