Radiation damage and thermal shock response of carbon-fiber-reinforced materials to intense high-energy proton beams
physics.acc-ph
/ Authors
N. Simos, Z. Zhong, S. Ghose, H. G. Kirk, L-P Trung, K. T. McDonald, Z. Kotsina, P. Nocera, R. Assmann, S. Redaelli
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A. Bertarelli, E. Quaranta, A. Rossi, R. Zwaska, K. Ammigan, P. Hurh, N. Mokhov
/ Abstract
A comprehensive study on the effects of energetic protons on carbon-fiber composites and compounds under consideration for use as low-Z pion production targets in future high-power accelerators and low-impedance collimating elements for intercepting TeV-level protons at the Large Hadron Collider has been undertaken addressing two key areas, namely, thermal shock absorption and resistance to irradiation damage.