Author: Baig, A.
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FROXSP3 First Operation of a Klystron Fitted with a Superconducting MgB2 Solenoid 3138
 
  • N. Catalán Lasheras, M. Boronat, G. McMonagle, I. Syratchev
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • A. Baig, A. Castilla
    Cockcroft Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • T. Kimura, P.E. Kolda
    CPI, Palo Alto, California, USA
  • S. Michizono, A. Yamamoto
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  As part of the effort to reduce the energy consumption of large research facilities using accelerators, high efficiency klystrons are being developed by CERN. However, a large fraction of the wall-plug power required to operate these klystrons is used in the focusing magnetic elements around the klystron in the form of normal conducting solenoids. In 2019, a prototype solenoid made of MgB2 was manufactured as a joint venture from CERN, Hitachi and KEK with the aim of reducing the power consumption by a factor ten using higher temperature superconductors. The characteristics of the magnet were measured upon manufacture and checked after the transport across the world. In 2020, the MgB2 magnet was integrated around one of the klystrons in the X-band facility at CERN and put into operation in the beginning of 2021. We present in this paper the final performance of the klystron when fitted with the new SC solenoid and compare it with the standard normal conducting solenoid system.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-FROXSP3  
About • Received ※ 11 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 14 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 16 June 2022
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