Author: McMonagle, G.
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MOPAB044 X-Band TDS Project 184
 
  • B. Marchetti, R.W. Aßmann, B. Beutner, J. Branlard, F. Christie, R.T.P. D'Arcy, W. Decking, U. Dorda, J. Herrmann, M. Hoffmann, M. Hüning, O. Krebs, G. Kube, S. Lederer, F. Ludwig, F. Marutzky, D. Marx, J. Osterhoff, I. Peperkorn, S. Pfeiffer, F. Poblotzki, J. Rönsch-Schulenburg, J. Rothenburg, H. Schlarb, M. Scholz, S. Schreiber, M. Vogt, A. Wagner, T. Wilksen, K. Wittenburg
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • M. Bopp, H.-H. Braun, P. Craievich, M. Pedrozzi, E. Prat, S. Reiche, K. Rolli, R. Zennaro
    PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
  • N. Catalán Lasheras, A. Grudiev, G. McMonagle, W. Wuensch
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Based on the success of the X-Band Transverse Deflecting Structure (TDS) diagnostic at LCLS*, a collaboration between DESY, PSI and CERN has formed with the aim of developing and building an advanced modular X-Band TDS system. The designed TDS has the new feature of providing variable polarization of the deflecting field**. The possibility of changing the orientation of the streaking field of the TDS to an arbitrary azimuthal angle allows for 3D characterization of the phase space using tomographic methods***. Moreover the complete 6D characterization of the beam phase space is possible by combining this technique with quadrupole scans and a dipole spectrometer. As this new cavity design requires very high manufacturing precision to guarantee highest azimuthal symmetry of the structure to avoid the deterioration of the polarization of the streaking field, the high precision tuning-free assembly procedures developed at PSI for the SwissFEL C-band accelerating structures will be used for the manufacturing****. The high-power rf system is based on the CERN-based X-band test stands. We summarize in this work the status of the projects and its main technical parameters.
* C. Behrens et al. , Nat. Comm. 4762 (2014).
** A. Grudiev, CLIC-note-1067 (2016).
*** D. Marx et al., contribution to this conference proceedings.
**** U. Ellenberger et al., FEL 2013, TUPS017.
 
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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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THPIK081 Design and Construction of a High-Gradient RF Lab at IFIC-Valencia 4272
SUSPSIK096   use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code  
 
  • 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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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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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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