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The CEBAF RF Separator System Upgrade
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- C. Hovater, M. Augustine, A. Guerra, R. Nelson, R.A. Terrel, M. Wissmann
TJNAF, Newport News, Virginia
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The CEBAF accelerator uses RF deflecting cavities operating at the third sub-harmonic (499 MHz) of the accelerating frequency (1497 MHz) to “kick” the electron beam to the experimental halls. The cavities operate in a TEM dipole mode incorporating mode enhancing rods to increase the cavity’s transverse shunt impedance. As the accelerators energy has increased from 4 GeV to 6 GeV the RF system, specifically the 1 kW solid state amplifiers, have become problematic, operating in saturation because of the increased beam energy demands. Two years ago we began a study to look into replacement for the RF amplifiers and decided to use a commercial broadcast Inductive Output Tube (IOT) capable of 30 kW. The new RF system uses one IOT amplifier on multiple cavities as opposed to one amplifier per cavity originally. In addition the new RF system supports the proposed 12 GeV energy upgrade to CEBAF. Currently we are halfway through the upgrade with two IOTs in operation and two more to be installed. This paper reports on the new RF system and the IOT performance.
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