Fifty megawatt klystron for the Stanford Linear Collider

Conference · Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5432114

Lee, T G; Lebacqz, J V; Konrad, G T

The proposed Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) has been designed to provide 50 on 50 GeV electron-positron collisions. The performance of the 240 klystrons driving the two-mile long linac must be upgraded to achieve at least 50 Megawatts of peak power output at a pulse of 5 ..mu..sec and a pulse repetition frequency of 180 pulses per second. The operating frequency of the upgraded linac will continue to be 2856 MHz. A klystron amplifier meeting these new requirements has been designed to operate at 315 kV, ..mu..k = 2, with a computed efficiency of slightly greater than 50%. Initial tests indicate the achievement of the basic power objectives; however, observed parasitic instabilities make beam focusing, RF drive frequency and drive level extremely critical. High electric fields in the electron gun, output gap and output window are all potential problems. Steps taken in the design to overcome these problems are discussed and test results are presented.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 5432114
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3214; CONF-831243-3; ON: DE84003516
• Resource Relation: Conference: International electron device meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 5 Dec 1983
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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