| Title |
Online Spill Intensity Monitoring for Improving Extraction Quality at CNAO |
| Authors |
- M. Caldara
University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
- J. Bosser, G.M.A. Calvi, L. Lanzavecchia, A. Parravicini, C. Viviani
CNAO Foundation, Milan, Italy
- E. Rojatti
UniPV, Pavia, Italy
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| Abstract |
The CNAO Foundation is the first Italian center for deep hadrontherapy with Protons and Carbon Ions, performing treatments since September 2011. The extracted beam energy and intensity can vary over a wide range (60-250 MeV for Protons and 120-400 MeV/u for Carbon Ions, 4e6/10¹⁰ pps); the beam intensity uniformity during the slow extraction process is a fundamental requirement for achieving accurate and fast treatments. CNAO developed an online Fast Intensity Monitor (FIM), not perturbing the extracted beam, capable of measuring beam intensity with a bandwidth of 50kHz and a resolution of 1%. It consists of a thin (0.8 μm) metallic foil that emits secondary electrons when traversed by the beam. The electrons are multiplied by a Channeltron device, polarized at high voltage versus ground. The Channeltron output current is amplified and converted in a Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal, which is then decoupled and transmitted to the equipment room, where an FPGA implements a servo-spill. The work presents the detector, the floating electronics, the preliminary measurements with beam and the integration in a closed loop on the synchrotron air-core quadrupole obtaining promising results.
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| Conference |
IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA |
| Series |
International Particle Accelerator Conference (6th) |
| Proceedings |
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| Session |
Monday Posters (Harrison) |
| Date |
04-May-15 16:00–18:00 |
| Main Classification |
6: Beam Instrumentation, Controls, Feedback, and Operational Aspects |
| Sub Classification |
T03 - Beam Diagnostics and Instrumentation |
| Keywords |
electron, proton, ion, electronics, extraction |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Stuart Henderson (ANL, Argonne, IL, USA); Evelyn Akers (Jlab, Newport News, VA, USA); Todd Satogata (JLab, Newport News, VA, USA); Volker R.W. Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-168-7 |
| Published |
June 2015 |
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