Design, operation, and test results of 350 MHz LEDA RF system
The Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) being constructed at Los Alamos National Laboratory will serve as the prototype for the low energy section of Acceleration Production of Tritium (APT) accelerator. The APT accelerator requires over 244 RF systems each with a continuous wave output power of 1 MW. The reliability and availability of these RF systems is critical to the successful operation of APT plant and prototypes of these systems are being developed and demonstrated on LEDA. The first completed LEDA RF systems are three, 1.2 MW, 350 MHz, continuous wave, klystrons driving a radio frequency quadrupole (RFQ). This paper presents the design and test results for these RF systems including the klystrons, cathode power supply, circulators, RF vacuum windows, and RF components. The three RF systems driving the RFQ use the accelerating structure as a power combiner and this places some unique requirements on the RF systems. These requirements and corresponding operational implications are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 345048
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-3495; CONF-980827-; ON: DE99002316; TRN: AHC29919%%102
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 19. international linac conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 23-28 Aug 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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