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Report number	CERN-ACC-2019-236
Title	HiRadMat: A facility beyond the realms of materials testing
Author(s)	Harden, Fiona (CERN) ; Bouvard, Aymeric (CERN) ; Charitonidis, Nikolaos (CERN) ; Kadi, Yacine (CERN)
Collaboration	HiRadMat experiments and facility support teams
Publication	2019
Number of pages	7
In:	J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 1350, 1 (2019) pp.012162
In:	10th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 19 - 24 May 2019, pp.THPRB085
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2019-THPRB085 10.1088/1742-6596/1350/1/012162 (publication)
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Accelerator/Facility, Experiment	CERN SPS HiRadMat
Abstract	The ever-expanding requirements of high-power targets and accelerator equipment has highlighted the need for facilities capable of accommodating experiments with a diverse range of objectives. HiRadMat, a High Radiation to Materials testing facility at CERN has, throughout operation, established itself as a global user facility capable of going beyond its initial design goals. Pulsed high energy, high intensity, proton beams have been delivered to experiments ranging from materials testing, detector’s prototype validation, radiation to electronics assessment and beam instrumentation. A 440 GeV/c proton beam is provided directly from the CERN SPS. Up to 288 bunches/pulse at a maximum pulse intensity of 3.5 × 10$^{13}$ protons/pulse can be delivered. Through collaborative efforts, HiRadMat has developed into a state-of-the-art facility with improved in situ measurement routines, beam diagnostic systems and data acquisition techniques, offered to all users. This contribution summarises the recent experimental achievements, highlights previous facility enhancements and discusses potential future upgrades with particular focus on HiRadMat as a facility open to novel experiments.
Copyright/License	Preprint: (License: CC-BY-3.0)

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