Jefferson Lab personnel safety fast beam kicker system
- 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
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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