The MERIT High-Power Target Experiment H. Kirk (BNL) CERN November 1, 2007.

The MERIT High-Power Target

Experiment H. Kirk (BNL)

CERN

November 1, 2007

MERIT Experiment in the TT2a Area

Solenoid & Hg loop

Upstream beam elements (new) Quadrupoles for final focusing Collimator Beam profile measurement Beam intensity measurement

Beam dump

Racks & electronics

N2 Exhaust lineMaterial access shaft

Personnel access

Sectional view of the MERIT Experiment

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Syringe PumpSecondaryContainment

Jet Chamber

ProtonBeam

Solenoid

Proton Beam

Hg Jet

Installed in the CERN TT2a Line

Before Mating

After Mating and Tilting

FastVision 1 FastVision 2

SMD

video camera

20 m/s Hg jet, 7 Tesla field

0.1 ms/frame 2 ms/frame

Hg Jet March 3, 2007 @ MIT

April 18, 2023 M. Palm, CERN - AB/ATB/EA 6

The Pump/Probe Detectors ACEM (Aluminum Cathode Electron Multiplier)Diamond

+/- 10 degrees

+/- 20 degrees

In beam line, upstream of target

Behind dump in beam line

A 3TP Pump Pulse and a 1TP Probe Pulse with 1ms delay

Beam 8035, B=7T, V=15m/s Oct. 31, 2007

Viewport 2, 100µm/frame, Total 1.6ms

Viewport 3, 6ms

Viewport 3, 10ms

Pump 15TP Probe 5TPdT = 2.3μs

Beam 8037, B=7T, V=15m/s Oct. 31, 2007

Viewport 2, 100µm/frame, Total 1.6ms

Viewport 3, 16ms

Viewport 3, 12ms

Pump 15TP Probe 5TPdT = 700μs