Author: Wu, G.H.
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WEP205 A Gap Clearing Kicker for Main Injector 1870
 
  • I. Kourbanis, P. Adamson, J. Biggs, B.C. Brown, D. Capista, C.C. Jensen, G.E. Krafczyk, D.K. Morris, D.J. Scott, K. Seiya, S.R. Ward, G.H. Wu, M.-J. Yang
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  Funding: Operated by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the United States Department of Energy.
Fermilab Main Injector has been operating at high Beam Power Levels since 2008 when multi-batch slip stacking became operational. In order to increase the beam power even further we have to address the localized beam loss due to beam left over in the Injection Kicker Gap during slip stacking. A set of Gap Clearing Kickers that kick any beam left in the injection gap to the beam abort have been installed during the summer of 2009 and became operational in October 2010. The kicker performance and its effect on beam losses will be described.