THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE BEVATRON RAPID BEAM EJECTOR (BEAM-KICKER)

Dols, C G

doi:10.2172/4292691

Title: THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF THE BEVATRON RAPID BEAM EJECTOR (BEAM-KICKER)

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The operation cycle of a bubble chamber includes a brief period during which charged particles entering a chamber produce optimum tracks. Following the lead of Rahm at the Brookhaven Cosmotron, a group at the Berkeley Bevatron constructed a rapid beam ejector to produce brief pulses of particles. Energy stored in a capacitor bank is transferred to an air-core magnet suarrounding the proton beam of the Bevatron. The protons are displaced from their normal orbit and strike a suitably located target; particles from this tanget can then emerge from the accelerator. A capacitor bank of 120 mu f stores 13.500 joules at 15,000 volts. Two ignitrons in parallel connect the capacitor to the magnet. The magnet current rises to the peak of 52,000 ampers in 55 microseconds; at peak current a resistor in connected in parallel to damp the current dscay. (auth)

Authors:: Dols, C G

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1958

Research Org.:: California Univ., Berkeley, CA (US). Radiation Lab.

Sponsoring Org.:: US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

OSTI Identifier:: 4292691

Report Number(s):: UCRL-8346

NSA Number:: NSA-12-017836

DOE Contract Number:: W-7405-ENG-48

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-58

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: PHYSICS; AIR; BEAM OPTICS; BEAMS; BUBBLE CHAMBERS; CAPACITORS; CURRENTS; DEFORMATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUBES; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENERGY; IGNITRONS; MAGNETS; OPERATION; ORBITS; PARTICLE TRACKS; PLANNING; PROTON BEAMS; PULSES; RECTIFIERS; RESISTORS; STORAGE; SYNCHROTRONS; TARGETS

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