Generation of multiple bipolar voltage pulses for a phase rotation LIA
In the year 2000, a design concept of a Neutrino Factory based on Muon Storage Ring was studied at FNAL. To treat high energy spread of muons that come out of a target and decay channel and are to be accelerated before they go into the storage ring, a phase rotating scheme using a long-pulse accelerating system has been proposed. In this system the accelerating voltage is to be shaped to correct the energy spread. To implement this approach, the pulse power system has been suggested that allows forming a bipolar accelerating voltage pulse with the predefined shape. This report addresses some issues of the pulse shape optimization and describes main features of the accelerating system comprising an accelerating structure similar to that of a linear induction accelerator (LIA) and a pulser that drives it.
Muon phase rotation using an induction linac
The proposed neutrino factory requires that the muons produced by the decay of pions and kaons produced by a target be phase-rotated before they can be cooled and then accelerated. This report describes a muon phase-rotation system that employs an induction acceleration system. The phase-rotation system consists of a 100-meter long induction accelerator, a mini-cooling system with magnetic flux reversal, and two 80-meter long induction linacs with a drift space between them. The induction linac phase-rotation system uses a 620-mm warm bore 1.25 T superconducting solenoid to guide the muons in the beam channel. The phase-rotation linac is divided into 1-meter long components each with its superconducting solenoid. This report describes the induction cells, the induction cell power system, and the superconducting solenoid contained within those cells.
Effect of induced anisotropy on saturating pulse performance
In this paper a clear correlation between the controlled drive ac and dc magnetic characteristics and the subsequent pulse performance of thin tape‐wound amorphous cores is demonstrated. The effects of introducing longitudinal and transverse anisotropies by field annealing are discussed. ac and dc characterization of the toroids are used to indicate the effect of the annealing treatments, and the pulse results are then analyzed using this information. Finally, on the basis of the results obtained in these three regimes, further possible treatments which may improve the pulse behavior of these materials are suggested.