Physics goals for the planned Next Linear Collider Engineering Test Facility

Author

Bohn, C. ; Michelotti, L. ; Ostiguy, J.E. ; Syphers, M. ; Bluem, H. ; Todd, A. ; Gai, W. ; Power, J. ; Simpson, J. ; Raubenheimer, T.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3783

Abstract

The Next Linear Collider (NLC) Collaboration is planning to construct an Engineering Test Facility (ETF) at Fermilab. As presently envisioned, the ETF would comprise a fundamental unit of the NLC main linac to include X-band klystrons and modulators, a delay-line power-distribution system (DLDS), and NLC accelerating structures that serve as loads. The principal purpose of the ETF is to validate stable operation of the power-distribution system, first without beam, then with a beam having the NLC pulse structure. This paper concerns the possibility of configuring and using the ETF to accelerate beam with an NLC pulse structure, as well as of doing experiments to measure beam-induced wakefields in the rf structures and their influence back on the beam

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; delay lines; electron accelerators; klystrons; linear colliders; modulators; test facilities; Engineering Test Facility; NLC; Next Linear Collider; X-band klystrons; beam-induced wakefields; delay-line power-distribution system; modulators; Acceleration; Collaboration; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Physics; Power engineering and energy; Power system planning; Pulse measurements; Test facilities; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988252

Filename

988252