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old current is on the order of several Amperes. As a consequence of this method,<br />

the fundamental frequency is also shifted and the cavity must be set to zero accel-<br />

erating gradient, essentially making it a drift space. Because these measurements<br />

were performed in 2004, the effect was measured specifically for the 2114.156 MHz<br />

mode as it was causing BBU at the time (see Section 5.3). While the mechani-<br />

cal tuner is capable of shifting the fundamental mode frequency by ±200 kHz, the<br />

2114.156 MHz mode shifted less than 100 kHz. Ultimately, because methods such<br />

as point-to-point focusing proved to be so effective, the effects of these frequency<br />

shifts on the threshold current were never investigated experimentally.<br />

7.1 Cavity-based Feedback<br />

Cavity-based feedback aims to directly lower the QL of a dangerous HOM. Two<br />

feedback mechanisms were experimentally tested and are discussed in the following<br />

two sections.<br />

7.1.1 Active Q-damping Circuit<br />

The idea of the damping circuit is as follows: couple voltage from one of the<br />

HOM ports and using a narrowband filter select the HOM frequency of interest,<br />

shift the signal by 180 ◦ in phase, amplify the signal and then return it to the cavity<br />

through the same HOM port. A schematic of the setup is given in Fig. 7.1. By<br />

adjusting the gain and phase shift, the quality factor of the HOM could be reduced<br />

by a factor of 20. However, for these optimally tuned values of the gain and phase<br />

shift, the feedback loop became very sensitive to external disturbances, such as<br />

motion in the cables and the effects of the amplifier warming up. To avoid issues<br />

with stability, the feedback circuit was set to reduce the QL of the 2106 MHz mode<br />

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by a factor of 4.8 (see Fig. 7.2). The threshold current was determined to be 2.3 mA

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