STATUS OF A LINAC RF UNIT DEMONSTRATIONFOR THE NLC/GLC X-BAND LINEAR COLLIDER

Technical Report · Mon Jun 28 04:00:00 EDT 2004

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/827012· OSTI ID:827012

Schultz, D ^[1]

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1. SLAC

Designs for a future TeV scale electron-positron X-band linear collider (NLC/GLC) require main linac units which produce and deliver 450 MW of rf power at 11.424 GHz to eight 60 cm accelerator structures. The design of this rf unit includes a SLED-II pulse compression system with a gain of approximately three at a compression ratio of four, followed by an over-moded transmission and distribution system. We have designed, constructed, and operated such a system as part of the 8-Pack project at SLAC. Four 50 MW X-band klystrons, running off a common 400 kV solid-state modulator, drive a dual-moded SLED-II pulse compression system. The compressed power is delivered to structures in the NLCTA beamline. Four 60 cm accelerator structures are currently installed and powered, with four additional structures and associated high power components available for installation late in 2004. We describe the layout of our system and the various high-power components which comprise it. We also present preliminary data on the processing and initial high-power operation of this system.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 827012
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-10517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
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COMPRESSION RATIO
DESIGN
DISTRIBUTION
KLYSTRONS
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LINEAR COLLIDERS
PROCESSING
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER