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TY - CONF AU - Kuzikov, S.V. AU - Yakovlev, V.P. ED - Saito, Kenji ED - Xu, Ting ED - Sakamoto, Naruhiko ED - Lesage, Ana ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - A Fast Mechanical Tuner for SRF Cavities J2 - Proc. of SRF2021, East Lansing, MI, USA, 28 June-02 July 2021 CY - East Lansing, MI, USA T2 - International Conference on RF Superconductivity T3 - 20 LA - english AB - There is a particular need for fast tuners and phase shifters for advanced superconducting accelerator RF systems. The tuners based on ferrite, ferroelectric and piezo materials are commonly used. However, those methods suffer from one or another issue of high power loss, slow response, and narrow tuning range. We propose a robust, fast (up to ~5 MHz/sec), high efficient mechanical tuner for SRF cavities operating at the frequency 50 MHz. We develop an external mechanical tuner that is strongly coupled to the cavity. The tuner design represents a trade-off of high efficiency (low RF losses and low heat flux) and frequency tunability range. Our approach solves this trade-off issue. We propose RF design which exploits two coupled resonators so that a main high-field cavity is controlled with a small tunable resonator with a flexible metallic wall operating in a relatively low RF field. Simulations, carried out for a 7.5 MV/m 50 MHz SRF Quarter Wave Resonator (QWR), show that frequency tunability at level 10⁻³ is obtainable. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 600 EP - 603 KW - cavity KW - SRF KW - controls KW - acceleration KW - coupling DA - 2022/10 PY - 2022 SN - 2673-5504 SN - 978-3-95450-233-2 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-SRF2021-WEPCAV008 UR - https://jacow.org/srf2021/papers/wepcav008.pdf ER -