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AKBP: Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik

AKBP 2: Radiofrequency Systems 1

AKBP 2.3: Talk

Monday, March 28, 2022, 14:30–14:45, AKBP-H14

Upgrading the Booster Synchrotron RF with a Solid State Amplifier — •Michael Switka, Frank Frommberger, Klaus Desch, Philipp Hänisch, and Daniel Elsner — Elektronen-Stretcher-Anlage ELSA, Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn

The DESY-type RF resonator of the ELSA facility's 1.6 GeV synchrotron has been powered by a conventional klystron amplifier since its early days in 1967. The setup was modified to serve the ELSA stretcher ring as booster synchrotron in 1987, but the RF infrastructure was barely altered. As repairs of the reliable, but antiquated RF source become foreseeingly impossible due to the lack of spare part availability, the replacement of the klystron amplifier chain in favour of a state-of-the-art solid state amplifier is carried out. We present the current status of the replacement procedure and first results.