Comparative study of experimental signals for multipactor and breakdown.

Performance limiting high-power rf phenomenon occur in both transmitter systems in satellites and high-gradient accelerating structures in particle accelerators. In satellites the predominant effect is multipactor while in accelerators it is breakdown. Both communities have studied their respective phenomena extensively and developed particular simulation tools and experimental techniques. A series of experiments to directly compare measurements made under multipactor and breakdown conditions has been initiated with the objective to crosscheck and compare the physics, simulation tools and measurement techniques. Presented at: MULCOPIM, Valencia, September 21-23, 2011 Geneva, Switzerland May 2012 CLIC – Note – 936 Comparative study of experimental signals from multipactor and breakdown M. Dehler, S. Verdú-Andrés , W. Wuensch, A. Faus-Golfe, B. Gimeno Martinez, J. Kovermann, V. Boria, D. Raboso (10) (1) European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

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