Title :
An overview of the new CLIC Test Facility (CTF3)
Author_Institution :
CTF3 Study Team, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
The CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) RF power source is based on a new scheme of electron pulse compression and bunch frequency multiplication, in which the drive beam time structure is obtained by the combination of electron bunch trains in isochronous rings. The next CLIC Test Facility (CTF3) at CERN will be built in order to demonstrate the technical feasibility of the scheme. It will also constitute a 30 GHz source with the CLIC nominal peak power and pulse length, for RF component testing. CTF3 will be installed in the area of the present LEP pre-injector (LPI) and its construction and commissioning will proceed in stages over five years. In this paper we present an overview of the facility and provide a description of the different components
Keywords :
electron accelerators; linear colliders; test facilities; 30 GHz; CLIC Test Facility; CTF3; bunch frequency multiplication; combiner ring; delay loop; drive beam accelerator; drive beam injector; electron pulse compression; Acceleration; Electron beams; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beam injection; Particle beams; Power generation; Radio frequency; Resonance; Structural beams; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.987528
