Author: Hikichi, Y.
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THPFI015 In-situ Degassing of the Ferrite Cores in the Extraction Kicker Magnets of the J-PARC 3-GeV RCS 3324
 
  • J. Kamiya, Y. Hikichi, M. Kinsho, M. Nishikawa, N. Ogiwara, K. Suganuma, T. Yanagibashi
    JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken, Japan
 
  Kicker magnets extract the accelerated beam to the beam transport lines in the RCS of the J-PARC. The kicker magnets mainly consist of Ni-Zn ferrite cores and Al alloy plates, and are installed in a vacuum to prevent discharge because a high voltage is applied for a short period. It is important to reduce the outgassing of water vapor from the ferrite cores. Although the kicker magnets have been working well, recently the vacuum quality became a little poor. Thus, we developed the in-situ degassing method for the ferrite cores. This is achieved by directing the heat from the heat source to the kicker magnet and not to the chamber wall. With the test stand we succeeded to flow almost all the heat toward the kicker magnet and to bake out the ferrite cores about 150°C, maintaining the temperature of the chamber wall less than 50°C. As the previous work with TDS measurements revealed that the absorbed water molecules can be easily removed by the bake-out at 100-150°C in a vacuum, the outgassing from the ferrite cores was successfully reduced. The details of the in-situ degassing method will be reported, including the practical method to reduce the outgassing of the working kickers.