Abstract
The design, construction, and operation of the electrostatic quadrupoles used in the muon (g - 2) experiment E821 of BNL are described in detail. A new lead design allowed the construction of a very reliable system which could operate for hundreds of thousands pulses with no sparking. The new design also made possible the elimination of systematic errors associated with the E, B fields generated by the low energy trapped electrons present in Penning traps under medium vacuum conditions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 458-484 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 503 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 11 May 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Detection of axial frequency of trapped electrons
- Electrostatic quadrupoles
- Muon (g - 2)
- Storage rings