• DocumentCode
    3213698
  • Title

    Studies of RF Breakdown of Metals in Dense Gases

  • Author

    Hanlet, P. ; Alsharo, Mohammad ; Johnson, Rolland ; Kuchnir, Moyses ; Paul, Kevin ; Ankenbrandt, Charles ; Moretti, Alfred ; Popovic, Milorad ; Yarba, Victor ; Kaplan, Daniel ; Yonehara, Katsuya

  • Author_Institution
    Muons Inc., Batavia, Illinois, U.S.A. hanlet@fnal.gov
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    16-20 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    3259
  • Lastpage
    3261
  • Abstract
    A study of RF breakdown of metals in gases has begun as part of a program to develop RF cavities filled with dense hydrogen gas to be used for muon ionization cooling. A pressurized 805 MHz test cell is being used at Fermilab to compare the conditioning and breakdown behavior of copper, molybdenum, chromium, and beryllium electrodes as functions of hydrogen and helium gas densities. These results will be compared to the predicted or known RF breakdown behavior of these metals in vacuum.
  • Keywords
    Cooling; Copper; Electric breakdown; Gases; Hydrogen; Ionization; Mesons; Radio frequency; Testing; Vacuum breakdown;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2005. PAC 2005. Proceedings of the
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8859-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2005.1591432
  • Filename
    1591432