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Transverse Halo Profiling of a 63-MeV Electron Beam with a Single-Crystal Diamond Detector

MOP6362
18 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

Deepak Rai (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Description

Precise measurement of high-energy charged particle beam halo is essential for validating beam transport models, optimizing beamline tuning and collimation schemes, and improving machine protection strategies and radiation background control. In this work, we report on the measurement of the halo of a 63 MeV electron beam using a single crystal diamond detector (SCD) operated as a high dynamic range transverse probe. Owing to its fast response, radiation hardness, and low noise, the diamond sensor enables detection of particle fluxes several orders of magnitude below the beam core. The detector was positioned transversely across the beam envelope to record spatially resolved halo profiles at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator. The measured distributions clearly resolve the halo structure with various charges, bunches, and distances. These results demonstrate the suitability of diamond detectors for high dynamic range halo diagnostics in high-energy electron accelerators and provide a validated methodology for future beam optimization and precision halo characterization studies in particle accelerators.

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Authors

Deepak Rai (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Dongsung Kim (Los Alamos National Laboratory)

Co-authors

Alexander Ody (Argonne National Laboratory) Anju Poudel (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Dr Bruce Dunham (xLight) Eric Wisniewski (Argonne National Laboratory) Gongxiaohui Chen (Argonne National Laboratory) John Power (Argonne National Laboratory) Scott Doran (Argonne National Laboratory) Steven Russell (Los Alamos National Laboratory) Wanming Liu (Argonne National Laboratory)

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