Title :
Beam-distribution system for multi-axis imaging at the Advanced Hydrotest Facility
Author :
Jason, Andrew J. ; Barlow, David B. ; Blind, Barbara ; Kelley, John P. ; Lysenko, Walter P. ; Mottershead, C. Thomas ; Neri, Filippo ; Walstrom, Peter L. ; Waynert, Joseph ; Schulze, Martin
Author_Institution :
Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
Abstract :
The Advanced Hydrotest Facility is to provide a time sequence of multiple radiographic images using a proton beam produced by a 50-GeV synchrotron. We give an overview of the approaches devised to produce up to twelve simultaneous radiographic images of an object by a sequence of beam-transport lines. The required distribution system has undergone a parametric study that optimized its configuration within operational constraints. These constraints and our approach to configuration optimization for both superconducting and normal-conducting transport lines are described. Additionally, we describe the optics stratagems that were devised to meet system requirements
Keywords :
X-ray production; accelerator magnets; ion optics; lenses; particle beam dynamics; particle beam focusing; proton accelerators; radiography; superconducting magnets; synchrotrons; AHF; Advanced Hydrotest Facility; beam distribution system; beam-distribution system; beam-transport lines; lens system; multiaxis imaging; multiple radiographic imaging; normal-conducting transport lines; operational constraints; optics stratagems; proton beam; radiographic images; superconducting magnets; superconducting transport lines; synchrotron; time sequence; Constraint optimization; Costs; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Optical imaging; Particle beams; Protons; Radiography; Superconducting magnets; Synchrotrons;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7191-7
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2001.988115
