1. FNAL recent coupler troubles
General coupler handling:
TTF3-type couplers purchased from CPI
Quality control, cleaning, room temperature conditioning at SLAC
Sent to FNAL in clean room bag / Pairs of cold-end parts arrive mounted on coupling waveguide used for conditioning at SLAC
Blown with dry nitrogen in FNAL clean room, using particulate counter, before assembly to cavity
Additional room temperature and cold conditioning in FNAL Horizontal Test Stand before full cavity test
Coupler photos and related information from
Tug Arkan, Andy Hocker, Andrei Lunin, and many others from the FNAL/ANL cavity team

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TB9ACC013
Vertical qualification test 41 MV/m at JLab (1st EP, 1st test, 8.Dec.2008), retested without processing at FNAL for statistically consistent 38 MV/m
Preparation for horizontal test:
Titanium transition ring welding at Sciaky
Helium vessel welding at MP9
HPR at FNAL/ANL
horizontal test assembly at MP9 including coupler, magnetic shielding, tuner, etc.
In horizontal test, initially achieved 37 MV/m, then heavy FE after an arc event finally reaching max 35 MV/m, with FE onset 20 MV/m (Feb.2010)
Disassembly, HPR, re-assembly for horizontal test
Defect seen on copper coating of inner rim of input coupler flange [see photo]
Optically inspected cavity coupler region with Questar system, saw nothing unusual
Reassembled for second horizontal test with different coupler after HPR
Second horizontal test: FE onset 5 MV/m, 20 MV/m max. (Jul.2010)
Lots of field emission seen already during cold coupler conditioning
Since cavity performance during 2nd test was even worse than at the end of the 1st test, perhaps an additional failure mechanism was present
Both couplers were blown clean and returned to SLAC for analysis
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Ginsburg TTC Meeting - Milano

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TB9ACC013 Coupler
Photo shows feature in copper coating
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TB9ACC016
Vertical qualification test 39 MV/m at JLab (2nd EP, 3rd test, 10.Feb.2010), shipped clean and sealed to FNAL
Preparation for horizontal test:
Titanium transition ring welding at Sciaky
Helium vessel welding at MP9
HPR at FNAL/ANL
Horizontal test assembly at MP9 including coupler, magnetic shielding, tuner, …
In horizontal test, heavy FE was seen: FE onset 18 MV/m, 27 MV/m max. (Oct.2010)
Disassembly after horizontal test:
Flakes were found on input coupler antenna tip [see photo] , size 0.1~0.2 mm
Standard optical inspection of cavity equators and irises with KEK/Kyoto system; no obvious problem observed
EDX measurement of flakes confirmed flakes were copper
Coupler was blown clean and returned to SLAC for analysis
1.Mar.2011
Ginsburg TTC Meeting - Milano

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TB9ACC016 Coupler
Photo shows flakes on a glove, after flakes were wiped off coupler antenna
1.Mar.2011
Ginsburg TTC Meeting - Milano