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- K
- Kicker magnet.
- K Wastes
- A federal waste category comprised of wastes from specific sources.
- k-Band
- Microwave frequency band extending from 11 GHz to 36 GHz.
- KAERI
- Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute.
- KAM
- Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser. A theorem stating that oscillatory motions in conservative dynamical systems persist through the addition of small perturbations to the system.
- KAMI
- KAMIOKANDE underground Cherenkov detector (Tokyo, Japan)
- KamiokaNDE
- Kamioka Nucleon Decay Experiment
- KamLAND
- Kamioka Liquid-scintillator AntiNeutrino Detector, located in the Kamioka mine in Japan.
- KAM2
- KAMIOKANDE-II underground Cherenkov detector (Tokyo, Japan)
- KARMEN
- Karsruch-Rutherford Medium Energy Neutrino Experiment
- KASCADE
- KArlsruhe Shower Core and Array DEtector.
- KAT
- Komitee für AstroTeilchenphysik. (Committee for Astroparticle Physics, in Germany)
- KB
- Kirkpatrick Baez (mirror system).
- Kbps
- Kilobits per second.
- KDD
- Knowledge Discovery in Databases. (Data mining)
- KDP
- Kemmer-Duffin-Petiau
- KDPS
- Key Decision PointS.
- KdV
- Korteweg-de Vries
- KEDR
- The Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment at VEPP-4M (Novosibirsk).
- KEK
- Koo Energy Ken. The High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan. KEK consists of the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies and the Institute of Materials Structure Science.
- KEK PF LINAC
- KEK electron linac (2.5 GeV) for Photon Factory and TRISTAN.
- KEK PS
- KEK Proton Synchrotron (12 GeV/c Plab).
- KEK TRISTAN
- KEK Tri Ring Intersecting STorage Accelerators at Nippon, an electron-positron storage ring (60 GeV Ecm).
- KEKB
- KEK B-factory. See also B Factory.
- Kerberos
- A network authentication system for use on physically insecure networks, based on the key distribution model presented by Needham and Schroeder. It allows entities communicating over networks to prove their identity to each other while preventing eavesdropping or replay attacks.
- Kermit
- A communications protocol that can be used to transfer files or for terminal emulation.
- KERN ECDS
- Surveying and alignment software.
- Kernel
- The level of an operating system or networking system that contains the system-level commands or all of the functions hidden from the user. In a Unix system, the kernel is a program that contains the device drivers, the memory management routines, the scheduler, and system calls. This program is always running while the system is operating.
- Keybank
- A chassis that holds eight PPS keys. Keybanks are located outside PPS gates and are used by operators to: A) monitor and control traffic at the gate, and B) preserve the area PPS status (status cannot be changed if the keybank is not complete).
- KFTC
- Klystron Fast Time plot Condition.
- KG
- KiloGram.
- Kick
- Kicker magnet, a VAX primary.
- Kicker
- A pulsed bend magnet used to kick a beam from its normal path at a precisely predetermined time.
- KICP
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics. (U of Chicago)
- KIMS
- Korea Invisible Mass Search.
- KIPAC
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology. (SLAC)
- Kirk key
- A special type of key made by Brown Bavarian Kirk. Keys are used with keybanks for Personnel Protection System (PPS) purposes, or for Power Supply (PS) interlock.
- KISNET
- Keep It Simple NETwork. A SLAC SLC network.
- KIT
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
- KK
- Kaluza-Klein Theory
- KKW
- Keski-vakuri-Kraus-Wilczek.
- Klixon
- A temperature sensor placed on a magnet to shut down the magnet's power supply when the temperature exceeds a given level. (Klixon is a brand name.)
- KLN
- Kinoshita-Lee-Nauenberg
- KLOE
- Experiment conducted at the Frascati National Laboratories (Italy) phi-meson factory DAFNE
- KLT
- KLystron Temperature. A klystron summary display message indicating that the klystron temperature is out of tolerance.
- KLV
- KLystron Vacuum. A klystron summary message indicating a fault with the internal klystron vacuum.
- KLY
- See KMD.
- KLY
- KLYstron.
- Klystron
- An electron tube that amplifies microwaves by velocity modulation. A beam of electrons from a hot cathode is passed through a resonant cavity where it is modulated by high frequency radio waves. The electrons are bunched as they pass through a final cavity, where they induce RF with a higher gain. The RF from the klystrons is transmitted by rectangular waveguide to the DLWG of the LINAC.
- klystron gallery
- The narrow building directly above SLAC's two mile linac. It houses the klystrons which power the linac.
- Klystron Phase Requested
- See KPHR.
- Klystron Reflected Energy
- See RE.
- KM
- Kobayashi-Masakawa.
- KM
- Knowledge Management.
- KMB
- Klystron Magnetic Breaker. A klystron Summary Display message indicating a fault with the electromagnet circuit breaker that feeds power to the klystron focusing magnet power supply.
- KMC
- Klystron Magnet Current.
- KMC
- A klystron Summary Display indicating a fault with the klystron focusing magnet.
- KMD
- Klystron and Microwave Department.
- KMOD
- The normalized (to energy) field strength of a quadrupole. K stands for curvature and MOD for model. The KMOD is loaded from a model configuration or is calculated from BDES and the beam energy.
- KMS
- Kubo-Martin-Schwinger
- KMST
- K Minimum Spinning Tree.
- KNN
- K Nearest Neighbor.
- KNO
- Koba-Nielsen-Olesen
- KOLR
- Kolar Gold Field underground detector (India)
- Koo Energy Ken
- See KEK.
- KOSEF
- Korean Science and Engineering Foundation.
- KP
- Kadomtsev-Petviashvili
- kPa
- kiloPascal. 1,000 Pascals.
- KPHR
- Klystron PHase Requested. This is the value sent to the Fox Phase Shifter.
- KPI
- Key Performance Indicator.
- KPP
- Key Performance Parameters.
- KPZ
- Knizhnik-Polyakov-Zamolodchikov
- KRF
- Korean Research Fund.
- KSC
- Kennedy Space Center.
- KTIM
- A magnet parameter and database secondary indicating the last time a magnet was successfully standardized. See also Standardization.
- KTL
- Klystron Test Lab. (SLAC)
- KTLO
- Keep The Lights On.
- kV
- kiloVolt.
- KVI
- Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, located in the Netherlands.
- KZ
- Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov
- KZB
- Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov-Bernard
- K3T
- K3 - Thurston
Send corrections to jmdeken@slac.stanford.edu or propose new terms for SLACspeak.