Operation of the CESR-TA vertical beam size monitor at $E_{\rm b}$=4 GeV

TL;DR

This paper details the calibration, operation, and performance of the CESR-TA vertical beam size monitor at 4 GeV, including spectral response calibration, detector configuration, and measurement precision improvements.

Contribution

It introduces calibration procedures for high-energy synchrotron radiation detection and evaluates detector configurations for enhanced beam size measurement accuracy.

Findings

Achieved better than 4% precision in beam size measurement from 15-100 μm.

Calibrated detector response for incident x-ray energies up to 20 keV.

Demonstrated improved detection efficiency with tilted detector configuration.

Abstract

We describe operation of the CESR-TA vertical beam size monitor (xBSM) with $e^\pm$ beams with $E_{\rm b}$=4 GeV. The xBSM measures vertical beam size by imaging synchrotron radiation x-rays through an optical element onto a detector array of 32 InGaAs photodiodes with 50 $\mu$m pitch. The device has previously been successfully used to measure vertical beam sizes of 10-100 $\mu$m on a bunch-by-bunch, turn-by-turn basis at $e^\pm$ beam energies of $\sim$2 GeV and source magnetic fields below 2.8 kG, for which the detector required calibration for incident x-rays of 1-5 keV. At $E_{\rm b}=4.0$ GeV and $B$=4.5 kG, however, the incident synchrotron radiation spectrum extends to $\sim$20 keV, requiring calibration of detector response in that regime. Such a calibration is described and then used to analyze data taken with several different thicknesses of filters in front of the detector. We obtain a relative precision of better than 4% on beam size measurement from 15-100 $\mu$m over several different ranges of x-ray energy, including both 1-12 keV and 6-17 keV. The response of an identical detector, but tilted vertically by 60$^\circ$ in order to increase magnfication without a longer beamline, is measured and shown to improve x-ray detection above 4 keV without compromising sensitivity to beam size. We also investigate operation of a coded aperture using gold masking backed by synthetic diamond.