Abstract
The main physics programme of the International Linear Collider (ILC) requires a measurement of the beam energy at the interaction point with an accuracy of 10-4 or better. To achieve this goal a magnetic spectrometer using high resolution beam position monitors (BPMs) has been proposed. This paper reports on the cavity BPM system that was deployed to test this proposal. We demonstrate sub-micron resolution and micron level stability over 20 h for a 1m long BPM triplet. We find micron-level stability over 1 h for 3 BPM stations distributed over a 30 m long baseline. The understanding of the behaviour and response of the BPMs gained from this work has allowed full spectrometer tests to be carried out.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 201-217 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
Volume | 592 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Jul 2008 |
Keywords
- cavity beam position monitor
- BPM
- end station A
- ESA
- international linear collider
- energy spectrometer
- beam orbit stability