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Title: Fundamental Power Couplers for Superconducting Cavities

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OSTI ID:790366

Fundamental power couplers (FPC's) for superconducting cavities must meet very strict requirements to perform at high power levels (hundreds of kilowatts) and in a variety of conditions (CS, pulsed, travelling wave, standing wave) without adversely affecting the performance of the cavities they are powering. Producing good coupler designs and achieving operational performances in accelerator environments are challenging tasks that have traditionally involved large resources from many laboratories. The designs involve state-of-the-art activities in RF, cryogenic and mechanical engineering, materials science, vacuum technology, and electromagnetic field modeling. Handling, assembly and conditioning procedures have been developed to achieve ever-increasing power levels and more reliable operation. In this paper, the technical issues associated with the design, construction, assembly, processing, and operation of FPC's will be reviewed, together with the progress in FPC activities in several laboratories during the past few years.

Research Organization:
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
790366
Report Number(s):
JLAB-ACT-01-22; DOE/ER/40150-1982; TRN: US0200445
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2001 SRF Workshop, KEK, Tsukuba City (JP), 09/06/2001--09/11/2001; Other Information: PBD: 1 Sep 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English