| Paper | Title | Page |
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| TUPC019 | A Retarding Field Detector to Measure the Actual Energy of Electrons Participating in E-cloud Formation in Accelerators | 1086 |
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| Electron cloud related phenomena can cause potentially detrimental effects on beam stability in many planned and under construction accelerators. The possibility to reduce such unwanted phenomena lies on the observation that, machine commissioning does reduce Secondary Electron Yield (SEY). Such SEY reduction (scrubbing) is due to the fact that electrons produced during e-cloud formation hit the accelerator wall, modifying their surface properties. ‘Scrubbing” has been studied only as a function of impinging electron dose but never as a function of the e-cloud electron energy. Simulations predict that the e-cloud is formed by electrons with very low energies (<50 eV). Given the potentially lower scrubbing efficiency for equal dose of very low energy electrons compared to medium energy one, it would be important to measure the actual energy of the electrons forming the cloud in real accelerators. For this reason we decided to construct an optimized retarding Field energy electrometer to be installed in accelerators. Here we will describe what solutions have been adopted during the design phase of such “home made” detector and some laboratory test will be showed and discussed. |