IPAC2016 - List of Authors (Ahrens, L.)

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THPMW043	Observation of Beam-induced Abort Kicker Ferrite Heating in RHIC	3648
	C. Montag, L. Ahrens, K.A. Drees, H. Hahn, J.-L. Mi, C. Pai, J. Sandberg, T.C. Shrey, P. Thieberger, J.E. Tuozzolo, W. Zhang BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
	Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy. During the FY 2013 RHIC polarized proton run, deterioration of the abort kicker system was observed. The reduced kicks resulted in quenching the superconducting quadrupole Q4 downstream of the beam dump. Frequent re-tuning of the modulator wave form temporarily mitigated the effect, which worsened during the course of the run. Beam-induced heating of the kicker ferrites was evenutally identified as the root cause of this behavior. We report our observations and discuss modifications to the kickers.
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Observation of Beam-induced Abort Kicker Ferrite Heating in RHIC

3648

C. Montag, L. Ahrens, K.A. Drees, H. Hahn, J.-L. Mi, C. Pai, J. Sandberg, T.C. Shrey, P. Thieberger, J.E. Tuozzolo, W. Zhang
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA

Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under Contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
During the FY 2013 RHIC polarized proton run, deterioration of the abort kicker system was observed. The reduced kicks resulted in quenching the superconducting quadrupole Q4 downstream of the beam dump. Frequent re-tuning of the modulator wave form temporarily mitigated the effect, which worsened during the course of the run. Beam-induced heating of the kicker ferrites was evenutally identified as the root cause of this behavior. We report our observations and discuss modifications to the kickers.

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