Title :
Overview and status of RF systems for the SSC linac
Author :
Mynk, J. ; Grippe, J. ; Cutler, R.I. ; Rodriguez, R.
Author_Institution :
Superconducting Super Collider Lab., Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
The Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) linear accelerator (linac) produces a 600-MeV, 35-μs, H- beam at a 10-Hz repetition rate. The beam is accelerated by a series of RF cavities. These consist of a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ), two bunchers, and four drift tube linac (DTL) tanks at 427.617 MHz, and two bunchers, nine side-coupled linac modules, and an energy compressor at 1282.851 MHz. The RFQ amplifier and the low-frequency buncher cavity amplifiers use gridded tubes, while the other cavities use klystron amplifier systems. The RF control system consists of a reference line and cavity feedback and feedforward loops for each amplifier. The RF amplifier system for each of these accelerator cavities is described, and the current status of each system is presented
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; klystrons; linear accelerators; nuclear electronics; physical instrumentation control; proton accelerators; radiofrequency amplifiers; 10 Hz; 1282.851 MHz; 35 mus; 427.617 MHz; 600 MeV; RF amplifier system; RF cavities; RF control system; RF systems; RFQ amplifier; SSC linac; Superconducting Super Collider; accelerator cavities; drift tube linac tanks; energy compressor; feedforward loops; gridded tubes; klystron amplifier; linear accelerator; low-frequency buncher cavity amplifiers; radio frequency quadrupole; reference line; side-coupled linac modules; Acceleration; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Klystrons; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Superconducting transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.308628
