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Title: Jefferson Lab personnel safety fast beam kicker system

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OSTI ID:10145763
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  1. Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (United States)

The CEBAF accelerator at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) uses a continuous electron beam with up to 800 kilowatts of average beam power. The laboratory beam containment policy requires that in the event of an errant beam striking a beam blocking device, the beam must be shut off by three methods in less than 1 millisecond. One method implemented is to shut off the beam at the gun. Two additional methods have been developed which use fast beam kickers to deflect the injector beam on to a water cooled aperture. The kickers designed and implemented at Jefferson lab are able to deflect the injector beam in less than 200 microseconds. The kicker system includes self-test and monitoring capabilities that enable the system to be used for personnel safety.

Research Organization:
Southeastern Universities Research Association, Inc., Newport News, VA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84ER40150
OSTI ID:
10145763
Report Number(s):
JLAB-ACE-97-05; CONF-970503-140; ON: DE97007221; TRN: 97:004748
Resource Relation:
Conference: 17. IEEE particle accelerator conference,Vancouver (Canada),12-16 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English