IPAC2014 - List of Authors (Boorman, G.E.)

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THPME186	Development of a BPM System using a Commercial FPGA Card and Digitizer Adaptor Module for FETS	3716
	G.E. Boorman, S.M. Gibson Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom R.T.P. D'Arcy, S. Jolly UCL, London, United Kingdom S.R. Lawrie, A.P. Letchford STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	A series of beam position monitors (BPMs) will be installed at the Front End Test Stand (FETS) at RAL as part of the 3 MeV Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT). The BPMs analyse 2 ms long, 60 mA beam pulses delivered to the MEBT by a 324 MHz Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ). Initial linearity and resolution measurements from the prototype button BPMs are shown. The development of the algorithm for the processing of the BPM signals using a commercial PXI-based FPGA card is discussed and initial measurements of the electronics and signal processing are presented. The test-rig used to characterise each BPM and further develop the processing algorithm is described. The position and phase are measured several times throughout the duration of each pulse, and the measurements are made available via an EPICS server.
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THPME190	A Fibre Coupled, Low Power Laserwire Emittance Scanner at CERN LINAC4	3725
	S.M. Gibson, G.E. Boorman, A. Bosco, K.O. Kruchinin Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom C. Gabor STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom T. Hofmann, F. Roncarolo CERN, Geneva, Switzerland A.P. Letchford STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom J.K. Pozimski, P. Savage Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom
	The new LINAC4 will accelerate H⁻ ions to 160 MeV and ultimately replace the existing 50 MeV LINAC2 in the injector chain for the LHC upgrade. During commissioning in 2013, a laserwire scanner and diamond strip detector were installed for non-invasive emittance measurements of the 3 MeV H⁻ beam. Synergy with the 3 MeV H⁻ Front End Test Stand at RAL, has stimulated collaborative development of a novel laserwire system. A low peak power (8kW) pulsed laser is fibre-coupled for remote installation and alignment free operation. Motorized focusing optics enable remote control of the thickness and position of the laserwire delivered to the vacuum chamber, in which the laser light neutralises a small fraction of H⁻ ions. Undeflected by a dipole magnet, these H atoms drift downstream, where their spatial profile is recorded by a highly sensitive diamond strip detector with ns-time resolution. We present first tests of the laserwire emittance scanner, including measurements of the photo detachment signal with respect to the background from residual gas interactions. The first laserwire transverse beam profile and emittance measurements are compared with conventional slit-grid diagnostics.
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Development of a BPM System using a Commercial FPGA Card and Digitizer Adaptor Module for FETS

3716

G.E. Boorman, S.M. Gibson
Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
R.T.P. D'Arcy, S. Jolly
UCL, London, United Kingdom
S.R. Lawrie, A.P. Letchford
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

A series of beam position monitors (BPMs) will be installed at the Front End Test Stand (FETS) at RAL as part of the 3 MeV Medium Energy Beam Transport (MEBT). The BPMs analyse 2 ms long, 60 mA beam pulses delivered to the MEBT by a 324 MHz Radio Frequency Quadrupole (RFQ). Initial linearity and resolution measurements from the prototype button BPMs are shown. The development of the algorithm for the processing of the BPM signals using a commercial PXI-based FPGA card is discussed and initial measurements of the electronics and signal processing are presented. The test-rig used to characterise each BPM and further develop the processing algorithm is described. The position and phase are measured several times throughout the duration of each pulse, and the measurements are made available via an EPICS server.

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THPME190

A Fibre Coupled, Low Power Laserwire Emittance Scanner at CERN LINAC4

3725

S.M. Gibson, G.E. Boorman, A. Bosco, K.O. Kruchinin
Royal Holloway, University of London, Surrey, United Kingdom
C. Gabor
STFC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
T. Hofmann, F. Roncarolo
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
A.P. Letchford
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
J.K. Pozimski, P. Savage
Imperial College of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

The new LINAC4 will accelerate H⁻ ions to 160 MeV and ultimately replace the existing 50 MeV LINAC2 in the injector chain for the LHC upgrade. During commissioning in 2013, a laserwire scanner and diamond strip detector were installed for non-invasive emittance measurements of the 3 MeV H⁻ beam. Synergy with the 3 MeV H⁻ Front End Test Stand at RAL, has stimulated collaborative development of a novel laserwire system. A low peak power (8kW) pulsed laser is fibre-coupled for remote installation and alignment free operation. Motorized focusing optics enable remote control of the thickness and position of the laserwire delivered to the vacuum chamber, in which the laser light neutralises a small fraction of H⁻ ions. Undeflected by a dipole magnet, these H atoms drift downstream, where their spatial profile is recorded by a highly sensitive diamond strip detector with ns-time resolution. We present first tests of the laserwire emittance scanner, including measurements of the photo detachment signal with respect to the background from residual gas interactions. The first laserwire transverse beam profile and emittance measurements are compared with conventional slit-grid diagnostics.

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