Author: Kasprzak, K.
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MOP037 Test of the 1.3 GHz Superconducting Cavities for the European X-ray Free Electron Laser 191
 
  • K. Krzysik
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • B. Dzieza, W. Gaj, D. Karolczyk, K. Kasprzak, L.M. Kolwicz-Chodak, A. Kotarba, A. Krawczyk, W. Maciocha, A. Marendziak, K. Myalski, S. Myalski, T. Ostrowicz, B. Prochal, M. Sienkiewicz, M. Skiba, J. Świerbleski, M. Wiencek, J. Zbroja, A. Zwozniak
    IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
 
  The European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is currently under construction in Germany in Hamburg area. A linear accelerating part of the XFEL is going to consist of 808 superconducting 9-cell Niobium cavities installed in 101 accelerating modules. Before assembly into modules the cavities are tested in a dedicated test facilities. The testing procedures are prepared based on DESY expertise and available software from Tesla Test Facility (TTF) Collaboration and Free electron LASer for Hamburg (FLASH). RF test provides the most important information about cavity performance: maximum available gradient and dependence of quality factor and radiation on the gradient. Results of the RF test determine, whether a cavity is shipped to CEA Saclay (France) to be assembled into a module or send for retreatment to improve its performance. In this paper we present the most important aspects of the cavity RF test procedure.  
 
MOP054 Tests of the Accelerating Cryomodules for the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser 244
 
  • M. Wiencek, B. Dzieza, W. Gaj, D. Karolczyk, K. Kasprzak, L.M. Kolwicz-Chodak, A. Kotarba, A. Krawczyk, K. Krzysik, W. Maciocha, A. Marendziak, K. Myalski, S. Myalski, T. Ostrowicz, B. Prochal, M. Sienkiewicz, M. Skiba, J. Świerbleski, J. Zbroja, A. Zwozniak
    IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
 
  The European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) is currently under construction in Germany in Hamburg area. A 2.1 km long superconducting linear accelerator, part of the XFEL, consists of 101 accelerating cryomodules. The XFEL cryomodule is assembled with eight superconducting RF cavities, one cold magnet and Beam Position Monitor (BPM). The cryomodules are tested in dedicated test facility before installation in the XFEL tunnel. The testing procedures for the cryomodules were prepared with use of DESY expertise from TTF (Tesla Test Facility) Collaboration and FLASH (Freie-Elektronen-Laser in Hamburg). This paper describes the full set of testing procedure and incoming and outgoing inspections as well.  
 
THP093 Fundamental Mode Spectrum Measurement of RF Cavities with RLC Equivalent Circuit 1141
 
  • K. Kasprzak, M. Wiencek
    IFJ-PAN, Kraków, Poland
 
  The procedure of the cavity fundamental mode spectrum measurement consists of the following steps: scanning of the accelerating mode passband for any deviation from the standard one, determining all peaks in the accelerating mode passband and evaluating the mean spectrum frequency deviation. The upgrade of that procedure was proposed and successfully implemented. The cavity RLC equivalent circuit is used in order to predict the measured peaks. This method allows more quickly detects the peaks in the accelerating mode passband thereby reduce the time needed for test, which is crucial for serial production cavities testing. In this paper, an upgrade of the test procedure and its validation with measurements is presented. The method was validated with data taken during testing of the cavities installed in two pre-series XFEL cryomodules. This improvement of the test procedure is implemented into the testing software and it is successfully used for serial production cavities testing.