Rapid beam deflector

It is in fact the 'rapid beam deflector' destined for use in the synchrotron early in the new year. A pulse of electric current in these two coils will cause the accelerated proton beam to be deflected, in a horizontal plane, so as to impinge on a target further round the ring for a controlled period of time, normally 200 microseconds. At the end of this time the rest of the beam will resume its normal circulation and can be used for the bombardment of other targets. The deflector was made under the direction of the linac group in the workshop of the mechanical section of the MPS Division (formerly the workshop of the apparatus layout group).