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Title: Development of a compact E ? B microchannel plate detector for beam imaging

Abstract

A beam imaging detector was developed by coupling a multi-strip anode with delay line readout to an E×B microchannel plate (MCP) detector. This detector is capable of measuring the incident position of the beam particles in one-dimension. To assess the spatial resolution, the detector was illuminated by an α-source with an intervening mask that consists of a series of precisely-machined slits. The measured spatial resolution was 520 um source FWHM, which was improved to 413 um FWHM by performing an FFT of the signals, rejecting spurious signals on the delay line, and requiring a minimum signal amplitude. This measured spatial resolution of 413 um FWHM corresponds to an intrinsic resolution of 334 um FWHM when the effect of the finite slit width is de-convoluted. To understand the measured resolution, the performance of the detector is simulated with the ion-trajectory code SIMION.

Authors:
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  1. Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1366977
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1550221
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0002012; FG02-88ER-40404
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 866; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; Microchannel plate detector; Beam imaging; Tracking detector; Position-sensitive microchannel plate detector

Citation Formats

Wiggins, B. B., Singh, Varinderjit, Vadas, J., Huston, J., Steinbach, T. K., Hudan, S., and deSouza, R. T.. Development of a compact E?B microchannel plate detector for beam imaging. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.006.
Wiggins, B. B., Singh, Varinderjit, Vadas, J., Huston, J., Steinbach, T. K., Hudan, S., & deSouza, R. T.. Development of a compact E?B microchannel plate detector for beam imaging. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.006
Wiggins, B. B., Singh, Varinderjit, Vadas, J., Huston, J., Steinbach, T. K., Hudan, S., and deSouza, R. T.. Sat . "Development of a compact E?B microchannel plate detector for beam imaging". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.006. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1366977.
@article{osti_1366977,
title = {Development of a compact E?B microchannel plate detector for beam imaging},
author = {Wiggins, B. B. and Singh, Varinderjit and Vadas, J. and Huston, J. and Steinbach, T. K. and Hudan, S. and deSouza, R. T.},
abstractNote = {A beam imaging detector was developed by coupling a multi-strip anode with delay line readout to an E×B microchannel plate (MCP) detector. This detector is capable of measuring the incident position of the beam particles in one-dimension. To assess the spatial resolution, the detector was illuminated by an α-source with an intervening mask that consists of a series of precisely-machined slits. The measured spatial resolution was 520 um source FWHM, which was improved to 413 um FWHM by performing an FFT of the signals, rejecting spurious signals on the delay line, and requiring a minimum signal amplitude. This measured spatial resolution of 413 um FWHM corresponds to an intrinsic resolution of 334 um FWHM when the effect of the finite slit width is de-convoluted. To understand the measured resolution, the performance of the detector is simulated with the ion-trajectory code SIMION.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2017.06.006},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = ,
volume = 866,
place = {United States},
year = {2017},
month = {6}
}

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