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WE6RFP019 | Simulation Results for Crystal Collimation Experiment in SPS UA9 | 2823 |
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The UA9 experiment will take place in 2009 at the CERN-SPS and will evaluate the feasibility of silicon crystals as primary collimators for a storage ring. A crystal placed at 6 σ from the beam core will deviate protons towards two roman pots and a tungsten absorber (TAL). In this paper the authors show simulations of the expected beam dynamics and of the capture efficiency into the secondary collimator. The result of these simulations will guide us in interpreting the experimental data expected in UA9. |
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WE6RFP092 | Axial Channeling of Positively Charged High-Energy Proton Beams | 3010 |
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The H8RD22 collaboration has accomplished an extensive study of axial channeling in the external lines of the CERN SPS. For 400 GeV protons, it was recorded deflection by about 90% of the particles by a short crystal, by far exceeding the performance of previous experiments. Axial channeling with 150 GeV negative hadrons was also firmly observed with deflection capability comparable to the case of positive particles. Near-axis effect such as multiple-volume reflections in a single crystal as a result of the superposition of volume reflections by a series of parallel planes sharing the same axis was investigated with 400 GeV protons. Confirmation of theoretical expectation was observed, in particular most of the particles were deflected by about 50 urad, four times the deflection angle imparted by a single volume reflection of most efficient planes. In this case the angular acceptance was sensitively broader than for the case of channeling. In summary, channeling in axial mode and multi-volume reflections were proven to be two mechanisms for manipulation steering of high-energy particle beams, which side most established techniques such as planar channeling and volume reflection.* *Contribution on behalf of the H8RD22 collaboration. |