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| ===How does it work?=== | ===How does it work?=== | ||
| *The Chopper is a power electromagnet that can deflect beam into a beam dump | *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 (Pulse Width), and to repeat this multiple times per second (Repetition Rate) | + | *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 | *Even when sending as much beam as possible, it will still block beam for 50 out of every 10000us | ||
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