Author: Ainsworth, R.
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SUPB018 Studies of Parasitic Cavity Modes for Proposed ESS Linac Lattices 47
 
  • R. Ainsworth
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • S. Molloy
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The European Spallation Source (ESS) planned for construction in Lund, Sweden, will be the worlds most intense source of pulsed neutrons. The neutrons will be generated by the collision of a 2.5 GeV proton beam with a heavy-metal target. The superconducting section of the proton linac is split into three different types of cavities, and a question for the lattice designers is at which points in the beamline these splits should occur. This note studies various proposed designs for the ESS lattice from the point of view of the effect on the beam dynamics of the parasitic cavity modes lying close in frequency to the fundamental accelerating mode. Each linac design is characterised by the initial kinetic energy of the beam, as well as by the velocity of the beam at each of the points at which the cavity style changes. The scale of the phase-space disruption of the proton pulse is discussed, and some general conclusions for lattice designers are stated.  
 
TUPB048 Discussion of the Optimisation of a Linac Lattice to Minimise Disruption by a Class of Parasitic Modes 585
 
  • S. Molloy
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
  • R. Ainsworth
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
 
  It is well known that each resonant mode in the RF spectrum of multi-cell accelerating cavities will split into a passband containing a number of modes, and that the coupling of these modes to the beam is dependent on the velocity of the accelerated particles. If these modes are found to degrade the quality of the beam, it is possible to take various measures to damp them, and thus keep their effect below some critical threshold. In the case of the parasitic modes within the same passband as the fundamental accelerating mode, their frequency is typically too close to that of the fundamental to allow their power to be safely extracted, and so cavity designers must rely on the natural damping of the cavity itself. This note contains a theoretical discussion of the coupling of the beam to these passband modes for a large class of accelerating cavities, and provides a mathematical model for use during the design and optimisation of linacs.  
 
TUPB052 Studies of Parasitic Cavity Modes for Proposed ESS Linac Lattices 591
 
  • R. Ainsworth
    Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
  • S. Molloy
    ESS, Lund, Sweden
 
  The European Spallation Source (ESS) planned for construction in Lund, Sweden, will be the worlds most intense source of pulsed neutrons. The neutrons will be generated by the collision of a 2.5 GeV proton beam with a heavy-metal target. The superconducting section of the proton linac is split into three different types of cavities, and a question for the lattice designers is at which points in the beamline these splits should occur. This note studies various proposed designs for the ESS lattice from the point of view of the effect on the beam dynamics of the parasitic cavity modes lying close in frequency to the fundamental accelerating mode. Each linac design is characterised by the initial kinetic energy of the beam, as well as by the velocity of the beam at each of the points at which the cavity style changes. The scale of the phase-space disruption of the proton pulse is discussed, and some general conclusions for lattice designers are stated.