STATUS OF SESAME PROJECT

Further steps have been last through for the SESAME machine. The installation of the Microtron was completed before the “soft” inauguration of 3rd November 2008 and all the related subsystems tests are now successfully finished. The Booster injection magnets power supplies are under test and the Booster main magnets power supplies are under tendering process. The new repetition rate of the Booster is 1 Hz. The magnetic study of the Storage Ring magnets has been updated using 3D calculation. The Storage Ring vacuum system has been also updated after adding two BPMs in each straight section. Consequently, the study of the interface between the girder, the magnets and the vacuum chamber has been revisited.