Advanced Collimator Systems for the NLC

Technical Report · Wed Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/763855· OSTI ID:763855

Frisch, Josef C

The Next Linear Collider accelerator will include a large (kilometer scale) and complex collimation system. Its size and complexity could be reduced if the collimator jaws were made immune to damage from the electron beam. The authors describe two collimation systems currently under development. Construction of a prototype system, which uses wheels that can be moved to a new position after damage, is underway. The second system, currently in the R+D phase, will use rotors that are continuously reformed from a bath of liquid metal as the collimation surface. This second system should allow operation at beam intensities that damage the jaws on every pulse. They describe results of tests on both systems.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 763855
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-8579; TRN: US0004886
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 23 Aug 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
LINEAR ACCELERATORS
COLLIMATORS
ELECTRON BEAMS
LINEAR COLLIDERS
LIQUID METALS
OPERATION
RADIATION EFFECTS
PERFORMANCE TESTING