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McCarthy, M. P.

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MOPAS079 Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) High Pulse Repetition Rate Considerations 614
 
  • M. P. McCarthy, D. E. Anderson, I. E. Campisi, F. Casagrande, R. I. Cutler, G. W. Dodson, J. Galambos, D. P. Gurd, Y. W. Kang, K.-U. Kasemir, S.-H. Kim, H. Ma, B. W. Riemer, J. P. Schubert, M. P. Stockli
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  
  Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy.

Increasing the pulse repetition rate (PRR) of the SNS Linac to its designed maximum of 60 Hz to provide 1.4 MW of beam on target is in progress. Operation above 60 Hz in the future to provide beam to a second target is also being considered. Increasing the PRR to 80 Hz would allow the additional pulses to be diverted to a second target. This paper discusses the impact of increasing the PRR on the SNS infrastructure including Radio Frequency (RF) systems and structures, the ion source, cryogenics, controls and the target.

 
WEPMS074 Design and High Power Processing of RFQ Input Power Couplers 2505
 
  • Y. W. Kang, A. V. Aleksandrov, D. E. Anderson, M. S. Champion, M. T. Crofford, P. E. Gibson, T. W. Hardek, P. Ladd, M. P. McCarthy, D. Stout, A. V. Vassioutchenko
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  
  Funding: This work was supported by SNS through UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy.

A RF power coupling system has been developed for future upgrade of input coupling of the RFQ in the SNS linac. The design employs two coaxial loop couplers for 402.5 MHz operation. Each loop is fed through a coaxial ceramic window that is connected to an output of a magic-T waveguide hybrid through a coaxial to waveguide transition. The coaxial loop couplers are designed, manufactured, and high power processed. Two couplers will be used in parallel to power the accelerating structure with up to total 800 kW peak power at 8% duty cycle. RF and mechanical properties of the couplers are discussed. Result of high power RF conditioning that is performed in the RF test facility of the SNS is presented.

 
WEPMS075 Development and Testing of High Power RF Vector Modulators 2508
 
  • Y. W. Kang, M. S. Champion, T. W. Hardek, S.-H. Kim, M. P. McCarthy, A. V. Vassioutchenko, J. L. Wilson
    ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  
  Funding: This work was supported by SNS through UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U. S. Department of Energy.

High power vector modulators can allow a fan-out RF power distribution system that can power many accelerating cavities from a single high-power klystron amplifier. The configuration enables independent control of amplitudes and phases of RF voltages at the cavities. A vector modulator employs either one or two hybrids with two fast phase shifters. Prototype high power RF vector modulators employing a hybrid and two fast ferrite phase shifters in coaxial TEM transmission lines for 402.5 MHz and 805 MHz are built and tested. RF properties of the design and result of high power testing are presented.