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RF Introduction

General RF parameters for the ALBA accelerator: 

 
  

STORAGE RING

BOOSTER

(at 3 GeV)
  Frequency         499.654 MHz    499.654 MHz
  RF total Voltage              3600 kV           900 kV
  Beam Current                 400 mA               2 mA
  Total Beam Power                   540 kW            1.3  kW
  Losses (including IDs)                 1300 keV/turn           627  keV/turn
  Type of cavity      NC EU-Cav (DAMPY)        NC 5-cell
  Number of cavities                     6              1
  RF Voltage per cavity                600 kV           900 kV 
  RF Power per cavity                150 kW             30 kW
  RF Transmitter             2 x 80 kW       1 x 80 kW
  Synchrotron frequency                 9.3 kHz            8.6 kHz

 

RF blocks: 

RF blocks

Each one of the RF systems can be splitted in 3 different blocks:

  1. Low Level electronics (LLRF), which will be
  2. High Power RF
  3. RF Cavities

 

The following drawing shows 2 plants of the Storage Ring (SR):

 

 SR_equip

 

Drawings related to the High Power Lab and to the Booster plants are also available. 

 

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