Beam chopper for 750 keV LEBT of MMF linac

Author

Novikov, A.V. ; Ostroumov, P.N.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Nucl. Res., Acad. of Sci., Moscow, Russia

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

2732

Abstract

A travelling wave beam chopper for the 750 keV H⁺, H ^- ions of the INR Linac is described. The chopper consists of a helix and a ground plate. The latter serves as a beam absorber which allows operation with a deflecting voltage below 4.5 kV. The chopper aperture can be varied from 2 to 6 cm, the plate length is 80 cm. The ion beam with unnormalized emittance ~8π.cm.mrad is deflected and absorbed at the water-cooled ground plate. Available chopped beam pulse edges are less than 20 ns. A special shape of ground plate is used in order to depress the secondary electron emission arising from proton beam deflection. The deflecting plate structure and electronic circuits are presented, and theoretical and experimental results are discussed

Keywords

beam choppers; beam handling equipment; particle beam diagnostics; 4.5 kV; 750 keV; INR Linac; MMF linac; chopper aperture; deflecting plate; electronic circuits; emittance; ground plate; proton beam deflection; travelling wave beam chopper; Apertures; Choppers; Electron emission; Electronic circuits; Hafnium; Linear particle accelerator; Optical modulation; Pulse modulation; Strips; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.752747

Filename

752747