Title :
RF cavity design automation for the APT CCDTL and CCL
Author :
Smith, Paul ; Spalek, G.
Abstract :
As part of the APT project, the coupled-cavity drift tube linac (CCDTL) and coupled-cavity linac (CCL) designs are being developed. These structures contain 341 cavity segments in 11 different modules. This configuration accelerates a proton beam from 6.7 MeV to 211 MeV. Because of the number of individualized cavity arrangements, an automation design process is being developed. This paper discusses the methods of design automation using Pro-Engineer(R) as well as programs required to feed the Pro-Engineer(R) drawing generation process. Such programs include SUPERFISH, where cavity parameters are obtained, as well as programmed analytical methods used to define cavity dimensions that produce the desired level of coupling and π/2 mode frequency. To compute the coupling, a method developed by J. Gao has been used
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; accelerator cavities; electronic design automation; high energy physics instrumentation computing; linear accelerators; proton accelerators; proton beams; tritium handling; 6.7 to 211 MeV; APT CCDTL; APT CCL; Pro-Engineer; RF cavity design automation; SUPERFISH code; coupled-cavity drift tube linac; coupled-cavity linac; drawing generation; proton beam; Acceleration; Atomic beams; Design automation; Equations; Feeds; Linear particle accelerator; Optical coupling; Particle beams; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency interference;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792374
