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| URL | https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2025-MOP096 |
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| Title | Upgrade to fixed and translating scintillation-based loss detector system in the Fermilab Drift Tube Linac |
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| Abstract | The closed-off structure of the Fermilab Drift Tube Linac precludes a robust array of instrumentation from directly monitoring the H- beam that is accelerated from 750 keV to 116 MeV. To improve beam tuning and operational assessment of Drift Tube Linac performance, scintillator-based loss monitors were previously installed along the exterior of the first two accelerating cavities to assess low energy beam losses. Here we present a recent upgrade to the loss monitor system, including significant improvements in analog signal processing to address baseline-interfering noise; digitization of the signals to enable regular operational use and tuning; and a new remote operation upgrade of the translating loss monitor with precise positioning of the loss monitor along its nine-foot track. Data from the fixed and translating detectors collected under varying beam conditions validate the utility of the upgrade. |
| Paper | download: MOP096.pdf |
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| Conference | 6th North American Particle Accel. Conf. (NAPAC2025) |
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| Location | Sacramento, CA, USA |
| Date | 10-15 Aug 2025 |
| Publisher | JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editorial Board | Tor 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 ISBN | 978-3-95450-261-5 |
| Online ISSN | 2673-7000 |
| Received | 08 August 2025 |
| Revised | 11 August 2025 |
| Accepted | 14 August 2025 |
| Issued | 28 January 2026 |
| DOI | 10.18429/JACoW-NAPAC2025-MOP096 |
| Pages | 275-278 |
| Copyright | Published by JACoW Publishing under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Any further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s), the published article's title, publisher, and DOI. |