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Title: Measurements of ultimate accelerating gradients in the SLAC disk-loaded structure. Part I

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6140649· OSTI ID:6140649

The work reported here describes measurements made to study the maximum attainable accelerating gradients in a conventional SLAC disk-loaded accelerator section of the constant-gradient type running at 2856 MHz. The objective was to reach an accelerating gradient of at least 100 MV/m. The accelerating gradient at which the SLAC disk-loaded waveguide runs routinely is approx. 9 MV/m (36 MW tubes without SLED) and approx. 12 MV/m with SLED I (2.5 ..mu..sec pulse). To reach 100 MV/m in a conventional 3 m constant-gradient section, one would need a klystron with a peak power output of 900 MW. since such a tube is not available, we decided to use a short standing-wave section in which the resonant fields would be allowed to build up. The design criteria for this section, the fabrication, matching and tuning, the experimental set-up and the results are described below.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6140649
Report Number(s):
SLAC/AP-26; ON: DE85007973
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English