Design and development of the LEDA slow wire scanner profile measurement

Conference · Thu Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:350982

O`Hara, J F ^[1]; Power, J F; Ledford, J; Gilpatrick, J D; Stettler, M ^[2]; Sage, J ^[3]

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1. AlliedSignal Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
3. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)

The Low Energy Demonstration Accelerator (LEDA) is being developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory as part of the Accelerator Production of Tritium (APT) project. One of the diagnostics being developed to commission LEDSA is a slow wire scanner beam profile measurement. Initial profile measurements will be made at 6.7 MeV beam energy and 100 mA beam current. The wire scanner is an interceptive device that will move two silicon carbide coated graphite mono-filament fibers (wires) through the beam, in order to obtain the profile. Some of the design considerations discussed are: Mechanical design, wire temperature analysis, secondary electron detection, signal processing, and system control.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 350982
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--98-3632; CONF-980827--; ON: DE99002761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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