Magnetic Field Measurement of the Extraction Kicker Magnet in J-PARC RCS

Kicker magnets in the J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex) RCS (Rapid Cycling Synchrotron) are being constructed at JAERI (Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute) as the extraction pulse magnet. They kick the accelerated 3 GeV proton beam to the following extraction line at a repetition rate of 25 Hz. The kicker magnet is a distributed-parameter line type in order to obtain a fast rise time of the magnetic field. It is also designed with a large aperture in order to accept a maximum beam power of 1 MW. Therefore, impedance mismatch and fringe fields have a large distorting effect on the flatness of the kicker magnetic field. We examined these effects by simulation and measurement, and contrived to improve the field flatness. In this paper, we present the characteristic features of the RCS kicker systems, describe our magnetic field measurement and improvement, and briefly introduce the field mapping which we are performing now