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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2025-MOP073
TitlePhysics considerations for a harp system design at the Second Target Station of the Spallation Neutron Source
Authors
  • Y. Lee
    Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AbstractA harp system is being developed for monitoring proton beam profile direct upstream of the proton beam window at the Second Target Station of the Spallation Neutron Source, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. It consists of two sensor planes which have arrays of thin conducting wires aligned vertically and horizontally, respectively. It monitors beam profiles in two transverse directions to the beam axis by measuring the net-charge depositions in the sensor wires, which are caused by ejection of secondary electrons and delta rays driven by electromagnetic interactions with high-energy protons. The net charge deposition in a sensing wire linearly correlates with the number of incident protons on it. This correlation is perturbed when the wire interacts with secondary electrons and delta rays originating from beam-matter interactions in neighboring wires, PBW and residual gases. In this paper, we analyze the physical phenomena that affects the measurement uncertainties of the harp using particle transport simulations.
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Conference6th North American Particle Accel. Conf. (NAPAC2025)
Series
LocationSacramento, CA, USA
Date10-15 Aug 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial BoardTor O. Raubenheimer (SLAC), Roark A. Marsh (LLNL), Eric Prebys (UC Davis), Ling Wang (MSU), Petr M. Anisimov (LANL), Kip Bishofberger (LANL), Gustavo Bruno (ANL), Zhichu Chen (SARI), Jan Chrin (PSI), Kelly Jaje (ANL), Jaeyu Lee (POSTECH), Magdalena Montes-Loera (SLAC), Mary Saethre (PHENOTYPE), Tasha Summers (SLAC), Kent Wootton (ANL)
Online ISBN978-3-95450-261-5
Online ISSN2673-7000
Received06 August 2025
Revised13 August 2025
Accepted15 August 2025
Issued28 January 2026
DOI10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2025-MOP073
Pages217-220