• S.A. Wolbers, B. Banerjee, B. Barker, S. Bledsoe, T. Boes, M. Bowden, G.I. Cancelo, G. Duerling, B. Forster, B. Haynes, B. Hendricks, T. Kasza, R.K. Kutschke, R. Mahlum, M.A. Martens, M. Mengel, M. Olsen, V. Pavlicek, T. Pham, L. Piccoli, J. Steimel, K. Treptow, M. Votava, R.C. Webber, B. West, D. Zhang
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

The Tevatron Beam Position Monitor (BPM) readout electronics and software have been upgraded to improve measurement precision, functionality and reliability. The original system, designed and built in the early 1980s, became inadequate for current and future operations of the Tevatron. The upgraded system consists of 960 channels of new electronics to process analog signals from 240 BPMs, new front-end software, new online and controls software, and modified applications to take advantage of the improved measurements and support the new functionality. The new system reads signals from both ends of the existing directional stripline pickups to provide simultaneous proton and antiproton position measurements. Measurements using the new system are presented that demonstrate its improved resolution and overall performance.

• A. Jansson, M. Bowden, K. Bowie, A. Bross, R. Dysert, T. Fitzpatrick, R. Kwarciany, C. Lundberg, H. Nguyen, C.H. Rivetta, D. Slimmer, L. Valerio, J.R. Zagel
  Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois

Primarily to study emittance blowup during injection and ramping, an ionization profile monitor has been developed for the Tevatron. It is based on a prototype installed in the Main Injector, although with extensive modifications. In particular, the electromagnetic shielding has been improved, the signal path has been cleaned up, and provisions have been made for an internal electron source. Due to the good Tevatron vacuum, a local pressure bump is introduced to increase the primary signal, which is then amplified by a microchannel plate and detected on anode strips. For the DAQ, a custom ASIC developed for the CMS experiment is used. It is a combined charge integrator and digitizer, with a sensitivity of a few fC, and a time-resolution that allows single bunch measurement. Digitization is done in the tunnel to reduce noise. Preparations for detector installation were made during the long 2004 shutdown, with the installation of magnets, vacuum chambers, vacuum pumps and cabling. The actual detector will be installed sometime during the spring fo 2005. This paper describes the design of the detector and associated electronics and presents various bench test results.