Zero Gradient Synchrotron RF System

As accelerators are developed to extend the frontiers of high energy physics, the complexity of their nature presents technological problems that need to be solved by extensive programs of research and development. The following reports on the results of one such program, the design and construction of the radio frequency accelerating system of the Argonne Zero Gradient Synchrotron. It describes the system requirements, the equipment that has been developed to fulfill these requirements, and the present performance of the system.