Title :
Performance and upgrade of the DAFNE beam test facility (BTF)
Author :
Buonomo, B. ; Mazzitelli, G. ; Valente, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Lab. Nazionali di Frascati, Ist. Nazionale di Fisica Nucl., Frascati, Italy
Abstract :
The DAFNE beam test facility has been delivering electron/positron beams to user groups since Oct. 2002. The test-beam has been active for more than two years, delivering beam time to a large number of experimental setups in many different conditions, ranging from typical detector calibration to fundamental measurements in nuclear physics. During this period several detectors were developed in order to characterize the beam quality in a wide range of beam intensities (from 1 to 1010 particles/pulse) and energies (50-750 MeV). The large use of the facility has pushed us to upgrade it in order to improve the duty cycle, presently limited by the frequent beam injection in the DAFNE main rings. A review of the results obtained, the diagnostic tools developed as well as the upgrade of the facility are presented.
Keywords :
electron accelerators; linear accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam injection; BTF; DAFNE beam test facility; beam intensities; beam quality; detector calibration; diagnostic tools; electron/positron beams; frequent beam injection; linear accelerator; Calibration; Electron beams; Nuclear measurements; Nuclear physics; Particle beam measurements; Particle beams; Positrons; Test facilities; Testing; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2004 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8700-7
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.2004.1462707
