Development of 972MHz klystron for high-intensity proton accelerator facility

Chishiro, Etsuji; Kobayashi, Tetsuya; Yamazaki, Masayoshi*; Suzuki, Hiroyuki*; Hori, Toshihiko*; Sakamoto, Mitsunori*; Urakata, Hiroto*; Miyake, Setsuo*; Fukuda, Shigeki*; Anami, Shozo*

In the lilac of the High-Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility, 972MHz klystrons are adopted as the RF source for the acceleration from 190MeV to 400MeV. The klystron is required the RF power of 2.5 MW to drive the ACS accelerator. A prototype klystron was produced, and was evaluated the RF characteristics at the test stand in the JAERI. At the first test, a saturation power of 2.1 MW was obtain on the cathode voltage of 104kV, and an unstable output power causing by a gun oscillation was observed.