Sensors (Jun 2024)

Design of a Cavity for the High-Power Radio-Frequency Quadrupole Coupler Test for the ANTHEM Project

  • Andrea Passarelli,
  • Maria Rosaria Masullo,
  • Carlo Baltador,
  • Francesco Grespan,
  • Antonio Palmieri,
  • Andrea Pisent,
  • Paolo Mereu,
  • Carlo Mingioni,
  • Marco Nenni,
  • Edoardo Nicoletti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s24134165
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 13
p. 4165

Abstract

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The ANTHEM (Advanced Technologies for Human-centered Medicine) Radio-Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) will employ eight coaxial power couplers, which will be magnetically coupled to the device through a loop antenna. The coupler design can support up to 140 kW in continuous wave operation. This paper presents the design of the cavity used for high-power testing, with the primary objectives of both optimizing the coupling between the couplers and ensuring operations at the designated operating frequency. Furthermore, the paper encompasses thermal and structural assessments conducted through numerical simulations.

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