THE BEAM-CONTROLLED FREQUENCY-CORRECTION SYSTEM OF THE BEVATRON

Technical Report · Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1959

OSTI ID:4229737

Heard, H G

A transistorized tracking system is described that generates the signals necessary to control the radial position of the proton beam of the Bevatron. The source of frequency-correcting signal may be either an analog computer or a radial-position discriminator that derives signals from the beam itself. Provision is made to switch from one tracking-signal source to the other at the instant the two voltage sources have equal valuesThe system will track the proton beam at all levels of beam intensty and may be used in conjunction with pulsed auxiliary magnet windings to extend the injection time of the accelerator, thereby increasing the over-all intensity or the beam. The advantages of automatic beam tracking are obtained without a sacrifice in operational flexibility. (auth)

• Research Organization: California. Univ., Berkeley. Lawrence Radiation Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• NSA Number: NSA-13-022523
• OSTI ID: 4229737
• Report Number(s): UCRL-8828
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

ANALOG SYSTEMS
BEVATRON
COMPUTERS
CONTROL SYSTEMS
CURRENTS
ELECTRIC POTENTIAL
FREQUENCY
INJECTION
MAGNETS
OPERATION
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS AND HIGH-VOLTAGE MACHINES
PROTON BEAMS
PROTONS
PULSES
SYNCHROTRONS
TRANSISTORS