Title :
PSR extraction kicker system improvements
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
A program to improve the reliability of the hardware required to operate the Los Alamos Proton Storage Ring (PSR) is under way. The extraction kicker system for the PSR was identified as one candidate for improvement. Pulse modulators produce 50-kV pulses 360 ns in length at up to a 24-Hz pulse repetition rate and drive two 4-m-long stripline electrodes. Sources of difficulty with this system included short switch tube lifetime, drive cable electrical breakdown, high-voltage connector failure, and occasional electrode breakdown. A discussion is presented of modifications completed on this system to correct these difficulties.<>
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; proton accelerators; storage rings; Los Alamos Proton Storage Ring; PSR extraction kicker system improvements; drive cable electrical breakdown; electrode breakdown; hardware; high-voltage connector failure; repetition rate; stripline electrodes; switch tube lifetime; Electric breakdown; Electrodes; Jitter; Protons; Pulse modulation; Reservoirs; Storage rings; Switches; Thyratrons; Transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0135-8
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1991.165217
