Wakefield and beam centering measurements of a damped and detuned X-band accelerator structure

Abstract

We present wakefield measurements of a prototype Next Linear Collider (NLC) accelerator structure that was built with dipole mode damping and detuning to suppress the long-range transverse wakefield induced by a beam. In addition, we describe beam centering tests that use as a guide the dipole power coupled out of the structure for damping purposes.