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Development of gas curtain monitor for hollow electron beam test stand

WEP6088
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC6.T03: Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation Poster session

Speaker

Hao Zhang (Cockcroft Institute)

Description

The beam gas curtain (BGC) monitor has been successfully commissioned in the LHC and was cleared for continuous operation recently. The BGC monitor is useful to measure beam profiles non-invasively for high-intensity beams. Previously, it was also installed in the electron beam test stand to monitor the hollow electron beam. However, the BGC monitor originally designed for the LHC was not optimized to cover the whole electron beam used in the EBTS under various magnet settings, which required a gas curtain with a length of 60 mm. This problem has been tackled in a new monitor design, which has been built and tested at the Cockcroft Institute. In this contribution, the simulation and optimization framework for the gas curtain design will be discussed. Moreover, by using a movable gauge and fluorescence detection methods, the gas curtain density and distribution are measured to validate these design parameters.

Funding Agency

This work was supported by the High Luminosity LHC project and STFC through HLLHC UK phase II project No. ST/T001925/1, and the Cockcroft core grant No. ST/G008248/1.

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Author

Hao Zhang (Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

Adriana Rossi (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Prof. Carsten Welsch (University of Liverpool) Ms Chiara Pasquino (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Daniele Butti (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Gerhard Schneider (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Milaan Patel (University of Liverpool) Dr Narender Kumar (Cockcroft Institute) Oliver Stringer (Cockcroft Institute) Peter Forck (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) Raymond Veness (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Thibaut Lefevre (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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