Author: Omet, M.
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MOPB111 European XFEL Linac RF System Conditioning and Operating Test 328
 
  • D. Kostin, J. Branlard, A. Gössel, O. Hensler, M. Omet, D. Reschke, A.A. Sulimov, N. Walker, M. Wiencek
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
 
  96 accelerating modules with 768 TESLA/European-XFEL type superconducting cavities were installed in the European XFEL LINAC tunnel (XTL) in the fall 2016. Warm conditioning of the RF system - High/Low Level RF System and main input couplers - begun even before finishing the accelerator installation works. All modules were conditioned and tested prior to the installation in the tunnel in the AMTF test stand at DESY. Nevertheless, due to some repair activities on warm input coupler parts, warm conditioning was needed on a few modules/couplers. Cooling down to 2K begun in December 2016 and was finished in January 2017. Since then cold conditioning and tests are running. Several cavities in a few modules did show the multipacting (MP) effects, mostly because a cavity vacuum was filled with a dry nitrogen for before mentioned repairs on couplers in some modules. Said MP effects were seen in AMTF as well. All MP effects were successfully conditioned until now. The warm/cold RF system conditioning and its results/experiences/limits are described and discussed.  
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FRXBA01 LLRF Commissioning at the European XFEL 941
 
  • M. Omet, V. Ayvazyan, J. Branlard, Ł. Butkowski, M. Fenner, M.K. Grecki, M. Hierholzer, M. Hoffmann, M. Killenberg, D. Kühn, F. Ludwig, U. Mavrič, S. Pfeiffer, H. Pryschelski, K.P. Przygoda, R. Rybaniec, H. Schlarb, Ch. Schmidt, B. Szczepanski, H.C. Weddig
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • W. Cichalewski, D.R. Makowski, F. Makowski, A. Mielczarek
    TUL-DMCS, Łódź, Poland
  • K. Czuba, B. Gąsowski, S. Hanasz, P.K. Jatczak, D. Kolcz, T.P. Leśniak, D. Sikora
    Warsaw University of Technology, Institute of Electronic Systems, Warsaw, Poland
 
  The European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL) at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany is a user facility under commissioning, providing ultrashort X-ray flashes with a high brilliance in the near future. All LLRF stations of the injector, covering the normal conducting RF gun, A1 (8 1.3 GHz superconducting cavities (SCs) and AH1 (8 3.9 GHz SCs), were successfully commissioned by the end of 2015. The injector was operated with beam transmission to the injector dump since then. After the conclusion of the construction work in the XFEL accelerator tunnel (XTL), the commissioning of 22 LLRF stations (A2 to A23) started with the beginning of 2017. Every station consists of a semi-distributed LLRF system controlling 32 1.3 GHz SCs. Stable operation with beam transport to the main dump (TLD) was achieved. The commissioning procedure applied, experience gained and performance reached are described.  
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