TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a dielectric-loaded accelerator test facility based on an X-band magnicon amplifier
AU - Gold, S. H.
AU - Kinkead, A. K.
AU - Gai, W.
AU - Power, J. G.
AU - Konecny, R.
AU - Jing, C.
AU - Tantawi, S. G.
AU - Nantista, C. D.
AU - Hu, Y.
AU - Du, X.
AU - Tang, C.
AU - Lin, Y.
AU - Bruce, R. W.
AU - Bruce, R. L.
AU - Fliflet, A. W.
AU - Lewis, D.
PY - 2006/1/3
Y1 - 2006/1/3
N2 - The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), in collaboration with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), are developing a dielectric-loaded accelerator (DLA) test facility powered by the 11.424-GHz magnicon amplifier that was developed jointly by NRL and Omega-P, Inc. Thus far, DLA structures developed by ANL have been tested at the NRL Magnicon Facility without injected electrons, including tests of alumina and magnesium calcium titanate structures at gradients up to ∼8 MV/m. The next step is to inject electrons in order to build a compact DLA test accelerator. The Accelerator Laboratory of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China has developed a 5-MeV electron injector for the accelerator, and SLAC is developing a means to combine the two magnicon output arms, and to drive the injector and an accelerator section with separate control of the power ratio and relative phase. Also, RWBruce Associates, working with NRL, is developing a means to join ceramic tubes to produce long accelerating sections using a microwave brazing process. The installation and commissioning of the first dielectric-loaded test accelerator, including injector, DLA structure, and spectrometer, should take place within the next year.
AB - The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), in collaboration with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), are developing a dielectric-loaded accelerator (DLA) test facility powered by the 11.424-GHz magnicon amplifier that was developed jointly by NRL and Omega-P, Inc. Thus far, DLA structures developed by ANL have been tested at the NRL Magnicon Facility without injected electrons, including tests of alumina and magnesium calcium titanate structures at gradients up to ∼8 MV/m. The next step is to inject electrons in order to build a compact DLA test accelerator. The Accelerator Laboratory of Tsinghua University in Beijing, China has developed a 5-MeV electron injector for the accelerator, and SLAC is developing a means to combine the two magnicon output arms, and to drive the injector and an accelerator section with separate control of the power ratio and relative phase. Also, RWBruce Associates, working with NRL, is developing a means to join ceramic tubes to produce long accelerating sections using a microwave brazing process. The installation and commissioning of the first dielectric-loaded test accelerator, including injector, DLA structure, and spectrometer, should take place within the next year.
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U2 - 10.1063/1.2158805
DO - 10.1063/1.2158805
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33751240462
SN - 0735402981
SN - 9780735402980
T3 - AIP Conference Proceedings
BT - HIGH ENERGY DENSITY AND HIGH POWER RF
T2 - HIGH ENERGY DENSITY AND HIGH POWER RF: 7th Workshop on High Energy Density and High Power RF
Y2 - 13 June 2005 through 17 June 2005
ER -