• J. Branlard, G. I. Cancelo, R. H. Carcagno, B. Chase, H. Edwards, R. P. Fliller, B. M. Hanna, E. R. Harms, A. Hocker, T. W. Koeth, M. J. Kucera, A. Makulski, U. Mavric, M. McGee, A. H. Paytyan, Y. M. Pischalnikov, P. S. Prieto, R. Rechenmacher, J. Reid, K. R. Treptow, N. G. Wilcer, T. J. Zmuda
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

As part of the research and development towards the International Linear Collider (ILC), several test facilities have been developed at Fermilab. This paper presents the latest LLRF results obtained with Capture Cavity II at these test facilities. The main focus will be on controls and RF operations using the SIMCON based LLRF system. Details about hardware upgrades and overall system performance will be also explained. Finally, design considerations and objectives for the future test facility at the New Muon Laboratory (NML) will be presented.

• S. Molloy, J. C. Frisch, J. May, D. J. McCormick, M. C. Ross, T. J. Smith
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• N. Baboi, O. Hensler, R. Paparella, L. M. Petrosyan
  DESY, Hamburg
• N. E. Eddy, L. Piccoli, R. Rechenmacher, M. Wendt
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
• O. Napoly, C. Simon
  CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette

It is well known that an electron beam excites Higher Order Modes (HOMs) as it passes through an accelerating cavity~[panofsky68]. The properties of the excited signal depend not only on the cavity geometry, but on the charge and trajectory of the beam. It is, therefore, possible to use these signals as a monitor of the beam's position. Electronics were installed on all forty cavities present in the FLASH~[flashref] linac in DESY. These electronics filter out a mode known to have a strong dependence on the beam's position, and mix this down to a frequency suitable for digitisation. An analysis technique based on Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) was developed to calculate the beam's trajectory from the output of the electronics. The entire system has been integrated into the FLASH control system.

• S. Molloy, C. Adolphsen, K. L.F. Bane, J. C. Frisch, Z. Li, J. May, D. J. McCormick, T. J. Smith
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• N. Baboi
  DESY, Hamburg
• N. E. Eddy, L. Piccoli, R. Rechenmacher
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
• R. M. Jones
  UMAN, Manchester

Higher Order Modes (HOMs) excited by the passage of the beam through an accelerating cavity depend on the properties of both the cavity and the beam. It is possible, therefore, to draw conclusions on the inner geometry of the cavities based on observations of the properties of the HOM spectrum. A data acquisition system based on two 20 GS/s, 6 GHz scopes has been set up at the FLASH facility, DESY, in order to measure a significant fraction of the HOM spectrum predicted to be generated by the TESLA cavities used for the acceleration of its beam. The HOMs from a particular cavity at FLASH were measured under a range of known beam conditions. The dipole modes have been identified in the data. 3D simulations of different manufacturing errors have been made, and it has been shown that these simulations can predict the measured modes.