Improving the Fermilab Booster Notching Efficiency, Beam Losses and Radiation Levels

I. L. Rakhno, A. I. Drozhdin, N. V. Mokhov +2

Currently a fast vertical 1.08-m long kicker (notcher) located in the Fermilab Booster Long-5 straight section is used to remove 3 out of 84 circulating bunches after injection to…