Beam loading compensation in the NLCTA

Conference · Thu May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:510416

Adolphsen, C; Lavine, T; Nantista, C; Ruth, R; Wang, J; Yeremian, D

In the design of the Next Linear Collider (NLC), multi-bunch operation is employed to improve efficiency at the cost of substantial beam loading. The RF pulse that powers the accelerator structures will be shaped to compensate for the effect of the transient loading along the bunch train. This scheme has been implemented in the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), a facility built to test the key accelerator technology of the NLC. In this paper the authors describe the compensation method, the techniques used to measure the energy variation along the bunch train, and results from tests with NLC-like beam currents.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 510416
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-7518; CONF-970503-172; ON: DE97006976; TRN: 97:014822
• Resource Relation: Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference, Vancouver (Canada), 12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: May 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
TEST FACILITIES
OPERATION
DESIGN
BEAM BUNCHING
ENERGY TRANSFER
RF SYSTEMS
BEAM CURRENTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING