Kicker thyratron experience from SLC

Author

Donaldson, A.R. ; Cassel, R.L. ; Mattison, T.S. ; Reginato, L.L.

Author_Institution

SLAC, Stanford, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

6-9 May 1991

Firstpage

3165

Abstract

The SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) Linear Collider has five kickers for the damping ring injectors, extractors, and the electron extractor for the positron target that use multigap deuterium-filled thyratrons. The thyratrons operate with 30-70-kV anode voltages and 1-5-kA currents, to deliver pulses to kicker magnets with approximately=30-ns risetimes and up to approximately=150-ns pulse widths at 120 Hz. Operating and lifetime experience with several types of thyratrons and support electronics is discussed. Floating driver and power supply electronics were replaced by a ferrite choke isolator to allow grounding of the cathode support electronics with a commensurate increase in operating reliability.<>

Keywords

beam handling equipment; linear accelerators; thyratrons; SLC; damping ring injectors; electron extractor; ferrite choke isolator; kicker magnets; kicker thyratron; multigap deuterium-filled thyratrons; positron target; power supply electronics; pulse widths; support electronics; Anodes; Damping; Electrons; Linear accelerators; Magnets; Positrons; Pulsed power supplies; Space vector pulse width modulation; Thyratrons; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1991. Accelerator Science and Technology., Conference Record of the 1991 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0135-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1991.165222

Filename

165222