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TY - CONF AU - Kiselev, D.C. ED - Cai, Yunhai ED - Nagaitsev, Sergei ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Marx, Michaela ED - Schaa, Volker R. W. TI - High-Power Targetry and the IMPACT Initiative at Paul Scherrer Institute J2 - Proc. of HB2023, Geneva, Switzerland, 09-13 October 2023 CY - Geneva, Switzerland T2 - ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams T3 - 68 LA - english AB - The main challenges to operate a high-power target are dissipation of the heat and radiation damage. The latter refers to the damage of the material. Since the breakdown of the material depends on the operation temperature and other conditions, like the material treatment before irradiation, it is difficult to predict. To reduce failures, target operation parameters and beam properties have to be monitored carefully. After the failure of the neutron spallation target (SINQ) in 2016, several improvements in the HIPA (High intensity Proton Accelerator) beam line at PSI and the target installation were implemented. However, MW beams are not a prerequisite for the need of high power targets. This is the case at one of the two new target stations within the IMPACT initiative at PSI. One target station will produce radionuclides for research in cancer therapy, while the other will improve the surface muon rate by a factor of 100 for experiments in particle and material physics. In this presentation, strategies for successful operation of high-power targets are shown. Furthermore, the IMPACT initiative at PSI, with focus on the two planned target stations, will be presented. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 30 EP - 37 KW - target KW - radiation KW - operation KW - proton KW - lattice DA - 2024/04 PY - 2024 SN - 2673-5571 SN - 978-3-95450-253-0 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-MOA3I3 UR - https://jacow.org/hb2023/papers/moa3i3.pdf ER -