Author: Zhang, H.D.
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MOPORI03 Development of Quantum Gas Jet Beam Profile Monitor for Sub-mm Beams 223
 
  • N. Kumar, O. Stringer, C.P. Welsch, J. Wolfenden, H.D. Zhang
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • N. Kumar, C.P. Welsch, J. Wolfenden, H.D. Zhang
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • I. Maltusch
    FH Aachen, Jülich, Germany
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the STFC grants ST/W000687/1 and ST/W002159/1, InnovateUK Germinator 10004615, HL-LHC-UK project funded by STFC and CERN and the STFC Cockcroft core grant No. ST/G008248/1.
The development work of a high-resolution quantum gas jet beam profile monitor for highly energetic sub-mm particle beams is in progress at the Cockcroft Institute (CI), UK. This device is designed on the principle of detecting the secondary ions from the ionisation induced in the interaction between the quantum gas jet and charged particle beams. This monitor aims to generate an intense gas jet with a diameter of less than 100 µm, which can ultimately lead to superior position resolution and high signal intensity resulting from a strongly focused quantum gas jet. This is done by exploiting the quantum wave feature of the neutral gas atoms to generate an interference pattern with a single maximum acting as an ultra-thin gas jet using an ’atom sieve’ which is similar to the light focusing with a Fresnel zone plate. This device will be minimally interceptive and will work analogously to a mechanical wire scanner. This contribution gives a general overview of the design, working principle of the monitor and experimental results obtained from the electron beam profile measurements carried out at the Cockcroft Institute.
 
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About • Received ※ 13 August 2022 — Revised ※ 16 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 30 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 01 September 2022
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MOPORI04 A Gas Jet Beam Halo Monitor for LINACs 227
 
  • O. Stringer, N. Kumar, C.P. Welsch, H.D. Zhang
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • N. Kumar, O. Stringer, C.P. Welsch, H.D. Zhang
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
 
  The gas jet beam profile monitor is a non-invasive beam monitor that is currently being commissioned at the Cockcroft Institute. It utilises a supersonic gas curtain which traverses the beam perpendicular to its propagation and measures beam-induced ionisation interactions of the gas. A 2D transverse beam profile image is created by orientating the gas jet 45 degrees to obtain both X and Y distributions of the beam. This paper builds upon previously used single-slit skimmers and improves their ability to form the gas jet into a desired distribution for imaging beam halo. A skimmer device removes off-momentum gas particles and forms the jet into a dense thin curtain, suitable for transverse imaging of the beam. The use of a novel double-slit skimmer is shown to provide a mask-like void of gas over the beam core, increasing the relative intensity of the halo interactions for measurement. Such a non-invasive monitor would be beneficial to linacs by providing real time beam characteristic measurements without affecting the beam. More specifically, beam halo behaviour is a key characteristic associated with beam losses within linacs.  
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About • Received ※ 24 August 2022 — Revised ※ 26 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 31 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 13 October 2022
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MOPORI06 Improvements on the Modified Nomarski Interferometer for Measurements of Supersonic Gas Jet Density Profiles 235
 
  • C. Swain, Ö. Apsimon, A. Salehilashkajani, C.P. Welsch, J. Wolfenden, H.D. Zhang
    Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
  • Ö. Apsimon, A. Salehilashkajani, C. Swain, C.P. Welsch, J. Wolfenden, H.D. Zhang
    The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the AWAKE-UK phase II project funded by STFC, the STFC Cockcroft core grant No. ST/G008248/1 and the HL-LHC-UK phase II project funded by STFC under Grant Ref: ST/T001925/1.
For supersonic gas jet based beam profile monitors such as that developed for the High Luminosity Large Hadron Collider (HL-LHC) upgrade, density profile is a key characteristic. Due to this, non-invasive diagnostics to study the jet’s behaviour have been designed. A Nomarski interferometer was constructed to image jets 30 um to 1 mm in diameter and study changes in their density. A microscope lens has been integrated into the original interferometer system to capture phase changes on a much smaller scale than previous experiments have achieved. This contribution presents the optimisation and results gained from this interferometer.
 
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About • Received ※ 14 August 2022 — Revised ※ 24 August 2022 — Accepted ※ 29 August 2022 — Issue date ※ 01 September 2022
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