Eccentric-fluted beam pipes to damp quadrupole higher-order modes

Abstract

An eccentric-fluted beam pipe is proposed to damp quadrupole modes in a cavity. The eccentric flutes act as a mode converter from quadrupole to dipole. Optimizing the parameters of the eccentric-fluted beam pipe allows sufficient damping of both degenerate quadrupole modes. The external Q values of the eccentric-fluted beam pipe measured with a low power model cavity agree well with those calculated with the 3D electromagnetic field simulation code MAFIA.