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A novel beam profiler based on microstructured scintillation resin is presented. The detector consists of a bundle of waveguides, with an active area of 30 x 30 mm$^2$ and a pitch of 400 $\mu$m, obtained by molding a scintillating resin…

At the international linear collider, measurement of the beam profile at the interaction point is a key issue to achieve high luminosity. We report a simulation study on a new beam profile monitor, called the pair monitor, which uses the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-05-13 Kazutoshi Ito , Akiya Miyamoto , Tadashi Nagamine , Toshiaki Tauchi , Hitoshi Yamamoto , Yosuke Takubo , Yutaro Sato

A prototype plastic scintillating fibre based beam profile monitor was tested at the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Centre / \textit{Heidelberg Ionenstrahl Therapiezentrum} (HIT) in 2016 to determine its beam property reconstruction performance and…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-27 B. D. Leverington , M. Dziewiecki , L. Renner , R. Runze

In the context of particle therapy monitoring, we are developing a gamma-ray detector to determine the ion range in vivo from the measurement of particle time-of-flight. For this application, a beam monitor capable to tag in time the…

We report the design and test results of a beam monitor developed for online monitoring in hadron therapy. The beam monitor uses eight silicon pixel sensors, \textit{Topmetal-${II}^-$}, as the anode array. \textit{Topmetal-${II}^-$} is a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-20 Zhen Wang , Shuguang Zou , Yan Fan , Jun Liu , Xiangming Sun , Dong Wang , Huili Kang , Daming Sun , Ping Yang , Hua Pei , Guangming Huang , Nu Xu , Chaosong Gao , Le Xiao

Detectors planned for use at the Large Hadron Collider will operate in a radiation field produced by beam collisions. To predict the radiation damage to the components of the detectors, prototype devices are irradiated at test beam…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-17 Prabhakar Palni , Martin Hoeferkamp , Aaron Taylor , Sandip Vora , Haley McDuff , Qufei Gu , Sally Seidel

Particle therapy is a well established clinical treatment of tumors. More than one hundred particle therapy centers are in operation world wide. The advantage of using hadrons like protons or carbon ions as particles for tumor irradiation…

A high-performance Scintillator Ion Beam Monitor (SIBM) provides diagnostics across a range of isotopes, energies, and intensities employing a machine-vision camera with two novel scintillator targets movable into/out of the beam without…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-09-01 Daniel S Levin , Peter S. Friedman , Tom Ginter , Claudio Ferretti , Alexander Kaipainen , Nicholas Ristow

Synchrotron radiation has been used for many years as a beam diagnostic at electron accelerators. It is not normally associated with proton accelerators as the intensity of the radiation is too weak to make detection practical. However, if…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2011-10-17 R. Thurman-Keup , H. W. K. Cheung , A. Hahn , P. Hurh , E. Lorman , C. Lundberg , T. Meyer , D. Miller , S. Pordes , A. Valishev

An instrument has been developed for precision controlled exposures of electronic devices and material samples in particle beams. The instrument provides simultaneously a real time record of the profile of the beam and the fluence received.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-03 M. R. Hoeferkamp , J. S. T. Wickramasinghe , A. Grummer , I. Rajen , S. Seidel

At high luminosity areas, beam loss monitor with fast response and high radiation resistance is crucial for accelerator operation. In this article, we report the design and test results of a fast response and radiation-resistant…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-01 Yuanjing Ji , Zebo Tang , Chen Li , Xin Li , Ming Shao

A high precision beam monitor system based on silicon carbide PIN sensor is designed for China Spallation Neutron Source 1.6 GeV proton beam to monitor the proton beam fluence.The concept design of the beam monitor system is finished…

Ionization profile monitors (IPMs) are widely used in accelerators for non-destructive and fast diagnostics of high energy particle beams. Two such monitors - one vertical and one horizontal - are being developed for installation in the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2024-06-24 H. Piekarz , A. Romanov , R. Thurman-Keup , V. Shiltsev

Access to high-energy particle beams is key for testing high-energy physics (HEP) instruments. Accelerators for cancer treatment can serve as such a testing ground. However, HEP instrument tests typically require particle fluxes…

Beam position monitors (BPMs) are indispensable components of modern particle accelerators, providing real-time diagnostics to ensure precise beam control, stability, and quality. As accelerators such as the International Linear Collider…

The transverse current profile in the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) electron beam can be monitored at several locations along the beam line by means of profile monitors. These consist of insertable phosphor screens, light…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 C. Nantista , C. Adolphsen , R. L. Brown , R. Fuller , J. Rifkin

The advanced imaging and delivery techniques in proton therapy allow conformal high-dose irradiation of the target volume with high accuracy using pencil beam scanning or beam shaping apertures. These irradiation methods increasingly…

Accurate control and monitoring of the beam is essential for precise dose delivery to tumor tissues during radiotherapy. Real-time monitoring of ion beam profiles and positions improves beam control, patient safety, and treatment…

A new, compact beam position monitor based on segmented a toroidal coil surrounding the charged particle beam has been investigated. It makes use of the induced voltages in the windings instead of the induced charge imbalance on capacitor…

A beam profile monitor utilizing visible synchrotron radiation (SR) from a bending magnet has been designed and installed in Cornell Electron-Positron Storage Ring (CESR). The monitor employs a double-slit interferometer to measure both the…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-05-30 S. T. Wang , D. L. Rubin , J. Conway , M. Palmer , D. Hartill , R. Campbell , R. Holtzapple
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