A new fast rise time kicker system for antiproton injection into the Tevatron

There are six proton and six antiproton bunches used at the present time for Tevatron Collider operation. As the luminosity is increased for a fixed number of bunches, the number of interactions per bunch crossing increases. The quality of the physics data taken by the CDF and DO detectors is enhanced by reducing the number of interactions per bunch crossing. To this end it is planned to collide 36 proton bunches with 36 anti-proton bunches. To do this, it is necessary to construct and install a new 150 GeV injection kicker system with a faster rise and fall time than the existing injection kickers. This paper will describe the design, construction and testing of the new kicker magnet along with the associated spark gap pulsers, pulse forming lines and trigger circuits. Difficulties and our solutions are also presented.