17–22 May 2026
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Power couplers conditioning and multipacting simulations for the ESS- Bilbao ARGITU RFQ

MOP7012
18 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC7.T06: Normal Conducting RF Poster session

Speakers

Ibon Bustinduy (ESS Bilbao) Juan Luis Muñoz (ESS Bilbao)

Description

The ARGITU RFQ at ESS-Bilbao is a 352.2 MHz, 4-vane RFQ that will
accelerate protons from 45 keV to 3.0 MeV. The RF power comes from a
modulator/klystron by rectangular waveguides that end in coaxial lines
that are finished by the two loop power couplers. The couplers are made
of copper and no brazing has been used in their production. For this
reason, the vacuum/air window is made of PEEK material attached by
mechanical pressure to the copper structure. For the initial stages of
the ARGITU RFQ, the duty cycle will not rise above 1%, so these
couplers were designed with no active cooling. This paper summarizes the conditioning setup and focuses on the RF, thermal and multipacting simulations used to define safe high-power conditioning limits.

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Author

Juan Luis Muñoz (ESS Bilbao)

Co-authors

Ibon Bustinduy (ESS Bilbao) Nagore Garmendia (ESS Bilbao) Pedro González (ESS Bilbao)

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