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| WEPC053 | An Experimental Study of Radiation-induced Demagnetization of Insertion Device Permanent Magnets | 2112 |
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High brilliance in the 3GeV new light source NSLS II is obtained from the high magnetic fields in insertion devices (ID). The beam lifetime is limited to 3h by single Coulomb scattering in the Bunch (Touschek effect). This effect occurs everywhere around the circumference and there is unavoidable beam loss in the adjacent low-aperture insertion devices. This raises the issue of degradation and damage of the permanent magnetic material by irradiation with high energy electrons and corresponding shower particles. It is expected that IDs, especially those in-vacuum, would experience changes resulting from exposure to gamma rays, x-rays, electrons and neutrons. By expanding an on-going material radiation damage study at BNL the demagnetization effect of irradiation consisting primarily of neutrons, gamma rays and electrons on a set of NdFeB magnets is studied. Integrated doses of several Mrad to a few Grad were achieved at the BNL Isotope Facility with a 112-MeV, 90-uA proton beam. Detailed information on dose distributions and particle energy spectra on the NdFeB magnets was obtained with the MARS15 Monte-Carlo code. This paper summarizes the results of this study.
Work performed under the auspices of the US DOE. |