Author: Mernick, K.
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MOPG024 Conceptual Design of a High Precision Dual Directional Beam Position Monitoring System for Beam Crosstalk Cancellation and Improved Output Pulse Shapes 83
 
  • P. Thieberger, W.C. Dawson, W. Fischer, D.M. Gassner, R.L. Hulsart, K. Mernick, R.J. Michnoff, M.G. Minty
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC under contract No. DE-AC02-98CH10886 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
The Relativistic Heavy Ions Collider (RHIC) would benefit from improved beam position measurements near the interaction points that see both beams, especially as the tolerances become tighter when reducing the beam sizes to obtain increased luminosity. Two limitations of the present beam position monitors (BPMs) would be mitigated if the proposed approach is successful. The small but unavoidable cross-talk between signals from bunches traveling in opposite directions when using conventional BPMs will be reduced by adopting directional BPMs. Further improvements will be achieved by cancelling residual cross-talk using pairs of such BPMs. Appropriately delayed addition and integration of the signals will also provide pulses with relatively flat maxima that will be easier to digitize by relaxing the presently very stringent timing requirements.
 
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