Fabrication of the MEBT chopper system for the Spallation Neutron Source

Author

Hardekopf, R. ; Kurennoy, S. ; Power, J. ; Roybal, R. ; Schrage, D. ; Sherwood, R. ; Collins, S.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

1661

Abstract

Los Alamos completed design, fabrication, procurement, and initial testing (without beam) of the SNS medium-energy beam-transport (MEBT) chopper, including the meander-line traveling-wave structure and the electrical-pulser system. This report reviews the design parameters and discusses the fabrication process for the chopper structures, including measurements of the impedance and rise time. (The MEBT vacuum system and chopper-target beam stop were developed at and reported by LBNL.) We discuss the specifications for the pulse generator and its fabrication and testing at Directed Energy, Inc. of Ft. Collins, CO. Experimental tests of the chopper system are currently being performed at the SNS site at ORNL and will be reported separately.

Keywords

beam choppers; beam handling techniques; neutron sources; proton beams; pulse generators; Spallation Neutron Source; chopper structures; chopper system; design parameters; electrical-pulser system; fabrication process; impedance measurement; meander-line traveling-wave structure; medium-energy beam-transport; pulse generator; review; rise time; Choppers; Current measurement; Energy measurement; Fabrication; Impedance measurement; Neutrons; Procurement; Pulse measurements; System testing; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1288628

Filename

1288628