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Title: Local and Fundamental Mode Coupler Damping of the Transverse Wakefield in the RDDS1 Linacs

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/765002· OSTI ID:765002

In damping the wakefield generated by an electron beam traversing several thousand X-band linacs in the NLC the authors utilize a Gaussian frequency distribution of dipole modes to force the modes to deconstructively interfere, supplemented with moderate damping achieved by coupling these modes to four attached manifolds. Most of these modes are adequately damped by the manifolds. However, the modes towards the high frequency end of the lower dipole band are not adequately damped because the last few cells are, due to mechanical fabrication requirements, not coupled to the manifolds. To mitigate this problem in the present RDDS1 design, the output coupler for the accelerating mode has been designed so as to also couple out those dipole modes which reach the output coupler cell. In order to couple out both dipole mode polarizations, the output coupler has four ports. They also report on the results of a study of the benefits which can be achieved by supplementing manifold damping with local damping for a limited number of cells at the downstream end of the structure.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
765002
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-8608; TRN: US0004983
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 6 Sep 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English