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Initial beam-profiling tests with the NML prototype station at the Fermilab A0 Photoinjector

2012/08/21 by A.H. Lumpkin, A. Lumpkin, Lumpkin, A. +19
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle Detector Development and Performance #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #physics.acc-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1208.4351

3 pp. Particle Accelerator, 24th Conference (PAC'11) 2011. 28 Mar - 1 Apr 2011. New York, USA

arxiv created 2012/08/21 · arxiv updated 2012/08/22

Abstract

The beam-profile diagnostics station prototype for the superconducting rf electron linac being constructed at Fermilab at the New Muon Lab has been tested. The station uses intercepting radiation converter screens for the low-power beam mode: either a 100-μm thick YAG:Ce single crystal scintillator or a 1-μm thin Al optical transition radiation (OTR) foil. The screens are oriented with the surface perpendicular to the beam direction. A downstream mirror with its surface at 45 degrees to the beam direction is used to direct the radiation into the optical transport. The optical system has better than 20 (10) μm rms spatial resolution when covering a vertical field of view of 18 (5) mm. The initial tests were performed at the A0 Photoinjector at a beam energy of ~15 MeV and with micropulse charges from 25 to 500 pC for beam sizes of 45 to 250 microns. Example results will be presented.

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