Scaled Prototype of a Tantalum Target Embedded in Expanded Graphite for Antiproton Production: Design, Manufacturing and Testing under Proton Beam Impacts

Claudio Torregrosa Martin, Marco Calviani, Antonio Perillo-Marcone +5

This study presents a further step within the ongoing R&D activities for the redesign of the CERN's Antiproton Decelerator Production Target (AD-Target). A first scaled target prot…