Title :
Low power RF system for the ALS linac
Author :
Lo, C.C. ; Taylor, B. ; Lancaster, H.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The linear accelerator (linac) in the Advanced Light Source (ALS) is designed to provide either single or multiple bunches of 50 MeV electrons for the booster synchrotron. The design and operation of the low power RF system for the ALS linac are presented. Three cavities are used in the linac for electron bunching. The two subharmonic bunching cavities operate at 124.914 MHz and 499.654 MHz, respectively. The S-band buncher operates at 2.997924 GHz. The low level RF system includes a master signal source, RF burst generators, signal phase control, timing trigger generators and a water temperature control system.<>
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; cavity resonators; electron accelerators; linear accelerators; 124.914 MHz; 2.997924 GHz; 499.654 MHz; ALS; Advanced Light Source; S-band buncher; cavities; electron bunching; linear accelerator; low power RF system; subharmonic bunching cavities; Electrons; Light sources; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Phase control; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal generators; Synchrotrons; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0135-8
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1991.164448