The feasibility of OTR imaging of high-intensity proton beams at FNAL

Author

Lumpkin, A.H. ; Scarpine, V.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2003

fDate

12-16 May 2003

Firstpage

2414

Abstract

The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL) is currently pursuing a number of projects where either beam luminosity for the Tevatron collider (Run II) or proton intensity for neutrino experiments requires careful tracking of beam properties throughout the facility or before a target. The feasibility of using optical transition radiation (OTR) imaging for the proton (or antiproton) beam sizes in transport lines between the rings of the facility has recently been evaluated. Based on comparisons to electron beam results at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) linac and proton results at CERN, the potential of OTR imaging at FNAL looks very encouraging.

Keywords

colliding beam accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam dynamics; proton accelerators; storage rings; Advanced Photon Source linac result; CERN; Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Run II; Tevatron collider; antiproton beam size; beam property; electron beam result; high-intensity proton beam intensity; neutrino experiment; optical transition radiation imaging; particle beam diagnostic technique; proton beam size; rings; transport line; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Electron beams; Electron optics; Laboratories; Neutrino sources; Optical imaging; Particle beams; Proton accelerators; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the

ISSN

1063-3928

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7738-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2003.1289138

Filename

1289138