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Title: Modified Magnicon for High-Gradient Accelerator R&D

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1031500· OSTI ID:1031500

Analysis, and low-power cold tests are described on a modified design intended for the Ka-band pulsed magnicon now in use for high-gradient accelerator R and D and rare elementary particle searches at the Yale University Beam Physics Laboratory. The modification is mainly to the output cavity of the magnicon, which presently operates in the TM310 mode. It is proposed to substitute for this a dual-chamber TE311 cavity structure. The first chamber is to extract about 40% of the beam power (about 25 MW) at 34.272 GHz, while the second chamber is to convey the power to four WR-28 output waveguides. Minor design changes are also proposed for the penultimate 11.424 GHz cavity and the beam collector. The intention of these design changes is to allow the magnicon to operate reliably 24/7, with minor sensitivity to operating parameters.

Research Organization:
Omega-P, Inc.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0004497
OSTI ID:
1031500
Report Number(s):
DOE/SC0004497-p71; TRN: US1202106
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English