RF and timing reference distribution system for J-PARC linac

Kobayashi, Tetsuya; Chishiro, Etsuji; Anami, Shozo*; Yamaguchi, Seiya*; Michizono, Shinichiro*

J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Complex) linac, which is 300 m long, consists of 324 MHz accelerating section of the upstream and 972 MHz section (as future plan) of the downstream. In the klystron gallery, totally about 60 RF source control stations will stand for the klystrons and solid-state amplifiers. The error of the accelerating field must be within 1 degree in phase and 1% in amplitude. Thus, the high phase stability is required to the RF reference for all of the low-level RF control systems and the beam monitor systems. This paper presents a final design and the summary of the performance evaluation of the RF reference distribution system including the timing control signal distribution for this linac.