The Cooling Storage Ring(CSR)external-target experiment(CEE)will be the first large-scale nuclear physics experiment at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).A beam monitor has been developed to monitor th...The Cooling Storage Ring(CSR)external-target experiment(CEE)will be the first large-scale nuclear physics experiment at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).A beam monitor has been developed to monitor the beam status and to improve the reconstruction resolution of the primary vertex.Custom-designed pixel charge sensors,named TopmetalCEEv1,are employed in the detector to locate the position of each particle.Readout electronics for the beam monitor were designed,including front-end electronics utilizing the Topmetal-CEEv1 sensors,as well as a readout and control unit that communicates with the DAQ,trigger,and clock systems.A series of tests were performed to validate the functionality and performance of the system,including basic electronic verifications and responses toαparticles and heavy-ion beams.The results show that all designed functions of the readout electronics system work well,and this system could be used for beam monitoring in the CEE experiment.展开更多
The heavy-ion accelerator facility(HIAF)under construction in China will produce various stable and intense radioactive beams with energies ranging from MeV/u to GeV/u.The ion-linac(iLinac)accelerator,which will serve...The heavy-ion accelerator facility(HIAF)under construction in China will produce various stable and intense radioactive beams with energies ranging from MeV/u to GeV/u.The ion-linac(iLinac)accelerator,which will serve as the injector for the HIAF,is a superconducting heavy-ion accelerator containing 13 cryomodules.It will operate in either continuous wave mode or pulsed mode,with a beam current ranging from 0.01 to 1 emA.The beam position monitor(BPM)is crucial for this high-beam-power machine,which requires precise beam control and a very small beam loss of less than 1 W/m,especially inside the cryomodules of this unique beam instrument.Nearly 70 BPMs will be installed on the iLinac.New digital beam position and phase measurement(DBPPM)electronics based on a heterogeneous multiprocessing platform system-on-chip(MPSoC)has been developed to provide accurate beam trajectory and phase measurements as well as beam interlocking signals for a fast machine protection system(MPS).The DBPPM comprises an analog front-end(AFE)board in field programmable gate array(FPGA)mezzanine-connector(FMC)form factor,along with a digital signal processing board housed within a “2U 19”chassis.To mitigate radio frequency(RF)leakage effects from high-power RF systems in certain scenarios,beam signals undergo simultaneous processing at both fundamental and second-harmonic frequencies.A dynamic range from-65 dBm to 0 dBm was established to accommodate both weak beam commissioning and high-intensity operational demands.Laboratory tests demonstrated that at input power levels exceeding-45 d Bm,the phase resolution surpasses 0.05°,and the position resolution exceeds 5μm.These results align well with the stipulated measurement requirements.Moreover,the newly developed DBPPM has self-testing and self-calibration functions that are highly helpful for the systematic evaluation of numerous electronic components and fault diagnosis equipment.In addition,the DBPPM electronics implements a 2D nonlinear polynomial correction on the FPGA and can collect accurate real-time position measurements at large beam offsets.This newly developed DBPPM electronics has been applied to several Linac machines,and the results from beam measurements show high performance,good long-term stability,and high reliability.In this paper,a detailed overview of the architecture,performance,and proof-of-principle measurement of the beams is presented.展开更多
A prototype beam monitor was designed to provide tracking information for heavy-ion projectiles for the cool storage ring(CSR)external target experiment(CEE)at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).High gr...A prototype beam monitor was designed to provide tracking information for heavy-ion projectiles for the cool storage ring(CSR)external target experiment(CEE)at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).High granularity and direct charge sensing are the main features of this device.It measures the beam position in a two-dimensional(2D)plane transverse to the beam direction on an event-by-event basis.The current design consists of two field cages inside a single vessel that operates independently and has electrical drift fields in orthogonal directions.Preliminary tests of the prototype were performed using a^(241)Am a source.The results show that a spatial resolution of less than 40μm and a time resolution of less than 600 ns can be achieved.展开更多
Beam position monitors(BPMs)are important to monitor the beam moving steadily.Keeping the beam's normal motion is an important mission for Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.Effective diagnostic analysis is a...Beam position monitors(BPMs)are important to monitor the beam moving steadily.Keeping the beam's normal motion is an important mission for Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.Effective diagnostic analysis is an important way to accomplish this task.This paper develops a new method based on clustering analysis to diagnose the healthy of BPMs with basic running data,i.e.,the β oscillation of X and Y directions and noise data.The analysis results showed that all beam position monitors(140 BPMs)can be classified into three groups:normal group,worse performance group,and fault group,respectively.In addition,the abnormal BPMs(including worse performance)could be marked.The new method showed its ability to handle faulty BPMs and it could instruct daily maintenance.On the other hand,it will be a useful supplement for data analysis in accelerator physics.展开更多
The monitor is composed of a pair of electrodes,a single stage of microchannel plate,a phosphor screen,a CCD camera and a PC computer,To obtain a good uniform collecting field,forming electrodes system is used instead...The monitor is composed of a pair of electrodes,a single stage of microchannel plate,a phosphor screen,a CCD camera and a PC computer,To obtain a good uniform collecting field,forming electrodes system is used instead of that with a resistive divider,The readout system is performed by the phosphor screen and the CCD camera because the spatial resolution is not limited by the mechanical structure like the anode strip type and such video display system is very useful for beam studies and operation of the 40MeV linac,Besides,the design and test results are described in detail.展开更多
Automatic phase-setting is essential for modern linacs which have increasingly stringent time demands for beam tune-up and fault compensation.A key challenge in automatic phase-setting is obtaining an accurate knowled...Automatic phase-setting is essential for modern linacs which have increasingly stringent time demands for beam tune-up and fault compensation.A key challenge in automatic phase-setting is obtaining an accurate knowledge of the position and phase offsets of all cavities.This study proposes a beam-based method that employs time-of-flight experiments for simultaneous alignment and phase calibration of a superconducting hadron linac.The proposed method is verified using the CAFE2 accelerator at the Institute of Modern Physics,where offset measurements enable rapid tune-up via automatic phase-setting,and the output beam energies closely match the predicted values.The proposed method is able to address longitudinal position shifts within cryomodules due to cool-down,readily applicable to superconducting hadron linacs,and expected to be employed in the upcoming commissioning of CiADS and HIAF.展开更多
This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave an...This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave and continuous wave）,welding speed,shield gas flow,welding bead structure,and focusing distance.The results showed that the welding defect rate of the pulsed wave type was larger than that of the continuous wave type.The crack in the welding bead reduced with decreasing welding speed.The fusion penetration of the welding bead was higher when the focusing distance was long enough to deepen into the welding material.Weld morphology during the experimental process revealed the proper flow of shield gas.The adaptability design of the welding bead structure in the preceding processes had more effect on overall welding structure and morphology.展开更多
The Shanghai advanced proton therapy facility is a proton cancer treatment device designed and built by the Shanghai Institute of applied physics at the Chinese academy of sciences.The accelerator part comprises a pro...The Shanghai advanced proton therapy facility is a proton cancer treatment device designed and built by the Shanghai Institute of applied physics at the Chinese academy of sciences.The accelerator part comprises a proton linear accelerator(linac)injector and a circular synchrotron.An alternating current current transformer(ACCT)is used for non-intercepting beam current measurement at the drift tube linac exit.According to the beam characteristics,the ACCT is required to complete real-time beam current and pulse width measurements at currents of3-30 mA,frequencies of 1-10 Hz,and pulse widths of40-400μs.In this paper,we report the design and development of an ACCT.The designed ACCT was simulated using CST Microwave Studio,and calibrated using an oscilloscope and signal generator.Variations in the output signal of the ACCT were investigated as a function of ceramic gap size,number of coil turns,and resistance.According to the simulation and experimental results,the optimal number of coil turns was found to be 30.In addition,a low-pass filter was adopted to filter the noise introduced during long-distance signal transmission using a coaxial cable with the length of 20 m.The calibration results show that the corresponding rise time of the ACCT is 800 ns with the sensitivity of 8.2 V/A and a droop of less than 1%,meeting the design requirements.展开更多
A new thermal neutron beam monitor with a Gas Electron Multiplier （GEM） is developed to meet the needs of the next generation of neutron facilities. A prototype chamber has been constructed with two 100 mm×100 ...A new thermal neutron beam monitor with a Gas Electron Multiplier （GEM） is developed to meet the needs of the next generation of neutron facilities. A prototype chamber has been constructed with two 100 mm×100 mm GEM foils. Enriched boron-10 is coated on one surface of the aluminum cathode plate as the neutron convertor. 96 channel pads with an area of 8 mm×8 mm each are used for fast signal readout. In order to study the basic characteristics of a boron-coated GEM, several irradiation tests were carried out with of source ^239pu and neutron source ^241Am（Be）. The signal induced by the neutron source has a high signal-to-noise ratio. A clear image obtained from of source ^239pu is presented, which shows that the neutron beam monitor based on a boron-coated GEM has a good two-dimensional imaging ability.展开更多
A Monte Carlo method of the 3D GEM simulation is introduced.The physical process of the neutron detection is described with the Geant4 code and the Garfield code.The results of the optimized electric-fields,the emitte...A Monte Carlo method of the 3D GEM simulation is introduced.The physical process of the neutron detection is described with the Geant4 code and the Garfield code.The results of the optimized electric-fields,the emitted ions spectrum,the electrons transverse diffusion and the signal width are presented.Moreover,the preliminary result with a CF-252 neutron source is reported.These are useful in designing detector structures and to provide an optimized option for the development of the boron-coated GEM neutron beam monitor.展开更多
Design and construction of the first prototype ionization chamber for CSNS and Proton Accelerator （PA） beam loss monitor （BLM） system is reported. The low leakage current （〈0.1 pA）, good plateau （≈800 V） and...Design and construction of the first prototype ionization chamber for CSNS and Proton Accelerator （PA） beam loss monitor （BLM） system is reported. The low leakage current （〈0.1 pA）, good plateau （≈800 V） and linearity range up to 200 Roentgen/h are obtained in the first prototype. All of these give us good experience for further improving the ionization chamber construction.展开更多
Beam Position Monitors（BPMs） for the low-β beam of the Chinese Accelerator Driven Subcritical system（CADS） Proton linac are of the capacitive pick-up type.They provide higher output signals than that of the induc...Beam Position Monitors（BPMs） for the low-β beam of the Chinese Accelerator Driven Subcritical system（CADS） Proton linac are of the capacitive pick-up type.They provide higher output signals than that of the inductive type.This paper will describe the design and tests of the capacitive BPM system for the low-β proton linac,including the pick-ups,the test bench and the read-out electronics.The tests done with an actual proton beam show a good agreement between the measurements and the simulations in the time domain.展开更多
Purpose The absolute beam position measurement in the booster and storage ring of the high energy photon source(HEPS)requires the offset between the electrical and mechanical centers of the beam position monitor(BPM)....Purpose The absolute beam position measurement in the booster and storage ring of the high energy photon source(HEPS)requires the offset between the electrical and mechanical centers of the beam position monitor(BPM).Method Traditionally,an RF signal is sent to an antenna or stretched wire aligned with the vacuum chamber,and the signal at each electrode is measured.Conversely,a replacement method using a vector network analyzer,which was proposed by Lambertson,does not involve mechanical alignment and can be used for electrical offset determination.Results and conclusions The electro-mechanical offsets of booster BPMs of the HEPS were measured using the Lambertson method.The result shows good agreement with the stretched wire method within a 30μm error.展开更多
In this paper, the 2-D electrostatic field software, POISSON, is used to calculate the characteristic impedance of a BPM （beam position monitor） for a high current proton linac. Furthermore, the time-domain 3-D modu...In this paper, the 2-D electrostatic field software, POISSON, is used to calculate the characteristic impedance of a BPM （beam position monitor） for a high current proton linac. Furthermore, the time-domain 3-D module of MAFIA with a beam microbunch at a varying offset from the axis is used to compute the induced voltage on the electrodes as a function of time. Finally, the effect of low β beams on the induced voltage, the sensitivity and the signal dynamic range of the BPM are discussed.展开更多
The new beam position monitor（BPM） system of the injector at the upgrade project of the Hefei Light Source（HLS II） has 19 stripline beam position monitors. Most consist of four orthogonally symmetric stripline ele...The new beam position monitor（BPM） system of the injector at the upgrade project of the Hefei Light Source（HLS II） has 19 stripline beam position monitors. Most consist of four orthogonally symmetric stripline electrodes. Differences in electronic gain and mismachining tolerance can cause changes in the beam response of the BPM electrodes. This variation will couple the two measured horizontal positions, resulting in measuring error. To alleviate this effect, a new technique to measure the relative response of the four electrodes has been developed. It is independent of the beam charge, and the related coefficient can be calculated theoretically. The effect of electrode coupling on this technique is analyzed. The calibration data is used to fit the gain for all 19 injector beam position monitors. The results show the standard deviation of the distribution of measured gains is about 5%.展开更多
The simulation is performed for the monitors of beam direction and beam position for p-p elastic scattering. We set several variables to simulate the monitors of incident beam condition changes： beam positions at the...The simulation is performed for the monitors of beam direction and beam position for p-p elastic scattering. We set several variables to simulate the monitors of incident beam condition changes： beam positions at the quadrupole magnet and target in beam line polarimeter（BLP2）, distance between quadrupole magnet and target,size of plastic scintillators, distance between the target in BLP2 and the centers of plastic scintillators, and beam polarization. Through the rotation of the coordinate system, the distributions of scattered and recoiled protons in the laboratory system were obtained. By analyzing the count yields in plastic scintillators at di？erent beam positions,we found that the beam incident angular change（0.35°） could be detected when the asymmetry of geometries of left and right scintillators in BLP2 was changed by 6%. Therefore, the scattering angle measured in the experiment can be tracked by these monitors.展开更多
Purpose Hundreds of digital beam position monitor processors(DBPM)are required to be produced during the construction of projects such as High Energy Photon Source(HEPS)and the upgrade project of the Beijing Electron ...Purpose Hundreds of digital beam position monitor processors(DBPM)are required to be produced during the construction of projects such as High Energy Photon Source(HEPS)and the upgrade project of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider(BEPCII),which brings great challenges to the test work.In order to achieve accurate,fast,and complete mass production tests of DBPMs,an automatic test system(ATS)has been developed in this article.Methods According to the test items of DBPM,the standardized testing softwareflow is designed based on virtual instru-ment program control technology and experimental physics and industrial control system(EPICS),which realize automatic adjustment of test parameters and automatic acquisition of test result data.Results and conclusions The ATS can realize one-button testing of channel coefficients,channel linearity,attenuator linearity,beam current dependence(BCD)and sampling signal-to-noise ratio(SNR),and generate test reports.The total test time is less than 3 minutes,which is significantly more efficient compared to manual testing.More than 90 BEPCII DBPMs has been tested by this ATS in the lab.The test results proved that such a system could automatically recognize defective products and satisfy the requirements of mass testing.展开更多
Purpose A high-precision beam monitor system based on silicon carbide PIN sensor is designed for the 1.6 GeV proton beam of China Spallation Neutron Source.The conceptual design of the beam monitor system is composed ...Purpose A high-precision beam monitor system based on silicon carbide PIN sensor is designed for the 1.6 GeV proton beam of China Spallation Neutron Source.The conceptual design of the beam monitor system is composed of front-end electronics with SiC PIN sensor and readout system.Method The charge collection efficiency of the SiC PIN sensor after proton radiation is studied with 80 MeV proton beam.98%charge will be collected by the SiC PIN sensor after the system running one year,which can meet requirements of beam monitoring.Research on the performance of the front-end electronics and readout system is completed for better data acquisition.The front-end electronics is studied to figure out the effect of feedback resistor.The readout system can deal with signal with sampling rate of 5 GHz,and the data acquisition rate is 1 Hz.Results The uncertainty of proton beam fluence is below 0.68%in the beam monitor system.Conclusion The results reveal that the beam monitor system can be used for the 1.6 GeV proton beam of China Spallation Neutron Source.展开更多
Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology o...Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology or material analysis.Being spectrally broadband,laser-accelerated proton bunches allow for tailored volumetric dose deposition in a sample via single bunches to excite or probe specific sample properties.The rising number of such experiments indicates a need for diagnostics providing spatially resolved characterization of dose distributions with volumes of approximately 1 cm^(3) for single proton bunches to allow for fast online feedback.Here we present the scintillator-based miniSCIDOM detector for online single-bunch tomographic reconstruction of dose distributions in volumes of up to approximately 1 cm^(3).The detector achieves a spatial resolution below 500μm and a sensitivity of 100 mGy.The detector performance is tested at a proton therapy cyclotron and an LPA proton source.The experiments’primary focus is the characterization of the scintillator’s ionization quenching behaviour.展开更多
The Duke storage ring is a dedicated driver for the storage ring based oscillator free-electron lasers（FELs）, and the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source（HIGS）. It is operated with a beam current ranging from about1 m...The Duke storage ring is a dedicated driver for the storage ring based oscillator free-electron lasers（FELs）, and the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source（HIGS）. It is operated with a beam current ranging from about1 mA to 100 mA per bunch for various operations and accelerator physics studies. High performance operations of the FEL and γ-ray source require a stable electron beam orbit, which has been realized by the global orbit feedback system. As a critical part of the orbit feedback system, the electron beam position monitors（BPMs） are required to be able to precisely measure the electron beam orbit in a wide range of the single-bunch current. However, the high peak voltage of the BPM pickups associated with high single-bunch current degrades the performance of the BPM electronics, and can potentially damage the BPM electronics. A signal conditioning method using low pass filters is developed to reduce the peak voltage to protect the BPM electronics, and to make the BPMs capable of working with a wide range of single-bunch current. Simulations and electron beam based tests are performed. The results show that the Duke storage ring BPM system is capable of providing precise orbit measurements to ensure highly stable FEL and HIGS operations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.11927901,12105110,U2032209,12275105)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2020YFE0202002,2022YFA1602103)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.CCNU22QN005)。
文摘The Cooling Storage Ring(CSR)external-target experiment(CEE)will be the first large-scale nuclear physics experiment at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).A beam monitor has been developed to monitor the beam status and to improve the reconstruction resolution of the primary vertex.Custom-designed pixel charge sensors,named TopmetalCEEv1,are employed in the detector to locate the position of each particle.Readout electronics for the beam monitor were designed,including front-end electronics utilizing the Topmetal-CEEv1 sensors,as well as a readout and control unit that communicates with the DAQ,trigger,and clock systems.A series of tests were performed to validate the functionality and performance of the system,including basic electronic verifications and responses toαparticles and heavy-ion beams.The results show that all designed functions of the readout electronics system work well,and this system could be used for beam monitoring in the CEE experiment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11975290)。
文摘The heavy-ion accelerator facility(HIAF)under construction in China will produce various stable and intense radioactive beams with energies ranging from MeV/u to GeV/u.The ion-linac(iLinac)accelerator,which will serve as the injector for the HIAF,is a superconducting heavy-ion accelerator containing 13 cryomodules.It will operate in either continuous wave mode or pulsed mode,with a beam current ranging from 0.01 to 1 emA.The beam position monitor(BPM)is crucial for this high-beam-power machine,which requires precise beam control and a very small beam loss of less than 1 W/m,especially inside the cryomodules of this unique beam instrument.Nearly 70 BPMs will be installed on the iLinac.New digital beam position and phase measurement(DBPPM)electronics based on a heterogeneous multiprocessing platform system-on-chip(MPSoC)has been developed to provide accurate beam trajectory and phase measurements as well as beam interlocking signals for a fast machine protection system(MPS).The DBPPM comprises an analog front-end(AFE)board in field programmable gate array(FPGA)mezzanine-connector(FMC)form factor,along with a digital signal processing board housed within a “2U 19”chassis.To mitigate radio frequency(RF)leakage effects from high-power RF systems in certain scenarios,beam signals undergo simultaneous processing at both fundamental and second-harmonic frequencies.A dynamic range from-65 dBm to 0 dBm was established to accommodate both weak beam commissioning and high-intensity operational demands.Laboratory tests demonstrated that at input power levels exceeding-45 d Bm,the phase resolution surpasses 0.05°,and the position resolution exceeds 5μm.These results align well with the stipulated measurement requirements.Moreover,the newly developed DBPPM has self-testing and self-calibration functions that are highly helpful for the systematic evaluation of numerous electronic components and fault diagnosis equipment.In addition,the DBPPM electronics implements a 2D nonlinear polynomial correction on the FPGA and can collect accurate real-time position measurements at large beam offsets.This newly developed DBPPM electronics has been applied to several Linac machines,and the results from beam measurements show high performance,good long-term stability,and high reliability.In this paper,a detailed overview of the architecture,performance,and proof-of-principle measurement of the beams is presented.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 11927901, U2032209, 12005046)
文摘A prototype beam monitor was designed to provide tracking information for heavy-ion projectiles for the cool storage ring(CSR)external target experiment(CEE)at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou(HIRFL).High granularity and direct charge sensing are the main features of this device.It measures the beam position in a two-dimensional(2D)plane transverse to the beam direction on an event-by-event basis.The current design consists of two field cages inside a single vessel that operates independently and has electrical drift fields in orthogonal directions.Preliminary tests of the prototype were performed using a^(241)Am a source.The results show that a spatial resolution of less than 40μm and a time resolution of less than 600 ns can be achieved.
基金Ten Thousand Talent Program and Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Technology Talent Program (No.Y91G201B01)。
文摘Beam position monitors(BPMs)are important to monitor the beam moving steadily.Keeping the beam's normal motion is an important mission for Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility.Effective diagnostic analysis is an important way to accomplish this task.This paper develops a new method based on clustering analysis to diagnose the healthy of BPMs with basic running data,i.e.,the β oscillation of X and Y directions and noise data.The analysis results showed that all beam position monitors(140 BPMs)can be classified into three groups:normal group,worse performance group,and fault group,respectively.In addition,the abnormal BPMs(including worse performance)could be marked.The new method showed its ability to handle faulty BPMs and it could instruct daily maintenance.On the other hand,it will be a useful supplement for data analysis in accelerator physics.
文摘The monitor is composed of a pair of electrodes,a single stage of microchannel plate,a phosphor screen,a CCD camera and a PC computer,To obtain a good uniform collecting field,forming electrodes system is used instead of that with a resistive divider,The readout system is performed by the phosphor screen and the CCD camera because the spatial resolution is not limited by the mechanical structure like the anode strip type and such video display system is very useful for beam studies and operation of the 40MeV linac,Besides,the design and test results are described in detail.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U22A20261)the Large Research Infrastructures China initiative Accelerator Driven System(2017-000052-75-01-000590).
文摘Automatic phase-setting is essential for modern linacs which have increasingly stringent time demands for beam tune-up and fault compensation.A key challenge in automatic phase-setting is obtaining an accurate knowledge of the position and phase offsets of all cavities.This study proposes a beam-based method that employs time-of-flight experiments for simultaneous alignment and phase calibration of a superconducting hadron linac.The proposed method is verified using the CAFE2 accelerator at the Institute of Modern Physics,where offset measurements enable rapid tune-up via automatic phase-setting,and the output beam energies closely match the predicted values.The proposed method is able to address longitudinal position shifts within cryomodules due to cool-down,readily applicable to superconducting hadron linacs,and expected to be employed in the upcoming commissioning of CiADS and HIAF.
文摘This study discusses the welding properties for the components of an aluminum-alloy ultra-high vacuum chamber and beam position monitor （BPM）.The welding parameters include the modes of laser output （pulsed wave and continuous wave）,welding speed,shield gas flow,welding bead structure,and focusing distance.The results showed that the welding defect rate of the pulsed wave type was larger than that of the continuous wave type.The crack in the welding bead reduced with decreasing welding speed.The fusion penetration of the welding bead was higher when the focusing distance was long enough to deepen into the welding material.Weld morphology during the experimental process revealed the proper flow of shield gas.The adaptability design of the welding bead structure in the preceding processes had more effect on overall welding structure and morphology.
基金supported by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China(MOE)(No.021312921002)。
文摘The Shanghai advanced proton therapy facility is a proton cancer treatment device designed and built by the Shanghai Institute of applied physics at the Chinese academy of sciences.The accelerator part comprises a proton linear accelerator(linac)injector and a circular synchrotron.An alternating current current transformer(ACCT)is used for non-intercepting beam current measurement at the drift tube linac exit.According to the beam characteristics,the ACCT is required to complete real-time beam current and pulse width measurements at currents of3-30 mA,frequencies of 1-10 Hz,and pulse widths of40-400μs.In this paper,we report the design and development of an ACCT.The designed ACCT was simulated using CST Microwave Studio,and calibrated using an oscilloscope and signal generator.Variations in the output signal of the ACCT were investigated as a function of ceramic gap size,number of coil turns,and resistance.According to the simulation and experimental results,the optimal number of coil turns was found to be 30.In addition,a low-pass filter was adopted to filter the noise introduced during long-distance signal transmission using a coaxial cable with the length of 20 m.The calibration results show that the corresponding rise time of the ACCT is 800 ns with the sensitivity of 8.2 V/A and a droop of less than 1%,meeting the design requirements.
文摘A new thermal neutron beam monitor with a Gas Electron Multiplier （GEM） is developed to meet the needs of the next generation of neutron facilities. A prototype chamber has been constructed with two 100 mm×100 mm GEM foils. Enriched boron-10 is coated on one surface of the aluminum cathode plate as the neutron convertor. 96 channel pads with an area of 8 mm×8 mm each are used for fast signal readout. In order to study the basic characteristics of a boron-coated GEM, several irradiation tests were carried out with of source ^239pu and neutron source ^241Am（Be）. The signal induced by the neutron source has a high signal-to-noise ratio. A clear image obtained from of source ^239pu is presented, which shows that the neutron beam monitor based on a boron-coated GEM has a good two-dimensional imaging ability.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11127508 and 11175199)China Spallation Neutron Source and the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics
文摘A Monte Carlo method of the 3D GEM simulation is introduced.The physical process of the neutron detection is described with the Geant4 code and the Garfield code.The results of the optimized electric-fields,the emitted ions spectrum,the electrons transverse diffusion and the signal width are presented.Moreover,the preliminary result with a CF-252 neutron source is reported.These are useful in designing detector structures and to provide an optimized option for the development of the boron-coated GEM neutron beam monitor.
文摘Design and construction of the first prototype ionization chamber for CSNS and Proton Accelerator （PA） beam loss monitor （BLM） system is reported. The low leakage current （〈0.1 pA）, good plateau （≈800 V） and linearity range up to 200 Roentgen/h are obtained in the first prototype. All of these give us good experience for further improving the ionization chamber construction.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11405240)"Western Light" Talents Training Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
文摘Beam Position Monitors（BPMs） for the low-β beam of the Chinese Accelerator Driven Subcritical system（CADS） Proton linac are of the capacitive pick-up type.They provide higher output signals than that of the inductive type.This paper will describe the design and tests of the capacitive BPM system for the low-β proton linac,including the pick-ups,the test bench and the read-out electronics.The tests done with an actual proton beam show a good agreement between the measurements and the simulations in the time domain.
基金funded by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS(No.2019013 and Y202005)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11975254).
文摘Purpose The absolute beam position measurement in the booster and storage ring of the high energy photon source(HEPS)requires the offset between the electrical and mechanical centers of the beam position monitor(BPM).Method Traditionally,an RF signal is sent to an antenna or stretched wire aligned with the vacuum chamber,and the signal at each electrode is measured.Conversely,a replacement method using a vector network analyzer,which was proposed by Lambertson,does not involve mechanical alignment and can be used for electrical offset determination.Results and conclusions The electro-mechanical offsets of booster BPMs of the HEPS were measured using the Lambertson method.The result shows good agreement with the stretched wire method within a 30μm error.
文摘In this paper, the 2-D electrostatic field software, POISSON, is used to calculate the characteristic impedance of a BPM （beam position monitor） for a high current proton linac. Furthermore, the time-domain 3-D module of MAFIA with a beam microbunch at a varying offset from the axis is used to compute the induced voltage on the electrodes as a function of time. Finally, the effect of low β beams on the induced voltage, the sensitivity and the signal dynamic range of the BPM are discussed.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(11175173,11375178,11105141)
文摘The new beam position monitor（BPM） system of the injector at the upgrade project of the Hefei Light Source（HLS II） has 19 stripline beam position monitors. Most consist of four orthogonally symmetric stripline electrodes. Differences in electronic gain and mismachining tolerance can cause changes in the beam response of the BPM electrodes. This variation will couple the two measured horizontal positions, resulting in measuring error. To alleviate this effect, a new technique to measure the relative response of the four electrodes has been developed. It is independent of the beam charge, and the related coefficient can be calculated theoretically. The effect of electrode coupling on this technique is analyzed. The calibration data is used to fit the gain for all 19 injector beam position monitors. The results show the standard deviation of the distribution of measured gains is about 5%.
基金Supported by National Nature Science Foundation of China(11035007,11235002,11175011)Special Joint Project of Beijing Municipal Education Commission
文摘The simulation is performed for the monitors of beam direction and beam position for p-p elastic scattering. We set several variables to simulate the monitors of incident beam condition changes： beam positions at the quadrupole magnet and target in beam line polarimeter（BLP2）, distance between quadrupole magnet and target,size of plastic scintillators, distance between the target in BLP2 and the centers of plastic scintillators, and beam polarization. Through the rotation of the coordinate system, the distributions of scattered and recoiled protons in the laboratory system were obtained. By analyzing the count yields in plastic scintillators at di？erent beam positions,we found that the beam incident angular change（0.35°） could be detected when the asymmetry of geometries of left and right scintillators in BLP2 was changed by 6%. Therefore, the scattering angle measured in the experiment can be tracked by these monitors.
基金funded by the Foundation ofYouth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS(No.Y202005)the Major achievements cultivation project of major scientific and technological infrastructure,CAS(No.NE01G74Y2)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.11805221).
文摘Purpose Hundreds of digital beam position monitor processors(DBPM)are required to be produced during the construction of projects such as High Energy Photon Source(HEPS)and the upgrade project of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider(BEPCII),which brings great challenges to the test work.In order to achieve accurate,fast,and complete mass production tests of DBPMs,an automatic test system(ATS)has been developed in this article.Methods According to the test items of DBPM,the standardized testing softwareflow is designed based on virtual instru-ment program control technology and experimental physics and industrial control system(EPICS),which realize automatic adjustment of test parameters and automatic acquisition of test result data.Results and conclusions The ATS can realize one-button testing of channel coefficients,channel linearity,attenuator linearity,beam current dependence(BCD)and sampling signal-to-noise ratio(SNR),and generate test reports.The total test time is less than 3 minutes,which is significantly more efficient compared to manual testing.More than 90 BEPCII DBPMs has been tested by this ATS in the lab.The test results proved that such a system could automatically recognize defective products and satisfy the requirements of mass testing.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12305207,No.11961141014,No.12375184,No.12205321)the State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics(No.SKLPDE-ZZ-202312,No.SKLPDE-KF-202313,No.SKLPDE-KF-202401)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province Youth Fund(No.ZR202111120161).
文摘Purpose A high-precision beam monitor system based on silicon carbide PIN sensor is designed for the 1.6 GeV proton beam of China Spallation Neutron Source.The conceptual design of the beam monitor system is composed of front-end electronics with SiC PIN sensor and readout system.Method The charge collection efficiency of the SiC PIN sensor after proton radiation is studied with 80 MeV proton beam.98%charge will be collected by the SiC PIN sensor after the system running one year,which can meet requirements of beam monitoring.Research on the performance of the front-end electronics and readout system is completed for better data acquisition.The front-end electronics is studied to figure out the effect of feedback resistor.The readout system can deal with signal with sampling rate of 5 GHz,and the data acquisition rate is 1 Hz.Results The uncertainty of proton beam fluence is below 0.68%in the beam monitor system.Conclusion The results reveal that the beam monitor system can be used for the 1.6 GeV proton beam of China Spallation Neutron Source.
基金partially supported by H2020 Laserlab Europe V (PRISES, Contract No. 871124)the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme Impulse (Grant agreement No. 871161)the support of the Weizmann-Helmholtz Laboratory for Laser Matter Interaction (WHELMI)
文摘Laser plasma accelerators(LPAs)enable the generation of intense and short proton bunches on a micrometre scale,thus offering new experimental capabilities to research fields such as ultra-high dose rate radiobiology or material analysis.Being spectrally broadband,laser-accelerated proton bunches allow for tailored volumetric dose deposition in a sample via single bunches to excite or probe specific sample properties.The rising number of such experiments indicates a need for diagnostics providing spatially resolved characterization of dose distributions with volumes of approximately 1 cm^(3) for single proton bunches to allow for fast online feedback.Here we present the scintillator-based miniSCIDOM detector for online single-bunch tomographic reconstruction of dose distributions in volumes of up to approximately 1 cm^(3).The detector achieves a spatial resolution below 500μm and a sensitivity of 100 mGy.The detector performance is tested at a proton therapy cyclotron and an LPA proton source.The experiments’primary focus is the characterization of the scintillator’s ionization quenching behaviour.
基金Supported by US Department of Energy(DE-FG02-97ER41033)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(WK2310000032)
文摘The Duke storage ring is a dedicated driver for the storage ring based oscillator free-electron lasers（FELs）, and the High Intensity Gamma-ray Source（HIGS）. It is operated with a beam current ranging from about1 mA to 100 mA per bunch for various operations and accelerator physics studies. High performance operations of the FEL and γ-ray source require a stable electron beam orbit, which has been realized by the global orbit feedback system. As a critical part of the orbit feedback system, the electron beam position monitors（BPMs） are required to be able to precisely measure the electron beam orbit in a wide range of the single-bunch current. However, the high peak voltage of the BPM pickups associated with high single-bunch current degrades the performance of the BPM electronics, and can potentially damage the BPM electronics. A signal conditioning method using low pass filters is developed to reduce the peak voltage to protect the BPM electronics, and to make the BPMs capable of working with a wide range of single-bunch current. Simulations and electron beam based tests are performed. The results show that the Duke storage ring BPM system is capable of providing precise orbit measurements to ensure highly stable FEL and HIGS operations.
