Development of a high quality kicker magnet system

Presently, there are 6 proton and 6 antiproton bunches used for collider operation in the Fermilab Tevatron. As the number of particles in these bunches increases, experimenter`s detectors begin to saturate. To alleviate this situation, protons and antiprotons will be redistributed in 36 bunches instead of 6 to reduce the number of interactions per crossing. In order to carry this out, the rise and fall times of the Tevatron antiproton injection kicker which deflects the antiprotons onto the closed orbit must be reduced to accommodate the increased number of bunches circulating in the machine. To meet these criteria, it is necessary to reduce the inductance per unit length as seen by the driving source in order to achieve the necessary propagation time through the magnet, For a given aperture, this can be readily done using a picture frame design powered with two pulses of opposite polarity. Two magnets are required, each with a magnetic length of 2.41 m.