The timing and diagnostic systems of the kicker magnet pulsers for the Stanford Linear Collider

Author

Gough, D.E. ; Cassel, R.L. ; Donaldson, A.R. ; Hutchinson, D.P. ; Mattison, T.S.

Author_Institution

SLAC, Stanford, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

3168

Abstract

The Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) uses several very fast thyratron pulsers to drive kicker magnets. The pulsers operate at repetition rates of between 1 and 120 pulses/s as dictated by the operational mode of the SLC. Time jitter of typically 200 ps is achieved and the longer-term effect of time drift is compensated by the use of a timing feedback device. Monitoring is provided to measure and display the average time and jitter for the thyratrons and magnets. Amplitude stability of better than 10/sup -3/ is required and this is measured and displayed by the use of an amplitude sampler. Measurements of the individual functions of each system are provided both locally and at the Machine Control Center so that it is possible to continuously track each pulser´s performance.<>

Keywords

beam handling equipment; electron accelerators; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; Machine Control Center; SLC; Stanford Linear Collider; amplitude sampler; amplitude stability; diagnostic systems; kicker magnet pulsers; operational mode; repetition rates; thyratron pulsers; time drift; time jitter; timing feedback device; timing systems; Damping; Electrons; Feedback; Jitter; Monitoring; Positrons; Switches; Thyratrons; Timing; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.165223

Filename

165223