17–22 May 2026
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Europe/Zurich timezone

Implications of Degenerate Mode Mixing in UK XFEL SC Cavities

SUP5012
17 May 2026, 14:00
4h
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Student Poster Presentation MC5.D03: Calculations of EM fields Theory and Code Developments Student poster session

Speaker

Anthony Gilfellon (Cockcroft Institute)

Description

The UK XFEL (United Kingdom X-ray Free Electron Laser) is a proposed accelerator facility that will use predominantly superconducting RF structures to accelerate and manipulate the transiting electron bunches. Deviations from design longitudinal length of these Niobium RF cavities, or cells within, caused by errors in manufacturing, fabrication tolerances, assembly and installation can lead to certain modes becoming frequency degenerate. This gives rise to mode mixing, whereby the component modes combine to form additive and subtractive field distributions. Here we look at the mixing of transverse magnetic (TM) modes and locate problematic combinations where field strength enhancements can lead to increased on-axis loss factors and dipole kick factors, both of which can have adverse effects on the beam emittance and energy.

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Author

Anthony Gilfellon (Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

Mr Alan Wheelhouse (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Bruno Muratori (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Dr Peter Williams (Cockcroft Institute) Prof. Roger Jones (Science and Technology Facilities Council)

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