• DocumentCode
    830008
  • Title

    An Improved Reference Cavity Design for Frequency Tracking of RF Accelerating Structures

  • Author

    Hutcheon, R.M. ; Metivier, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River, Canada KOJ 1JO
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    6/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1707
  • Lastpage
    1709
  • Abstract
    A simple automatic frequency control system providing accurate frequency tracking has been built. The system makes use of the temperature difference between inlet and outlet accelerator coolant, establishing this difference between two regions of appropriately shaped reference cavities. Two re-entrant 3 GHz cavities were used to frequency lock a 1.8 MW magnetron to a 1.6 m long standing wave pulsed electron accelerator. Tests show that for a 30??C change in input water temperature and/or a variation of average power between 0.02 and 2.0 kW, the desired frequency tracking is obtained.
  • Keywords
    Acceleration; Automatic frequency control; Coolants; Cooling; Linear accelerators; Magnetic separation; Nose; Radio frequency; Rivers; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1977.4329059
  • Filename
    4329059