The Canadian Light Source (CLS), a 3rd generation synchrotron light source, has operated the CESR-B type superconducting radio frequency cavity since 2005. We report on 20 years of operating experience of the facility with this type of accelerating cavity.
Superconducting materials such as niobium have been extremely useful for accelerator technology but require low temperature operation ~2 K. The development of high temperature superconductors (HTS) is promising due to their operating temperatures being closer to that of liquid nitrogen ~77 K. This work aims to determine the high-power RF performance of these materials at X-band (11.424 GHz)....
Additive manufacturing (AM) has become a powerful tool for rapid prototyping and manufacturing of complex geometries. A 433 MHz IH-DTL cavity has been constructed as a proof of concept for direct additive manufacturing of linac components. In this design, the internal drift tube structure has been produced from pure copper using AM. We present the most recent results from high-power tests with...
