• DocumentCode
    868016
  • Title

    A High Resolution Wire Scanner Beam Profile Monitor with a Microprocessor Data Acquisition System

  • Author

    Cutler, R.I. ; Mohr, D.L. ; Whittaker, J.K. ; Yoder, N.R.

  • Author_Institution
    National Bureau of Standards Washington, DC 20234
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1983
  • Firstpage
    2213
  • Lastpage
    2215
  • Abstract
    A beam profile monitor has been constructed for the NBS-LANL Racetrack Microtron. The monitor consists of two perpendicular 30 ¿m diameter carbon wires that are driven through an electron beam by a pneumatic actuator. A long-lifetime, electroformed nickel bellows is used for the linear-motion vacuum feedthrough. Secondary emission current from the wires and a signal from a transducer measuring the position of the wires are simultaneously digitized by a microprocessor to yield beam current density profiles in two dimensions. The wire scanner is designed for use with both pulsed and cw beams.
  • Keywords
    Bellows; Carbon dioxide; Data acquisition; Electron beams; Microprocessors; Monitoring; Nickel; Pneumatic actuators; Transducers; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1983.4332765
  • Filename
    4332765