1. Operation of the CESR-TA vertical beam size monitor at $E_{\rm b}$=4 GeV
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Alexander, J. P., Conolly, C., Edwards, E., Flanagan, J. W., Fontes, E., Heltsley, B. K., Lyndaker, A., Peterson, D. P., Rider, N. T., Rubin, D. L., Seeley, R., and Shanks, J.
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Physics - Accelerator Physics ,Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors - Abstract
We describe operation of the CESR-TA vertical beam size monitor (xBSM) with $e^\pm$ beams with $E_{\rm b}$=4 GeV. The xBSM measures vertical beam size by imaging synchrotron radiation x-rays through an optical element onto a detector array of 32 InGaAs photodiodes with 50 $\mu$m pitch. The device has previously been successfully used to measure vertical beam sizes of 10-100 $\mu$m on a bunch-by-bunch, turn-by-turn basis at $e^\pm$ beam energies of $\sim$2 GeV and source magnetic fields below 2.8 kG, for which the detector required calibration for incident x-rays of 1-5 keV. At $E_{\rm b}=4.0$ GeV and $B$=4.5 kG, however, the incident synchrotron radiation spectrum extends to $\sim$20 keV, requiring calibration of detector response in that regime. Such a calibration is described and then used to analyze data taken with several different thicknesses of filters in front of the detector. We obtain a relative precision of better than 4% on beam size measurement from 15-100 $\mu$m over several different ranges of x-ray energy, including both 1-12 keV and 6-17 keV. The response of an identical detector, but tilted vertically by 60$^\circ$ in order to increase magnfication without a longer beamline, is measured and shown to improve x-ray detection above 4 keV without compromising sensitivity to beam size. We also investigate operation of a coded aperture using gold masking backed by synthetic diamond., Comment: 9 pages, 23 figures, 2 tables, published by Nucl. Instr. Meth. A
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- 2015
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