Hardware for a Full Aperture Kicker System for the CPS

It is expected that after completion of the CPS improvement programme the existing small aperture plunging kicker magnets may be unable to efficiently eject a high intensity beam because of aperture and rise time limitations. This paper describes a full aperture kicker system which is being developed to permit full exploitation of high intensity fast ejected beams from early 1973 onwards. The design of the magnets and pulse generators is presented, together with their predicted performance. The measured performance of prototypes and the results of extensive life testing are given.