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Clarke-Gayther, M. A.

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WEPC157 A Hybrid Quadrupole Design for the RAL Front End Test Stand (FETS) 2377
 
  • D. C. Plostinar, M. A. Clarke-Gayther
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  • P. Davis
    STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  • S. J.S. Jago
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  
  The Front End Test Stand project being constructed at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) aims to deliver a high current (60 mA) H- chopped ion beam, at 3 MeV and 50 pps. The main components of FETS are the H- ion source, the Low Energy Beam Transport line (LEBT), the Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ) and the Medium Energy Transport (MEBT) line with beam chopper. Space restrictions in the MEBT line place constraints on component length and drive the requirement to identify compact component configurations. A description is given of a novel compact hybrid quadrupole magnet, whose design is based on the concentric combination of a permanent magnet quadrupole (PMQ) and a laminar conductor electromagnetic quadrupole (EMQ). Simulations of magnetic field distribution in 2 and 3D are presented, and possible applications and further developments are discussed.  
THPP029 Status of the RAL Front End Test Stand 3437
 
  • A. P. Letchford, M. A. Clarke-Gayther, D. C. Faircloth, D. J.S. Findlay, S. R. Lawrie, P. Romano, P. Wise
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  • S. M.H. Al Sari, S. Jolly, A. Kurup, D. A. Lee, P. Savage
    Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London
  • J. Alonso, R. Enparantza
    Fundación Tekniker, Elbr (Guipuzkoa)
  • J. J. Back
    University of Warwick, Coventry
  • F. J. Bermejo
    Bilbao, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bilbao
  • C. Gabor, D. C. Plostinar
    STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  • J. Lucas
    Elytt Energy, Madrid
  • J. Pasternak, J. K. Pozimski
    STFC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  
  High power proton accelerators (HPPAs) with beam powers in the several megawatt range have many applications including drivers for spallation neutron sources, neutrino factories, waste transmuters and tritium production facilities. The UK's commitment to the development of the next generation of HPPAs is demonstrated by a test stand being constructed in collaboration between RAL, Imperial College London, the University of Warwick and the Universidad del Pais Vasco, Bilbao. The aim of the RAL Front End Test Stand is to demonstrate that chopped low energy beams of high quality can be produced and is intended to allow generic experiments exploring a variety of operational conditions. This paper describes the current status of the RAL Front End Test Stand.  
THPP094 The Development of a Fast Beam Chopper for Next Generation High Power Proton Drivers 3584
 
  • M. A. Clarke-Gayther
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  
  The Front End Test Stand (FETS) project at RAL will test a fast beam chopper, designed to address the requirements of high-power proton drivers for next generation pulsed spallation sources and neutrino factories. The RAL ‘Fast-Slow’ chopping scheme for the 2.5 MeV, 280 MHz, ESS Medium Energy Drift Space (MEBT)* is evolving to address the requirements of the 3.0 MeV, 324 MHz, FETS project. The recent adoption of a more efficient optical design for the FETS MEBT** will result in a useful increase in beam aperture and permit an important reduction in the amplitude of the chopper E-fields. A description is given of a 'state of the art' high voltage pulse generator designed to address the FETS 'Slow' chopper requirement. Measurements of output waveform and timing stability are presented.

*M. Clarke-Gayther, "A Fast Beam Chopper for Next Generation High Power Proton Drivers," EPAC04.
**M. Clarke-Gayther et al. "A fast beam chopper for the RAL Front-End Test Stand," EPAC06.