Journal article
X-LAB: A very high-capacity X-band RF test stand facility at the University of Melbourne
Matteo Volpi, Paul J Giansiracusa, Suzanne L Sheehy, Roger P Rassoll, Geoffrey N Taylor, Paarangat Pushkarna, Rohan Dowd, Joel Valerian, Nuria Catalan-Lasheras, Mark Cherrill, D Jeans (ed.), J Tian (ed.)
EPJ Web of Conferences | EDP Sciences | Published : 2024
Abstract
The X-band Laboratory for Accelerators and Beams (X-LAB) has been commissioned at the University of Melbourne. One of the key projects within this laboratory involves re-homing half of the CERN high gradient X-band test stand, XBOX3, now known as Mel-BOX. This initiative aims to validate the performance of high-gradient travelling wave accelerating structures operating at a frequency of 12 GHz, which are a crucial component of the acceleration baseline for the Compact Linear Collider (CLIC). Mel-BOX will be employed to assess the performance of these accelerating structures under high power pulsed RF. As with XBOX3, Mel-BOX uses the combined power from two high average power klystron units t..
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