SNS linac RF system overview

Author

Lynch, M. ; Reass, W. ; Tallerico, P.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

453

Abstract

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) being built at Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL) in Tennessee requires a linac with an output energy of 1 GeV and an average current during the pulse of approximately 18 mA (including the effects of chopping). The average beam power for the initial baseline is 1 MW (1 mA average at 1 GeV). The linac is followed by an accumulator ring and target/instrument facility. The RF system for the 1 MW linac requires 52 each 805 MHz klystrons and 3 each 402.5 MHz klystrons. The 805 MHz klystrons are configured in pairs to drive one resonant structure. This uses the installed RF very efficiently and in addition is convenient for the upgrade to 4 MW which must be considered in the design

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; klystrons; linear accelerators; neutron sources; 1 GeV; 1 MW; 1 mA; 18 mA; 4 MW; 402.5 MHz; 805 MHz; SNS linac RF system overview; Spallation Neutron Source; average beam power; chopping; klystrons; resonant structure; Acceleration; Circulators; Costs; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Klystrons; Linear particle accelerator; Neutrons; Particle beams; Radio frequency; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795730

Filename

795730