Category: SY News
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Installation of MKICool magnets in Pt. 8 completed!
Installation of MKICool magnets in Pt. 8 completed! By Giorgia Favia, Tobias Stadlbauer & Thomas Kramer for SY-ABT The LHC is equipped with two injection kicker (MKI) systems for deflecting the incoming particle beams onto the LHC’s orbits. Each system, located at Point 2 (MKI2) and Point 8 (MKI8), consists of four MKI magnets. The…
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Active EMI Compensation for Pulsed Kicker Systems in Particle Accelerators
Active EMI Compensation for Pulsed Kicker Systems in Particle Accelerators Tobias Stadlbauer (SY-ABT), Fritz Caspers (EP-UGC) Kicker systems in particle accelerators operate at high voltages, reaching up to 80 kV, and currents up to 30 kA, with risetimes as fast as 10 ns, producing pulses comparable to lightning strikes in terms of current amplitude, length,…
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A new home for the generators of the Multi-Turn Extraction (MTE) kickers
A new home for the generators of the Multi-Turn Extraction (MTE) kickers By M. Fraser (SY-ABT), L. Ducimetiere (SY-ABT), Vasco Namora (SY-ABT) The Multi-Turn Extraction kicker system has been in development since 2008 for the proton beam extraction from PS towards the SPS, via TT2, entering operation in 2015 to produce fixed target beams for…
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KFA71/79 Consolidation to avoid LS3 manpower overload and early learning
KFA71/79 Consolidation to avoid LS3 manpower overload and early learning By Christophe Boucly, Luis Feliciano and Gael Bellotto (SY/ABT) Introduction The KFA71 kicker system, installed in CERN’s Proton Synchrotron (PS) for beam extraction, has been a fundamental component for over five decades. A step-by-step consolidation plan was initiated in 2020 to ensure its continued performance.…