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 ===Where is it?===
   *Go [[pages:mps_op|here]], then the Chopper controls are in the top left
+===How does it work?===
+  *The Chopper is a power electromagnet that can deflect beam into a beam dump
+  *We can control it to block beam for some number of microseconds (the rest of the time is called the **Pulse Width**), and to repeat this multiple times per second (**Repetition Rate**)
+  *The percent of total beam not blocked, is called the **Duty Factor**
+  ***Duty Factor** = **Pulse Width** * (**Rep. Rate** / 10000)
+  *Even when sending as much beam as possible, it will still block beam for 50 out of every 10000us