KEK, Ibaraki
The KEKB-factory will be upgraded for 40 times higher lumnosity (SuperKEKB). The injector linac is required to increase the beam intensities (e-:1nC -> 5nC, e-:1nC -> 4nC) and reduce the emittances (e-:300 -> 20 um, e+: 2100 -> 10 um ) for the SuperKEKB. A photo-cathode RF gun will be introduced to generate the high-intensity and low-emittance electron beams. A positron damping ring will be constructed to reduce the emittance. A new matching device (a flux concentrator or a superconducing magnet) and an L-band capture section will be introduced to increase the positron intensity. Beam line layout down to the damping ring will be rearranged to have sufficient beam acceptance considering the positron emitttance. This paper describes details of the upgrade scheme of the injector linac.
KEK, Ibaraki
In order to improve the positron beam intensity needed for super KEKB project, it was decided to replace the present S-band structures in the positron capture section by a new L-band (1298MHz) accelerator system. A 2m long TW structure of 12MV/m gradient is now under idesign process while a 40MW klystron will be delivered in summer. After the klystron testing, a single L-band accelerator unit will be constructed for the structure study. The study is scheduled in next spring to operate the structure under solenoidal magnetic focussing field.
CERN, Geneva
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
KEK, Ibaraki
Prototype accelerating structures for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) are being developed and high-power tested in a collaboration between SLAC, KEK and CERN. Several undamped, low group-velocity and strongly tapered prototypes (of the so-called T18 design) have been operated above 100 MV/m average gradient at a very low breakdown rates. Recently two new structures with the same iris apertures but now including higher order mode damping waveguides in each cell (TD18 design) have been tested at SLAC and KEK. The damped versions could be processed to similar gradients but an increased breakdown rate was observed. The damping waveguides lead to a magnetic field enhancement in the outer diameter of the cells which results in increased pulsed surface heating. The maximum pulsed temperature rise is 80 deg at the design gradient of 100 MV/m compared to only 20 deg for the undamped version. The high-power tests of the two TD18 structures are analyzed with special emphasis on the influence on breakdown rate of the enhanced magnetic field and consequent increased pulsed surface temperature rise.
KEK, Ibaraki
CERN, Geneva
Several types of X-band high power loads developed for several tens of MW range were designed, fabricated and used for high power tests at X-band facility of KEK. Some of them have been used for many years and some show possible deterioration of RF performance. Recently revised-design loads were made by CERN and the high power evaluation was performed at KEK. In this paper, the main requirements are recalled, together with the design features. The high power test results are analysed and presented.
KEK, Ibaraki
CERN, Geneva
Politecnico/Milano, Milano
To investigate the breakdown characteristic related to the differences in purity and hardness, four types of oxygen-free copper (OFC) materials, usual class 1 OFC with/without diamond finish, 7-nine large-grain copper and 6-nine hot-isotropic-pressed copper, were tested with the DC spark test system at CERN. Measurements of beta, breakdown fields and breakdown probability are discussed followed by the surface inspection mostly with SEM on the tested materials.
KEK, Ibaraki
Fermilab, Batavia
The X-band pulse compression system has been developed for the high gradient experiment of the accelerating structure in the new X-band test facility (Nextef). The one channel circular polarized traveling wave delay line was selected to obtain the higher RF compression efficiency under limited delay line length and the easier operation than the cavity chain type. This delay line of the circular waveguide is also frequently used for the C-band feed line from the modulator floor to the accelerator test floor. Thus the delay line is tilted and has the limited length of around 20m. It is designed to obtain the three times compressed power which has the pulse duration of 150 ns. Further we also proceed the upgrade plan using the TE21 mode to double the pulse duration. In this paper, the design overview of this pulse compression system and the RF components including the mode launcher and the TE11-TE21 reflector will be presented.
KEK, Ibaraki
A CERN-SLAC-KEK collaboration on high gradient X-band accelerator structure development for CLIC has been ongoing for the past three years. A major outcome has been the stable 100 MV/m gradient operation of a number of CLIC prototype structures. The design of the structures, which have very strong higher-order-mode damping, is based on newly developed high-power scaling laws. The structures are being fabricated using the technology which was developed in the GLC/NLC projects which is giving excellent reproducibility. The features of this new generation of high-gradient normal conducting structures and their testing results are reviewed.
