Ferrite Characterization for the Design of an Accelerating Cavity With Perpendicular Biasing

A perpendicular biased ferrite loaded accelerating cavity is studied for a possible upgrade of the CERN accelerator complex which could help to overcome the intensity limitations occurring at the SPS injection. The required accelerating cavity should cover a frequency range of 18 to 40 MHz with high cavity Q, which poses high demands on the ferrite material properties. A test setup is presented to measure the relative permeability and magnetic losses of full scale ferrite garnets (350 mm outer and 200 mm inner diameter) in a magnetic bias field within the frequency range of interest. An one-port reflection measurement provides adequate input to model the relative permeability of the ferrite in numerical simulations for different magnetic bias fields. A resonant measurement setup was used to cross-check simulation results with measurement data and to investigate the magnetic losses of the ferrite material. A numerical model of a simplified accelerating cavity is used to study the capability of the garnet G-510 as a perpendicular biased tuning ferrite.