IPAC2011 - List of Authors (Blaum, K.)

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TUPC082	Beam Current Measurements at the TSR Heidelberg	1195
	M. Grieser, S.T. Artikova, K. Blaum, F. Laux, J. Ullrich MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany
	To conduct experiments using low energy ion beams at the TSR heavy ion storage ring, the beam deceleration process must be well understood. During deceleration of the beam the revolution frequency decreases, resulting in low current, which is difficult to measure with a common DC transformer. The number of particles in a bunch is determined by measuring the voltage signal in the time domain using a capacitive pick-up. If the ratio of bunch length and RF period does not change during the deceleration or acceleration, measuring the pick-up signal spectrum, where the signal is directly proportional to the number of particles in a bunch, is a more sensitive method. An alternative method is using a beam profile monitor (BPM) for determining the number of particles in the storage ring via ionization rate measurements of the residual gas. A summary of these different methods to determine the number of particles is presented.

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Beam Current Measurements at the TSR Heidelberg

1195

M. Grieser, S.T. Artikova, K. Blaum, F. Laux, J. Ullrich
MPI-K, Heidelberg, Germany

To conduct experiments using low energy ion beams at the TSR heavy ion storage ring, the beam deceleration process must be well understood. During deceleration of the beam the revolution frequency decreases, resulting in low current, which is difficult to measure with a common DC transformer. The number of particles in a bunch is determined by measuring the voltage signal in the time domain using a capacitive pick-up. If the ratio of bunch length and RF period does not change during the deceleration or acceleration, measuring the pick-up signal spectrum, where the signal is directly proportional to the number of particles in a bunch, is a more sensitive method. An alternative method is using a beam profile monitor (BPM) for determining the number of particles in the storage ring via ionization rate measurements of the residual gas. A summary of these different methods to determine the number of particles is presented.