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Optical beam diagnostics on PEP

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OSTI ID:6414938
In designing the PEP optical diagnostics we have been able to build on the experience gained with SPEAR. Most of the problems at SPEAR could be traced to the optical diagnostic system being inside the tunnel. A machine shutdown is required for any maintenance or modification. This implies that in order to make such an instrument successful, a large engineering effort must be mounted to ensure 100% operation at startup. The functions that do not work at startup may never be made to work; this has happened at several machines. Experimental setups are likewise risky and time consuming. A point which has been borne out in both SPEAR and PEP is that the mechanical part of the instrument, the special vacuum chamber, the optical mounts, the alignment and adjustments, require approximately 60% of the effort and cost of the optical diagnostics. It is far better to economize on detectors and electronics than on mechanical and optical essentials.
Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
6414938
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-2683; CONF-810314-145; PEP-NOTE-349
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English