10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Extinction Monitoring of Pulsed Proton Beams Using FPGA-Based Peak Detection

SUP066
10 Aug 2025, 15:00
3h
Ballroom A (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Ballroom A

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC6 - Beam Instrumentation, Controls, AI/ML, and Operational Aspects SUP: Sunday Student Poster Session

Speaker

Ryan Hensley (University of California, Davis)

Description

The Mu2e experiment at Fermilab imposes stringent requirements on the elimination of out-of-time beam in its pulsed proton beam - a requirement known as "extinction". We present a method to measure the out-of-time particle rates to calculate the level of extinction in the inter-pulse gaps, and data measured from beam tests. The proposed method utilizes an array of quartz Cherenkov radiators and photomultiplier tubes to detect particles scattered from a vacuum chamber in the M4 transfer beamline at Fermilab.
The measurement will employ a new μTCA-based FPGA system for data acquisition and signal processing, utilizing real-time peak detection algorithms to count scattered beam particles. By integrating data over many transfers, the time profile of the out-of-time beam will be resolved to fractional levels relative to that of the in-time beam.

Funding Agency

Department of Energy grant DE-SC0009999

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Author

Ryan Hensley (University of California, Davis)

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