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TY - CONF AU - Nichols, K.E. AU - Carlsten, B.E. AU - Malyzhenkov, A. ED - Yamazaki, Yoshishige ED - Facco, Alberto ED - McCausey, Amy ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Klynac Design Simulations and Experimental Setup J2 - Proc. of LINAC2016, East Lansing, MI, USA, 25-30 September 2016 C1 - East Lansing, MI, USA T2 - Linear Accelerator Conference T3 - 28 LA - english AB - We present results of a proof-of-principle demonstration of the first ever klynac, a compact 1 MeV linear accelerator with integrated klystron source using one electron beam. This device is bi-resonant, utilizing one resonant circuit for the klystron input and gain cavities, and one for the klystron output and linac cavities. The purpose of a klynac-type device is to provide a compact and inexpensive alternative for a conventional 1 to 6 MeV accelerator. A conventional accelerator requires a separate RF source and linac and all the associated hardware needed for that architecture. The klynac configuration eliminates many of the components to reduce the weight of the entire system by 60%. We have built an 8-cavity, 2.84-GHz RF structure for a 1-MeV bi-resonant klynac. A 50-kV, 10-A electron gun provides the single beam needed. Numerical modeling was used to optimize the design. The separation between the klynac ouput cavity and the first accelerator cavity was adjusted to optimize the bunch capture and a pin-hole aperture between the two cavities reduces the beam current in the linac section to about 0.1 A. Standard high-shunt impedance linac cavities designs are used. We have fabricated the first test structure. The structure will be tested with beam in early Summer 2016. Results will be presented at LINAC 2016. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 68 EP - 70 KW - cavity KW - linac KW - electron KW - klystron KW - simulation DA - 2017/05 PY - 2017 SN - 978-3-95450-169-4 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2016-MOOP12 UR - http://jacow.org/linac2016/papers/moop12.pdf ER -