IBIC2016 - List of Authors (Wilcox, C.C.)

Paper	Title	Page
TUPG71	Ionization Profile Monitor Simulations - Status and Future Plans	520
	M. Sapinski, P. Forck, T. Giacomini, R. Singh, S. Udrea, D.M. Vilsmeier GSI, Darmstadt, Germany F. Belloni, J. Marroncle CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France B. Dehning, J.W. Storey CERN, Geneva, Switzerland K. Satou J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan C.A. Thomas ESS, Lund, Sweden R.M. Thurman-Keup Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA C.C. Wilcox, R.E. Williamson STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	Nonuniformities of the extraction fields, the velocity distribution of electrons from ionization processes and strong bunch fields are just a few of the effects affecting Ionization Profile Monitor measurements and operation. Careful analysis of these phenomena require specialized simulation programs. A handful of such codes has been written independently by various researchers over the recent years, showing an important demand for this type of study. In this paper we describe the available codes and discuss various approaches to Ionization Profile Monitor simulations. We propose benchmark conditions to compare these codes between themselves and we collect data from various devices to benchmark codes against the measurements. Finally we present a community effort with a goal to discuss the codes, exchange simulation results and to develop and maintain a new, common codebase.
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WEPG68	An Investigation into the Behaviour of Residual Gas Ionisation Profile Monitors in the ISIS Extracted Beamline	807
	C.C. Wilcox, B. Jones, A. Pertica, R.E. Williamson STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
	Non-destructive beam profile measurements at the ISIS neutron source are performed using Multi-Channel Profile Monitors (MCPMs). These use residual gas ionisation within the beam pipe, with the ions being guided to an array of 40 Channeltron electron multipliers by a high voltage drift field. Non-uniform transverse electric fields within these monitors are caused by the drift field and the beam's space charge. Longitudinally, a saddle point located between the drift field plate and the opposing compensating field plate introduces extra complexity into the ion motion. To allow for detailed studies of this behaviour, an MCPM has been placed in Extracted Proton Beamline 1 (EPB1) where the beam is well defined. Simulations of the profiles obtained by this monitor are performed using machine measurements, CST EM Studio and a simple C++ particle tracking code. This paper describes the process used to simulate MCPM profiles along with a comparison of simulated and measured results. Trajectories of detected ions from their creation to the Channeltrons are discussed, together with a study of Channeltron detection characteristics carried out in the ISIS diagnostics laboratory vacuum tank.
	Poster WEPG68 [2.703 MB]
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Ionization Profile Monitor Simulations - Status and Future Plans

520

M. Sapinski, P. Forck, T. Giacomini, R. Singh, S. Udrea, D.M. Vilsmeier
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
F. Belloni, J. Marroncle
CEA/IRFU, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
B. Dehning, J.W. Storey
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
K. Satou
J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken, Japan
C.A. Thomas
ESS, Lund, Sweden
R.M. Thurman-Keup
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois, USA
C.C. Wilcox, R.E. Williamson
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Nonuniformities of the extraction fields, the velocity distribution of electrons from ionization processes and strong bunch fields are just a few of the effects affecting Ionization Profile Monitor measurements and operation. Careful analysis of these phenomena require specialized simulation programs. A handful of such codes has been written independently by various researchers over the recent years, showing an important demand for this type of study. In this paper we describe the available codes and discuss various approaches to Ionization Profile Monitor simulations. We propose benchmark conditions to compare these codes between themselves and we collect data from various devices to benchmark codes against the measurements. Finally we present a community effort with a goal to discuss the codes, exchange simulation results and to develop and maintain a new, common codebase.

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WEPG68

An Investigation into the Behaviour of Residual Gas Ionisation Profile Monitors in the ISIS Extracted Beamline

807

C.C. Wilcox, B. Jones, A. Pertica, R.E. Williamson
STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom

Non-destructive beam profile measurements at the ISIS neutron source are performed using Multi-Channel Profile Monitors (MCPMs). These use residual gas ionisation within the beam pipe, with the ions being guided to an array of 40 Channeltron electron multipliers by a high voltage drift field. Non-uniform transverse electric fields within these monitors are caused by the drift field and the beam's space charge. Longitudinally, a saddle point located between the drift field plate and the opposing compensating field plate introduces extra complexity into the ion motion. To allow for detailed studies of this behaviour, an MCPM has been placed in Extracted Proton Beamline 1 (EPB1) where the beam is well defined. Simulations of the profiles obtained by this monitor are performed using machine measurements, CST EM Studio and a simple C++ particle tracking code. This paper describes the process used to simulate MCPM profiles along with a comparison of simulated and measured results. Trajectories of detected ions from their creation to the Channeltrons are discussed, together with a study of Channeltron detection characteristics carried out in the ISIS diagnostics laboratory vacuum tank.

Poster WEPG68 [2.703 MB]

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