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MOPLT003 Upgrading the LNLS Control System from a Proprietary to a Commercial Communications Environment power-supply, target, feedback, linac 530
 
  • J.G.R.S. Franco, R.M. Ernits, M. Fernandes, A.F.A. Gouveia, J.R. Piton, M.A. Raulik, F.D.S. Rodrigues
    LNLS, Campinas
  The LNLS Control System was built over a proprietary technology, due to governmental policy of information technology in the mid 80's. This made interfacing to commercial systems difficult, limited the technology transfer to the private sector, required a staff with specific knowledge and reduced the possibility of new implementations on the system. Nowadays, the cost to move all of our hardware to a commercial one is out of our budget. This paper describes a proposal, the viability study and first results to move only the communication interfaces to a commercial environment, keeping most of our hardware unchanged and opening the way to gradually move the system to widely accepted standards, when and if necessary. This solution allows a smooth implementation without long periods of machine shutdown and keeps the possibility to operate the machine concurrently between old and new communication interfaces.  
 
MOPLT004 Control of the LHC 400 MHz RF System (ACS) klystron, controls, diagnostics, interaction-region 533
 
  • L. Arnaudon, M.D. Disdier, P.M. Maesen, M.P. Prax
    CERN, Geneva
  The LHC ACS RF system is composed of 16 superconducting cavities, eight per ring. Each ring has two cryomodules, each containing four cavities. Each cavity is powered by a 300 kW klystron. The klystrons are grouped in fours, the klystrons in each group sharing a common 58 kV power converter and HV equipment bunker. The ACS RF control system is based on modern industrial programmable controllers (PLCs). A new fast interlock and alarm system with inbuilt diagnostics has been developed. Extensive use of the FIPIO Fieldbus drastically decreases the cabling complexity and brings improved signal quality, increased reliability and easier maintenance. Features of the implementation, such as system layout, communication and the high level software interface are described. Operational facilities such as the automatic switch on procedure are described, as well as the necessary specialist tools and interfaces. A complete RF chain,including high voltage, cryomodule and klystron is presently being assembled in order to check, as far as possible, all aspects of RF system operation before LHC installation. The experience gained so far in this test chain with the new control system is presented  
 
MOPLT060 New RF Measuring System for Cavity Characterization pick-up, coupling, controls, superconductivity 692
 
  • S. Stark, G. Bisoffi, l. Boscagli, V. Palmieri, A.M. Porcellato
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro, Padova
  New computer based mobile measuring system for laboratory and online characterization of superconducting cavities has been put into operation at LNL. The system covers the frequency range from 80 to 350 MHz and represents a reliable, fast and precise instrument for cavity testing. The list of automatic and semiautomatic procedures includes line calibrations, frequency sweep, decay time measurement, Q(Eacc) curve acquisition and pulse conditioning.  
 
MOPLT086 Upgrading the Control System at KCSR vacuum, radiation, power-supply, storage-ring 734
 
  • I.V. Krylov, V. Korchuganov, L.A. Moseiko, N.I. Moseiko, V.A. Novikov, A.G. Valentinov, Y.L. Yupinov
    RRC Kurchatov Institute, Moscow
  Till now Kurchatov Centre of Synchrotron Radiation facility control system is based on a CAMAC-oriented computers network. In this paper the project of upgrading and results of prototyping of the new equipment is submitted. Upgrading includes two levels. First, it is possible to create the modern CAMAC crate-controller, connected with standard network. More advanced variant will consist in replacement of CAMAC modules with the embedded controllers of equipment. Second level is a creation of a local managing network of personal computers, as consoles of the control system. The control system is functionally divided into four levels: 1) the controllers managing in a real-time mode by the executive equipment; 2) the workstations which are supporting the link with controllers by CAN-network; 3) the server of applications containing a dynamic database; 4) the PCs network for users applications. Examples of realisation of the software are presented.  
 
MOPLT103 Radiation Resistant Magnetic Sensors for Accelerators radiation, permanent-magnet, electron, background 773
 
  • I. Bolshakova, R. Holyaka
    LPNU, Lviv
  • S. Kulikov
    JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region
  • M. Kumada
    NIRS, Chiba-shi
  • C. Leroy
    Université de Montréal, Groupe de la Physique des Particules, Montréal, Québec
  The technology of obtaining the radiation resistant magnetic sensors, which characteristics remain stable under the irradiation with high dose of fast neutrons was designed. Radiation resistant sensors are developed on the base of InSb. While irradiation with neutron flux of 1010 n*cm-2*c-1 with energies 0.1…13?MeV, with the thermal neutrons part in the general flux of 20% and intermediate fluxes of 25%, the main sensors’ characteristics, that is their sensitivity to the magnetic field, change no more than for 0.05% up to the fluence of 1*1015 n*cm-2 and no more than for 1% up to the fluence of 3*1016 n*cm-2. Radiation resistant sensors are used for development of magnetic field monitoring system with measuring channels accuracy of 0,01%, which have a function of temperature measurement with the accuracy of 0.1?С at the place of sensor location, moreover, it has self diagnostics and self correction functions. This system passed the long-term testing of continuous 3 months operation at the Neutron Physics Laboratory, JINR, Dubna at the IBR-2 neutron reactor.  
 
MOPLT179 Beam Scrubbing for RHIC Polarized Proton Opearation electron, proton, injection, interaction-region 947
 
  • S.Y. Zhang, W. Fischer, H. Huang, T. Roser
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  One of the intensity limiting factor of RHIC polarized proton beam is the electron cloud induced pressure rise. During the 2003 polarized proton run, a beam scrubbing study was performed. Actual beam scrubbing time was much less than the planned 2 hours. However, a non-trivial beam scrubbing effect was observed not only in the locations with highest pressure rise, but also in most of the single beam straight sections. This not only confirmed that beam scrubbing is indeed a countermeasure to the electron cloud, but also showed the feasibility of applying beam scrubbing in RHIC proton beam operation to allow for higher beam intensities. In this article, the results will be reported.  
 
WEOBCH01 Performance Requirements for Monitoring Pulsed, Mixed Radiation Fields around High-energy Acclerators radiation, target, simulation, hadron 147
 
  • D. Forkel-Wirth, S.M. Mayer, H.G. Menzel, A. Muller, T. Otto, M. Pangallo, D. Perrin, M. Rettig, S. Roesler, L. Scibile, H. Vincke
    CERN, Geneva
  • C. Theis
    TUG/ITP, Graz
  Radiation protection survey around CERN's High Energy Accelerators represents a major technical and physical challenge due to the pulsed and complexity of the mixed radiation fields. The fields are composed of hadrons, leptons and photons ranging in energy from fractions of eV to several 10 GeV. In preparation of the implementation of a Radiation Monitoring System for the Environment and Safety (RAMSES) of the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and its injectors comprehensive studies were performed to evaluate the suitability of different existing monitors for this task. Different ionization chambers were exposed to short, high-intensity radiation pulses and their saturation levels for high dose rates determined. Limiting factors such as recombination effects and the capacity of the electronics to process a high number of charges within very short time were studied in detail. These results are being used to optimize the design of the read-out electronics. In additional studies, the response of two different types of ionization chambers to high-energy radiation was investigated by measurements in the mixed radiation fields of the CERN EU high-energy Reference Field (CERF) facility. The results of the experiments agreed well with calculations, clearly demonstrating that modern Monte-Carlo simulation techniques can be used to design radiation monitors and to optimize their performance.  
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WEILH03 Industrial Response to RF Power Requirements power-supply, linear-collider, collider, feedback 202
 
  • M. Wilcox
    e2v technologies, Chelmsford, Essex
  Today, high-energy physics machines are broadly speaking of two kinds. Some machines are dedicated to providing a service using particle acceleration as an intermediate step (light sources, neutron spallation sources, cancer therapy equipment etc.)and occasionally, particle colliders are built in which the particles are used directly to probe the nature and origin of matter. The latter machines have developed to a point where the technology needed is often at the extreme edge of what is understood, let alone of what is currently achievable. In addition the scope of supply and the level of equipment integration demanded of industry is increasing as RF skills become scarcer. This reduces the supplier base so placing greater demands on those remaining. To help offset this problem, companies should be brought 'inside' the project team at an early stage of the machine design so that better account can be taken of limitations, preferences and competing obligations that the companies may have. A more collaborative approach should result in projects being completed in a shorter time, to a lower cost, and with a more certain outcome.  
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WEPKF022 Electro-mechanical Aspects of the Interconnection of the LHC Superconducting Corrector Magnets quadrupole, sextupole, dipole, octupole 1645
 
  • J.-P.G. Tock, D. Bozzini, F. Laurent, S. Russenschuck, B. Skoczen
    CERN, Geneva
  In addition to the main 1232 bending dipoles and 474 focusing and defocusing quadrupoles, more than 6800 superconducting corrector magnets are included in the LHC machine. They are housed in the superfluid helium enclosures of the main cryomagnets. Among them, the closed orbit correctors (sextupole and octupole) are integrated in the main quadrupole helium vessel and they are powered via an externally routed cryogenic line (line N). During the assembly, these corrector magnets have to be connected according to a complex electrical scheme based on the optical requirements of the LHC machine. Along the 27-km long LHC machine, 440 interconnection boxes are installed and will allow the powering of the correctors by means of a 42-wires auxiliary bus-bar cable, of which the corresponding wires have to be routed to the SSS from the interconnection box. Stringent requirements in terms of volume, mechanical resistance, electrical conductance and insulation, reliability, and respect of the electrical schematics apply during the assembly and splicing of the junctions inside the line-N box. The activities and their sequence, aiming at ensuring the fulfilment of these requirements are presented. The planned activities (assembly, ultrasonic welding, general and electrical inspection, and electrical qualification) and the interactions between the various intervening teams are described.  
 
WEPKF025 Experience with the Hydrostatic Levelling System of the SLS storage-ring, alignment, synchrotron, synchrotron-radiation 1651
 
  • F.Q. Wei, L. Rivkin, A. Wrulich
    PSI, Villigen
  The Hydrostatic Levelling System (HLS) of the SLS was installed and commissioned in year 2000. It is a measurement system for monitoring the vertical positions of the SLS storage ring girders. It is integrated in the concept of dynamic alignment. The HLS was modified and re-calibrated in 2002. Since January 2003 the system has collected approximately 2 million measurements. The analysis of the data shows that displacement of the SLS storage ring foundation and the girder support was in the range of 0.15 mm in year 2003. The long term HLS stability was significantly improved. The short term precision of the HLS is in the micrometer range. The experience gained on the HLS is presented.  
 
WEPKF035 Analysis of the Cold Mass Displacements at the TTF quadrupole, alignment, linac, vacuum 1681
 
  • A. Bosotti, C. Pagani, P. Pierini
    INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
  • R. De Monte, M. Ferianis
    ELETTRA, Basovizza, Trieste
  • R. Lange
    DESY, Hamburg
  Few of the TTF cryomodules have been equipped with wire position monitors (WPM) in order to monitor on line the displacements of the cold mass to verify alignment stability and reproducibility . Based on the operation experience of the first prototypical cryomodules, equipped with up to 36 WPMs distributed in two strings, on the last generation cryomodules a single string of 7 sensors has been installed. Here we review and analyze the data collected so far to prove that the the proposed cryomodule design is consistent with the TESLA alignment requirements.  
 
WEPKF050 Measurement of Fast High Voltage Pulse and High Noisy DC Siganla for Modulator at the PLS Linac linac, vacuum, klystron, electron 1717
 
  • S.-C. Kim, Y.J. Han, S.H. Kim, S.-H. Nam, S.S. Park
    PAL, Pohang
  The 2.5-GeV electron linac at Pohang accelerator laboratory (PAL) has been operated continuously as a full energy injector for the Pohang Light Source (PLS) since Dec. 1994. There have been continuous efforts to improve the klystron-modulator system more stable and reliable. At pulse operated modulator system, important pulse and DC signals are beam voltage, beam current, EOLC current HVDC voltage and HVDC current. Pulse signals are fast high voltage pulse 30 Hz, 5ms. These signals are adequate level down from modulator but including high level switching noisy. To amplitude measure of these signals for every trigger signal, we developed special module sampling hold, A/D, calculating and D/A. The output signals of these modules are 0 ~ 10 V DC signal and not include any noise signal. These output signals are connected interlock interface module of the modulator controller. Therefore computer system (PC) of the modulator controller is free to noise of these signals and can precise monitor pulse & noise DC signal. In these paper, we are described itself characteristics pulse and high noisy DC signals of the modulator, signal conditioning technique after noise elimination and operation status of the modulator controller.  
 
WEPKF072 Clearing Electrodes for Vacuum Monitoring at the Fermilab Recycler ion, vacuum, electron, antiproton 1771
 
  • D.R. Broemmelsiek, S. Nagaitsev
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  The Fermilab Recycler is a fixed 3.3-km 8-GeV kinetic energy storage ring located in the Fermilab Main Injector tunnel. Each split-plate beam position monitor in the Recycler is also used to generated an ion clearing field for ions trapped by the antiproton beam. Approximately 100 locations have been instrumented with pico-amp meters to measure the electron current, generated by the beam-ionized residual gas in the vacuum chamber. This electron current is found to be proportional to the beam current and to the residual gas pressure in the Recycler and may be used to monitor the Recycler vacuum.  
 
WEPLT014 Mechanical Dynamic Load of the LHC Arc Cryo-magnets during the LHC Installation acceleration, quadrupole, dipole, simulation 1849
 
  • O. Capatina, K. Artoos, G. Huet, B. Nicquevert
    CERN, Geneva
  About 1700 LHC main superconducting dipoles and quadrupoles will have to be transported and handled between the assembly, the magnet measurements and the storage that precedes the final installation in the LHC tunnel. To ensure the required mechanic and geometric integrity of the cryo-magnets, transport specifications and allowed acceleration loads were defined after detailed dynamic analysis. A large number of cryo-magnets are now arriving at CERN on a regular basis. The logistics for the handling and transport are monitored with tri-axial acceleration monitoring devices that are installed on each cryo-magnet. Measurements are made to commission new equipment like overhead cranes, tunnel transport and handling devices to guarantee that the defined acceleration limits are respected. The results from the acceleration monitoring that are stored in the same quality assurance system as the cryo-magnets allowed to give a first idea of the level of the mechanical dynamic load on each magnet throughout the logistics chain and were used to detect details such as out-of-specification accelerations that needed improvement.  
 
WEPLT033 The LHC Radiation Monitoring System for the Environment and Safety radiation, radioactivity, instrumentation, photon 1903
 
  • L. Scibile, D. Forkel-Wirth, H.G. Menzel, D. Perrin, G. Segura Millan, P. Vojtyla
    CERN, Geneva
  A state of the art radiation monitoring and alarm system is being implemented at CERN for the LHC. The RAdiation Monitoring System for the Environment and Safety (RAMSES) comprises about 350 monitors and provides ambient dose equivalent rates measured in the LHC underground areas as well as on the surface inside and outside the CERN perimeter. In addition, it monitors air and water released from the LHC installations. Although originally conceived for radiation protection only, RAMSES also integrates some conventional environmental measurements such as physical and chemical parameters of released water and levels of non-ionizing radiation in the environment. RAMSES generates local radiation warnings, local alarms as well as remote alarms on other monitored variables, which are transmitted to control rooms. It generates operational interlocks, allows remote supervision of all measured variables as well as data logging and safe, long-term archiving for off-line data analysis and reporting. Requirements of recent national and international regulations in combination with CERN's specific technical needs were translated into the RAMSES specifications. This paper outlines the scope, the organization, the main system performance and the system design.  
 
WEPLT037 A J2EE Solution for Technical Infrastructure Monitoring at CERN controls, laser, vacuum, collider 1912
 
  • J. Stowisek, R.M. Martini, P. Sollander
    CERN, Geneva
  The Technical Infrastructure Monitoring project (TIM) will design and implement the future control system for CERN's technical infrastructure. The control system will be built using standard components including industrial PLCs, Java Enterprise Edition (J2EE) including Enterprise Java Beans and the Java Message Service and relational databases. This paper describes how these standard technologies are used to build a flexible, scalable, robust and reliable control system.  
 
WEPLT049 Timekeeping Mechanism at SLS/APS Control System controls, fibre-optics 1948
 
  • B. Kalantari, T. Korhonen
    PSI, Villigen
  Time is one of the most important and critical parameters in a distributed control and measurement system. It is especially crucial when we need to interpret correlation of different archived process variables (PV) during the time. Advanced Light Source (APS) and Swiss Light Source (SLS) are using a very similar control system toolkit (EPICS) and the same mechanism for timekeeping. Many input/output controllers (IOC) around the accelerator complex (including beamlines), run under a real-time operating system, and carry out the controls and data acquisition. Each IOC is responsible of keeping its own local time and time-stamps the local PV?s but tightly synchronized with a central timing IOC. Dedicated timing hardware and network makes it possible to maintain synchronous timestamps with real-time clock. In this paper we describe the principle of this mechanism, its advantages, our experiences and further improvements.  
 
WEPLT141 Beam-power Calibration System for Industrial Electron Accelerators electron, simulation, radiation, target 2167
 
  • V.L. Uvarov, S.P. Karasyov, V.I. Nikiforov, R.I. Pomatsalyuk, V.A. Shevchenko, I.N. Shlyakhov, A.Eh. Tenishev
    NSC/KIPT, Kharkov
  Modern electron accelerators for industrial application provide particle energy of up to 10 MeV and beam power of up to 100 kW. Such a beam is ejected into an air using a scanning system. The measuring channel based on a total-absorption calorimeter of flow-type for a beam calibration with respect to energy flow is designed. The processes of beam interaction with the primary measuring converter (a water-cooled beam absorber of especial geometry) were previously studied using a computer simulation. The metering circuit of the channel is made as a stand-alone module with LCD display and control keypad. It performs the operations of temperature measurement at the input and output of the absorber, as well as a water flow-rate determination. The absorbed power is calculated from measured parameters and then is displayed and stored into channel memory using appropriate software. The process is carried out both in off-line mode and under control of the external PC via a serial interface of RS-232 type.  
 
THPLT008 A Beam Condition Monitor for the Experimental Areas of the LHC beam-losses, radiation, proton, luminosity 2475
 
  • L. Fernandez-Hernando, L. Fernandez-Hernando, C. Ilgner, A. Oh, H. Pernegger
    CERN, Geneva
  • A. Macpherson
    PSI, Villigen
  • T. Pritchard
    CCLRC/RAL/ASTeC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
  • R. Stone
    Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey
  The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will store 2808 bunches per colliding beam, with each bunch consisting of 1·1011 protons at an energy of 7 TeV. If there is a failure in an element of the accelerator, the resulting beam losses could cause damage not only to the machine but also to the experiments. A Beam Condition Monitor (BCM) is foreseen to monitor fast increments of fluence rate near the interaction point and, if necessary, to generate an abort signal to the LHC accelerator control to dump the beams. The system is being developed initially for the CMS experiment, but is sufficiently general to find potential applications elsewhere. Due to its high radiation hardness, CVD diamond was chosen for investigation as the BCM sensor. Various samples of CVD diamond have been characterised extensively with both a Sr-90 source and in a high intensity testbeam in order to assess the capabilities of such sensors and to study whether this detector technology is suitable for a BCM system. A selection of results from these investigations is presented.  
 
THPLT012 Design of the Beam Loss Monitoring System for the LHC Ring beam-losses, quadrupole, proton, collimation 2487
 
  • E.B. Holzer, B. Dehning, E. Effinger, G. Ferioli, J.L. Gonzalez, E. Gschwendtner, G. Guaglio, M. Hodgson, V. Prieto, C. Zamantzas
    CERN, Geneva
  The beam loss monitoring (BLM) system of the LHC is one of the most critical elements for the protection of the LHC. It must prevent the super conducting magnets from quenches and the machine components from damages, caused by beam losses. It helps in the identification of the loss mechanism by measuring the loss pattern. Special detectors will be used for the setup and control of the collimators. Furthermore, it will be an important tool during machine setup and studies. The specification requirements of the BLM system include a very high reliability  
 
THPLT060 An Automatic Beam Characterization Instrument for Proton Therapy Applications proton, radiation, background, diagnostics 2625
 
  • D. Giove, C. De Martinis, M. Mauri
    INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
  • C. Cirrone, G. Cuttone
    INFN/LNS, Catania
  The characterization in the transverse plane of the beam is a fundamental step in the design of a proton therapy facility. In this paper we will describe an automatic system able to measure the transverse profiles of the proton beam used in the Catana facility at LNS-Catania. The system has been designed as an autonomous equipment able to acquire optical images of the beam (after an interaction with a converter) and to elaborate them to extract the relevant parameters. The equipment may be interfaced to the rest of the control system of the facility and to the operator interface to provide high level control and monitoring tools. Operational experience will be discussed and the results so far obtained will be outlined.  
 
THPLT086 High Temporal Resolution, Single-shot Electron Bunch-length Measurements electron, laser, undulator, coupling 2700
 
  • G. Berden, B. Redlich, A.F.G. Van der Meer
    FOM Rijnhuizen, Nieuwegein
  • W.A. Gillespie, A. MacLeod
    UAD, Dundee
  • S.P. Jamison
    Strathclyde University, Glasgow
  A new technique, combining the electro-optic detection of the Coulomb field of an electron bunch and the single-shot cross-correlation of optical pulses, is used to provide single-shot measurements of the shape and length of sub-picosecond electron bunches. As in our previous technique [I. Wilke et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 124801 (2002)], the electric field of the electron beam is encoded electro-optically on an optical pulse. Our earlier measurements, which involved encoding the time profile of the electron bunch on the spectrum of the optical pulse, showed electric field profiles with a FWHM of the order of 1.7 ps. The new method offers a much better time resolution since it avoids the significant measurement artifacts that can arise in our previous (spectral encoding technique due to the coupling between the temporal envelope and spectral content of the optical pulse. The cross-correlation technique has been applied to the measurement of electron bunches in FELIX, showing single bunches of around 500fs FWHM. The resolution is limited primarily by the electro-optic crystal thickness and the relatively low energy of the electrons (50 MeV).  
 
THPLT095 Nuclotron Extracted Beam Spill Control extraction, power-supply, feedback, quadrupole 2718
 
  • V. Volkov, V. Andreev, E. Frolov, V. Karpinsky, A. Kirichenko, A.D. Kovalenko, V.A. Mikhaylov, S. Romanov, B. Vasilishin, A. Volnov
    JINR, Dubna, Moscow Region
  The first experiments with the Nuclotron Beam Slow Extraction System (BES) were carried out in December 1999. After the BES commissioning, the development of the system was continued together with experiments on relativistic nuclear physics. To realize the constant-current-beam or the constant-time-length spill and to suppress the low frequency spill structure in the range up to several hundred hertz, a spill control subsystem was designed and put into operation. It consists of a feedback loop in parallel with a feed-forward control. In the feedback loop the extracted particle flux is measured with beam current monitor and is compared with the request flux. The resulting error signal is fed into a feedback controller. The controller is an analog unit in which integration, differentiation and gain can be adjusted separately. The output control signal is added to the extraction quadrupoles power supply pattern generated by the corresponding function generator. The beam spill control subsystem has been improved in stages since its commissioning in 2000. The beam spill duration of more than 10s and the beam spill uniformity of about 0.9 were achieved in recent Nuclotron runs.  
 
THPLT112 Methods and Instrumentation for Measurement of Low Ion Beam Currents at Cryring ion, pick-up, background, injection 2748
 
  • A. Paal, A. Källberg, A. Simonsson
    MSL, Stockholm
  • J. Dietrich, I. Mohos
    FZJ/IKP, Jülich
  In many CRYRING experiments an accurate measurement of the circulating ion beam current is essential for determination of e.g. absolute cross sections. However, the current produced from the ion source can be very low. Furthermore, when surface barrier detectors are used, for example in the merged electron-ion beam experiments, the current has to be kept low to avoid saturation. With new electronics, using an Integrating Current Transformer with 5 V/A sensitivity, the current resolution of the Bergoz Beam Charge Monitor (BCM) has been increased to below 1 nA for bunched beams. The sum signal of the capacitive pick-up located at the farthest point from the RF-system is integrated by a second gated integrator. The RMS resolution is about 100 pA. To measure the intensity of coasting beams neutral particle detectors and a residual-gas beam profile monitor are used, calibrated with the BCM output during 20-100 ms after acceleration. The micro-channel plate detectors can handle a few Mcps count rate with a maximum 1 cps dark count rate. Presently a 50 Mcps secondary electron multiplier is being tested as a neutral particle monitor, having a maximum dark count rate of 0.05 cps  
 
THPLT137 Commissioning of the Head-tail Monitoring Application for the Tevatron synchrotron, kicker, proton, acceleration 2780
 
  • V.H. Ranjbar, V. Lebedev, E. Lorman, A. Xiao
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  A head-tail beam monitoring application has recently been developed for use in the Tevatron. With this application beam dynamics problems including head-tail instabilities can be monitored. In addition it can be use to perform chromaticity measurements using the head-tail technique developed at CERN. This application speeds up chromaticity measurements in the Tevatron especially during the acceleration ramp and low beta squeeze, which previously required three separate ramps using uncoalesced protons  
 
THPLT142 A Laser-Based Longitudinal Density Monitor for the Large Hadron Collider laser, synchrotron, photon, radiation 2789
 
  • S. De Santis, J.F. Beche, J.M. Byrd, P. Datte, M. Placidi, V. Riot, R.W. Schoenlein, W.C. Turner, M.S. Zolotorev
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  We report on the development of an instrument for the measurement of the longitudinal beam profile in the Large Hadron Collider. The technique used, which has been successfully demonstrated at the Advanced Light Source, mixes the synchrotron radiation with the light from a mode-locked solid state laser oscillator in a non-linear crystal. The up-converted radiation is then detected with a photomultiplier and processed to extract, store and display the required information. A 40 MHz laser, phase-locked to the ring radiofrequency system, with a 50 ps pulse length, would be suitable for measuring the dynamics of the core of each of the LHC 2808 bunches in a time span much shorter then the synchrotron period. The same instrument could also monitor the evolution of the bunch tails, the presence of untrapped particles and their diffusion into nominally empty RF buckets ("ghost bunches") as required by the CERN specifications. We also specify the required characteristics of the diagnostic light port in the LHC where our instrument would be installed.

* Presently at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

 
 
THPLT147 Beam Halo Monitoring on the CLIC Test Facility 3 electron, photon, linac, radiation 2801
 
  • T. Lefevre
    NU, Evanston
  • H.-H. Braun, E. Bravin, R. Corsini, A.-L. Perrot, D. Schulte
    CERN, Geneva
  In high intensity accelerators, the knowledge of the beam halo distribution and its generation mechanisms are important issues. In order to study these phenomena, dedicated beam diagnostics must be foreseen. In circular machines, beam halo was monitored by using scrapers and beam loss detectors. In the framework of the CLIC project, beam halo monitoring is currently under development. The proposed device is based on an imaging system and a masking technique, which suppresses the core of the beam to allow direct observation of the beam halo. A first test was performed on the CLIC test facility 3 in 2003. We discuss the performances and the limitations of this technique pointing out our plans for future developments.  
 
THPLT148 Beam Loss Monitoring on the CLIC Test Facility 3 beam-losses, linac, simulation, electron 2804
 
  • T. Lefevre, M. Velasco, M. Wood
    NU, Evanston
  • H.-H. Braun, R. Corsini, M. Gasior
    CERN, Geneva
  The CLIC test facility 3 (CTF3) provides a 3.5A, 1.5s electron beam pulse of 150MeV at the end of the linac. The average beam power is 4 kW. Beam loss will be monitored all along the linac in order to keep the radiation level as low as possible. The heavy beam loading of the linac can lead to time transients of beam position and size along the pulse. To compensate these transients effectively a beam loss monitor (BLM) technology has to be chosen with a time response faster than a few nanoseconds. In this context, two different tests have been performed in 2003 on the already existing part of the CTF3 accelerator. Several detectors based on different technologies were first tested in parallel to determine which one was the most appropriate. A second test, in which the beam was intentionally lost in well defined conditions, was then made with the aim of comparing the measurements with simulation results. We present here the results of these tests and our conclusion for the new system to be developed.  
 
THPLT165 Synchrotron Light Interferometry at JEFFERSON Lab synchrotron, betatron, instrumentation, alignment 2846
 
  • A. Freyberger, P. Chevtsov, T. Day, R. Hicks
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
  • J-C. Denard
    SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette
  The hyper-nuclear physics program at JLAB requires an upper limit on the RMS momentum spread of dp/p<3e-5. The momentum spread is determined by measuring the beam width at a dispersive location (D~4m) in the transport line to the experimental halls. Ignoring the epsilon-beta contribution to the intrinsic beam size, this momentum spread corresponds to an upper bound on the beam width of σ_beam<120um. Typical techniques to measure and monitor the beam size are either invasive or do not have the resolution to measure such small beam sizes. Using interferometry of the synchrotron light produced in the dispersive bend, the resolution of the optical system can be made very small. The non-invasive nature of this measurement allows continuous monitoring of the momentum spread. Two synchrotron light interferometers have been built and installed at JLAB, one each in the Hall-A and Hall-C transport lines. The devices operate over a beam current range from 1uA to 100uA and have a spatial resolution of 10um. The structure of the interferometers, the experience gained during its installation, beam measurements and momentum spread stability are presented. The dependence of the measured momentum spread on beam current will be presented.  
 
THPLT168 XAL - The SNS Application Programming Infrastructure klystron, linac, background, quadrupole 2855
 
  • J. Galambos, C. Chu, S.M. Cousineau, T. Pelaia, A. Shishlo
    ORNL/SNS, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  • C. Allen, C. McChesney
    LANL/LANSCE, Los Alamos, New Mexico
  • W.-D. Klotz
    ESRF, Grenoble
  • I. Kriznar, A. Zupanc
    Cosylab, Ljubljana
  A Java programming infrastructure for high level applications has been developed and is being used for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS). The framework provides a hierarchal view of the accelerator and hides much of the underlying control system details. The hierarchy is database configured, facilitating sharing of applications across different beamlines, shielding the programmer from detailed knowledge of signal names, and allowing wholesale updating of applications. An important aspect of the framework is an online model, which can be run for design values, live machine values or user selected tuning values. Sample applications will be shown.  
 
THPLT184 An Online Longitudinal Vertex and Bunch Spectrum Monitor for RHIC pick-up, emittance, luminosity, interaction-region 2882
 
  • J. Van Zeijts, R. Lee
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  The longitudinal bunch profile acquisition system at RHIC was recently upgraded to allow online measurements of the bunch spectrum, and collision vertex location and shape. The system allows monitoring the evolution of these properties along the ramp, at transition and rebucketing, and at store conditions. We describe some of the hardware and software changes, and show an application of the system in optimizing the cogging of the colliding beams.