Hydrostatic Level Sensors as High Precision Ground Motion Instrumentation for Tevatron and Other Energy Frontier Accelerators

Journal Article · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2012 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/01/P01004· OSTI ID:1033323

Volk, James; Hansen, Sten; Johnson, Todd; Jostlein, Hans; Kiper, Terry; Shiltsev, Vladimir; Chupyra, Andrei; Kondaurov, Mikhail; Medvedko, Anatoly; Parkhomchuk, Vasily; Singatulin, Shavkat

Particle accelerators require very tight tolerances on the alignment and stability of their elements: magnets, accelerating cavities, vacuum chambers, etc. In this article we describe the Hydrostatic Level Sensors (HLS) for very low frequency measurements used in a variety of facilities at Fermilab. We present design features of the sensors, outline their technical parameters, describe their test and calibration procedures, discuss different regimes of operation and give few illustrative examples of the experimental data. Detail experimental results of the ground motion measurements with these detectors will be presented in subsequent papers.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1033323
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB-11-452-AD-APC-E; TRN: US1200321
• Journal Information: Journal of Instrumentation, Vol. 7, Issue 1; ISSN 1748-0221
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
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ALIGNMENT
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ELECTROSTATICS
FERMILAB TEVATRON
FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT
GROUND MOTION
HYDROSTATICS
SENSORS
STABILITY
STORAGE RINGS
Accelerators