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Classification of the LHC BLM Ionization Chamber
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- M. Stockner, B. Dehning, C. Fabjan, E. B. Holzer
CERN, Geneva
- D. K. Kramer
TUL, Liberec
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The LHC beam loss monitoring (BLM) system must prevent the super conducting magnets from quenching and protect the machine components from damage. The main monitor type is an ionization chamber. About 4000 of them will be installed around the ring. The lost beam particles initiate hadronic showers through the magnets and other machine components. These shower particles are measured by the monitors installed on the outside of the accelerator equipment. For the calibration of the BLM system the signal response of the ionization chamber to all relevant particles types and energies (keV to TeV range) is simulated in GEANT4. For validation, the simulations are compared to measurements using protons, neutrons, photons, muons and mixed radiation fields at various energies and intensities. This paper will focus on the signal response of the ionization chamber to various particle types and energies including recombination effects in the chamber gas at high ionization densities.
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