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TY - CONF AU - Wamsat, T. AU - Lensch, T. ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - The European XFEL Beam Loss Monitor System J2 - Proc. of IBIC2018, Shanghai, China, 09-13 September 2018 CY - Shanghai, China T2 - International Beam Instrumentation Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - The European XFEL MTCA based Beam Loss Monitor System (BLM) is composed of about 470 monitors, which are part of the Machine Protection System (MPS). The BLMs detect losses of the electron beam, in order to protect accelerator components from damage and excessive activation, in particular the undulators, since they are made of permanent magnets. Also each cold accelerating module is equipped with a BLM to measure the sudden onset of field emission (dark current) in cavities. In addition some BLMs are used as detectors for wire- scanners. Experience from the already running BLM system in FLASH2 which is developed for XFEL and tested here, led to a fast implementation of the system in the XFEL. Further firmware and server developments related to alarm generation and handling are ongoing. The BLM systems structure, the current status and the different possibilities to trigger alarms which stop the electron beam will be presented. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 357 EP - 360 KW - FEL KW - electron KW - high-voltage KW - controls KW - undulator DA - 2019/01 PY - 2019 SN - 978-3-95450-201-1 DO - DOI: 10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2018-WEOB03 UR - http://jacow.org/ibic2018/papers/weob03.pdf ER -