Superconducting rf and beam-cavity interactions

Technical Report · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5125367

Bisognano, J J

Beam-cavity interactions can limit the beam quality and current handling capability of linear and circular accelerators. These collective effects include cumulative and regenerative transverse beam breakup (BBU) in linacs, transverse multipass beam breakup in recirculating linacs and microtrons, longitudinal and transverse coupled-bunch instabilities in storage rings, and a variety of transverse and longitudinal single-bunch phenomena (instabilities, beam breakup, and energy deposition). The superconducting radio frequency (SRF) environment has a number of features which distinguish it from room temperature configuration with regard to these beam-cavity interactions. Typically the unloaded Qs of the lower higher order modes (HOM) are at the 10/sup 9/ level and require significant damping through couplers. High gradient CW operation, which is a principal advantage of SRF, allows for better control of beam quality, which for its preservation requires added care which respect to collective phenomena. Gradients are significantly higher than those attainable with copper in CW operation but remain significantly lower than those obtainable with pulsed copper cavities. Finally, energy deposition by the beam into the cavity can occur in a cryogenic environment. In this note those characteristics of beam-cavity interactions which are of particular importance for superconducting RF cavities are highlighted. 6 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84ER40150
• OSTI ID: 5125367
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/40150-46; CEBAF-PR-88-004; ON: DE88008598
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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