Title :
A scintillating fiber beam halo detector for heavy ion beam diagnostics
Author :
McMahan, M.A. ; Assang, A. ; Herr, S. ; McCormack, F. ; Krebs, G. ; Feinberg, B.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Accel. & Fusion Res., Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA, USA
Abstract :
A prototype beam halo detector of scintillating fibers has been designed in order to detect beam halo problems at an early stage in the tuning process. The results of initial characterization of the fibers are presented and issues of electronics and readout discussed
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; nuclear electronics; particle beam diagnostics; scintillation counters; tuning; electronics; heavy ion beam diagnostics; readout; scintillating fiber beam halo detector; tuning; Detectors; Energy loss; Gold; Ion beams; Laboratories; Optical fibers; Particle beams; Protons; Prototypes; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1203-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1993.309263
