Kicker magnet makes beams

UWinnipeg TRIUMF Team — *Dr. Blair Jamieson, Dr. Chris Bidinosti, Dr. Jeff Martin,, and Dr. Russ Mammei, ©UWinnipeg*

UWinnipeg physicist, Dr. Jeffery Martin, is part of an international group of researchers, including collaborators at TRIUMF and CERN*, that have published a paper in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. The article, Fast-switching magnet serving a spallation-driven ultracold neutron source is about a special “kicker” magnet that they designed, built, and used at TRIUMF. The article was selected as an “Editors’ Suggestion” and was an October 2019 feature by the journal.

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