Measurement of Beam Losses at the Australian Synchrotron (original) (raw)

The unprecedented requirements that new machines are setting on their diagnostic systems is leading to the devel-opment of new generation of devices with large dynamic range, sensitivity and time resolution. Beam loss detec-tion is particularly challenging due to the large extension of new facilities that need to be covered with localized detector. Candidates to mitigate this problem consist of systems in which the sensitive part of the radiation detec-tors can be extended over long distance of beam lines. In this document we study the feasibility of a BLM system based on optical f ber as an active detector for an electron storage ring. The Australian Synchrotron (AS) comprises a 216 m ring that stores electrons up to 3 GeV. The Ac-celerator has recently claimed the world record ultra low transverse emittance (below pm rad) and its surroundings are rich in synchrotron radiation. Therefore, the AS pro-vides beam conditions very similar to those expected in the CLIC/ILC damping rings....