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| TUPLT154 | Aperture Studies for the Fermilab AP2 Anti-proton Line | 1491 |
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| The AP2 beamline transports anti-protons from the production target to the Debuncher ring. In the past the observed aperture has been smaller than that estimated from linear, on-energy optics. We have investigated possible reasons for the aperture limitation and have identified possible sources, including residual vertical dispersion from alignment errors and chromatic effects due to very large chromatic lattice functions. Some experiments have already been performed to study these effects. We present results of the experimental and theoretical studies and possible remedies. | ||
| THPLT142 | A Laser-Based Longitudinal Density Monitor for the Large Hadron Collider | 2786 |
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We report on the development of an instrument for the measurement of the longitudinal beam profile in the Large Hadron Collider. The technique used, which has been successfully demonstrated at the Advanced Light Source, mixes the synchrotron radiation with the light from a mode-locked solid state laser oscillator in a non-linear crystal. The up-converted radiation is then detected with a photomultiplier and processed to extract, store and display the required information. A 40 MHz laser, phase-locked to the ring radiofrequency system, with a 50 ps pulse length, would be suitable for measuring the dynamics of the core of each of the LHC 2808 bunches in a time span much shorter then the synchrotron period. The same instrument could also monitor the evolution of the bunch tails, the presence of untrapped particles and their diffusion into nominally empty RF buckets ("ghost bunches") as required by the CERN specifications. We also specify the required characteristics of the diagnostic light port in the LHC where our instrument would be installed.
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| THPLT143 | Development of an Abort Gap Monitor for the Large Hadron Collider | 2789 |
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| The Large Hadron Collider, presently under construction at CERN, requires a monitor of the parasitic charge in the 3.3 ?s long gap in the machine fill structure, referred to as the abort gap, which corresponds to the raise time of the abort kickers. Any circulating particle present in the abort gap at the time of the kickers firing is lost inside the ring, rather than in the beam dump, and can potentially damage a number of the LHC components. CERN specifications indicate a linear density of 6x106 protons over a 100 ns interval as the maximum charge safely allowed in the abort gap at 7 TeV. We present a study of an abort gap monitor, based on a photomultiplier with a gated microchannel plate, which would allow for detecting such low charge densities by monitoring the synchrotron radiation emitted in the superconducting undulator dedicated to the measurement of the longitudinal beam properties. We show results of beam test experiments at the Advanced Light Source using an Hamamatsu 5916U MCP-PMT which indicate that such an instrument has the required sensitivity to meet LHC specifications. |