Rf cavity primer for cyclic proton accelerators
The purpose of this note is to describe the electrical and mechanical properites of particle accelerator rf cavities in a manner which will be useful to physics and engineering graduates entering the accelerator field. The discussion will be limited to proton (or antiproton) synchrotron accelerators or storage rings operating roughly in the range of 20 to 200 MHz. The very high gradient, fixed frequency UHF or microwave devices appropriate for electron machines and the somewhat lower frequency and broader bandwidth devices required for heavy ion accelerators are discussed extensively in other papers in this series. While it is common pratice to employ field calculation programs such as SUPERFISH, URMEL, or MAFIA as design aids in the development of rf cavities, we attempt here to elucidate various of the design parameters commonly dealt with in proton machines through the use of simple standing wave coaxial resonator expressions. In so doing, we treat only standing wave structures. Although low-impedance, moderately broad pass-band travelling wave accelerating systems are used in the CERN SPS, such systems are more commonly found in linacs, and they have not been used widely in large cyclic accelerators. Two appendices providing useful supporting material regarding relativistic particle dynamics and synchrotron motion in cyclic accelerators are added to supplement the text.
- Research Organization:
- Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03000
- OSTI ID:
- 5016876
- Report Number(s):
- FNAL-TM-1519; CONF-8705291-; ON: DE88010655
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. INFN ELOISATRON project workshop: very high energy proton-proton physics, Erice, Italy, 31 May 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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