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TU5PFP091 | Status of the Spallation Neutron Source Radio Frequency Systems | 1045 |
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Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. The SNS has been operational and delivering beam to the target for 3 years. Over this time period we have increased the beam power delivered to the target to 700 kW, 50% of the design goal. The RF Group has acquired a fair amount of experience in the operation and maintenance of our RF systems during the power ramp up process. This paper reviews the design and layout of the various SNS RF systems, documents the present state and performance of the systems and covers, in a broad sense, issues raised during operation and improvements we have undertaken as well as future RF system requirements. |