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Hardware acceleration has emerged as a key research topic for supporting computationally intensive signal processing and artificial intelligence applications in 6G research and development studies. This paper presents an RF Network on Chip…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-11 A. Oguz Kislal , Osman Mert Yilmaz , Bengu Bilgic Keskin , Ibrahim Hokelek , Ali Gorcin

The first generation Low-Level radio frequency(LLRF) control system independently developed by IMPCAS, the operating frequency is 162.5MHz for China ADS, which consists of superconducting cavity amplitude stability control, phase stability…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-06-06 Zhenglong Zhu , Xianwu Wang , Lianghua Wen , Wei Chang , Ruifeng Zhang , Zheng Gao , Qi Chen

The KEK Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) is a dedicated testbed for nanobeam technologies in support of the International Linear Collider (ILC). Stable pulsed operation requires synchronization of the facility timing system with the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2026-02-03 Konstantin Popov , Alexander Aryshev , Hiroshi Kaji , Toshiyuki Okugi

The low level rf (LLRF) control system for the rapid cycling synchrotron (RCS) of the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) started its operation in 2007. The key functions of the LLRF control system are the dual harmonic auto…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2021-06-18 Fumihiko Tamura , Yasuyuki Sugiyama , Masahito Yoshii , Masatsugu Ryoshi

The China spallation neutron source (CSNS) linac is designed with beam energy of 81MeV and a peak current of 15mA in the first phase. The RF power system for the 81 MeV Linac requires 8 units of RF power sources, each unit has one…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-09-26 Linyan Rong , Zhencheng Mu , Zhexin Xie , Bo Wang , Wenzhong Zhou , Maliang Wan , Meifei Liu , Jian Li , Xinan Xu

This work describes the architecture of a digital LLRF system for heavy-ion acceleration developed under the specification of the projected future heavy-ion accelerator facility in Huelva, Spain. A prototype LLRF test bench operating at…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 I. Badillo J. Jugo , J. Portilla , J. Feutchwanger , C. San Vicente , V. Etxebarria

The goal of a LLRF system is to control an actual RF cavity with beam. While digital simulations have a place, having an analog circuit to stand in for the cavity can be tremendously helpful in validating hardware+firmware+software under…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Shreeharshini Dharanesh Murthy , Lawrence Doolittle , Andrew Benwell

Multiple Electrostatic Quadrupole Array Linear Accelerators (MEQALACs) provide an opportunity to realize compact radio-frequency (RF) accelerator structures that can deliver very high beam currents. MEQALACs have been previously realized…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2017-11-02 A. Persaud , P. A. Seidl , Q. Ji , E. Feinberg , W. L. Waldron , T. Schenkel , S. Ardanuc , K. B. Vinayakumar , A. Lal

We have explored a concept for an advanced Normal-Conducting Radio-Frequency (NCRF) C-band linear accelerator (linac) structure to achieve a high gradient, high power e$^+$e$^-$ linear collider in the TeV class. This design study represents…

CEA is committed to the design, construction and commissioning of a Medium Energy Beam Transfer line and a superconducting linac (SCL) for SARAF accelerator in order to accelerate 5mA beam of either protons from 1.3 MeV to 35 MeV or…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-10-15 L. Zhao , G. Ferrand , F. Gougnaud , R. Duperrier , N. Pichoff , C. Marchand

Transverse Deflecting Cavities (TDCs) are generally adopted for electron beam diagnosis. Three sets of S-band and two sets of X-band TDCs are planned at Shenzhen Superconducting Soft X-ray Free Electron Laser (S3FEL) to accurately measure…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2025-01-14 Jinfu Zhu , Hongli Ding , Haokui Li , Jiahang Shao , Yong Yu , Zongbin Li , Jiayue Yang , Zhichao Chen , Guorong Wu , Weiqing Zhang

We report on the development of a radio frequency (RF) linear accelerator (linac) for multiple-ion beams that is made from stacks of low cost wafers. The accelerator lattice is comprised of RF-acceleration gaps and electrostatic quadrupole…

The ISIS synchrotron at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK now routinely uses a dual harmonic RF system to accelerate beam currents in excess of 230uA to run two target stations simultaneously. The acceleration in the ISIS…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-10-17 Andrew Seville , David B. Allen , Ian S. K. Gardner , Robert J. Mathieson

For development of compact ultrafast electron source system, we are currently designing a short-pulse RF-gun with RF focusing structure by means of a series of comprehensive modeling analysis processes. EM design of a 2.5 cell resonant…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-09-19 Alexander Grabenhofer , Douglas W. Eaton , Young-Min Shin

During the course of the last decade, traveling wave accelerating structures for a future Linear Collider have been the object of intense R&D efforts. An important problem is the efficient computation of the long range wakefield with the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 J. -F. Ostiguy , K. -Y. Ng

We report on a compact, highly sensitive all-fiber accelerometer suitable for low frequency and low amplitude vibration sensing. The sensing elements in the device are two short segments of strongly coupled asymmetric multicore fiber (MCF)…

Superconducting cavities (SRF) are widely used in new generation particle accelerators, increasing the requirements and specifications for new designs. The LLRF control system, including the detuning control due to mechanical perturbations,…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2019-10-21 Josu Jugo , Ander Elejaga , Pablo Echevarria

This paper presents several component prototypes towards a low-latency, small-form-factor optical link designed for the ATLAS Liquid Argon Calorimeter Phase-I trigger upgrade. A prototype of the custom-made dual-channel optical transmitter…

This document describes a new package to compute high performance simulations of a module of superconducting accelerating cavities from the LLRF controller perspective. The reason to make a dedicated C++/Python package is to simulate all…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-03-28 A. Bellandi , W. Cichalewski , J. Branlard , A. Nawaz , R. Rybaniec , H. Schlarb , C. Schmidt

The CLIC (Compact Linear Collider) RF power source is based on a new scheme of electron pulse compression and bunch frequency multiplication using injection by transverse RF deflectors into an isochronous ring. In this paper, we describe…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Corsini , A. Ferrari , J. P. Potier , L. Rinolfi , T. Risselada , P. Royer