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Title: LANSCE beam current limiter

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.52300· OSTI ID:575896
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  1. Los Alamos Neutron Scattering Center, AOT Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States of America)

The Radiation Security System (RSS) at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) provides personnel protection from prompt radiation due to accelerated beam. Active instrumentation, such as the beam current limiter, is a component of the RSS. The current limiter is designed to limit the average current in a beamline below a specific level, thus minimizing the maximum current available for a beam spill accident. The beam current limiter is a self-contained, electrically isolated toroidal beam transformer which continuously monitors beam current. It is designed as fail-safe instrumentation. The design philosophy, hardware design, operation, and limitations of the device are described. {copyright} {ital 1997 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
575896
Report Number(s):
CONF-9605173-; ISSN 0094-243X; TRN: 98:003835
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 390, Issue 1; Conference: 7. workshop on beam instrumentation, Argonne, IL (United States), 6-9 May 1996; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English