Gated Microchannel Plate Photomultiplier For Longitudinal BeamDiagnostics
A gated microchannel plate photomultiplier can be used as aneffective tool for measuring the longitudinal distribution of particlesaround most electron and high-energy proton rings. The broad availablewavelength range,low noise, and high sensitivity allow using such adevice for measuring the emitted synchrotron radiation and to extract thebeam intensity. The fast gate rise time can be used to reject strongsignals coming from filled RF buckets and avoid saturation of thephotocathode so that it is possible to monitor, with a high degree ofresolution, gaps in the machine fill and growth of parasitic bunches. Therugged characteristics of the device and its simplicity of use make itideal for all those applications where more complex and expensiveinstrumentation is not absolutely necessary. We present the experimentalresults obtained at the Advanced Light Source and on the Tevatron usingan Hamamatsu R5916U-50 series model.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Director. Office of Science. High EnergyPhysics
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 926288
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-61063; R&D Project: Z34590; BnR: KA1502010; TRN: US0802533
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Beam Instrumentation Workshop 2006, Batavia, IL,1-4 May 2006
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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