[BTeam] BPM Systems: A brief Introduction to Beam Position Monitoring

[Jay Benesch]

https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.14081

BPM Systems: A brief Introduction to Beam Position Monitoring
M. Wendt

    This introduction on beam position monitors (BPM) summarizes the fundamental parts of the tutorial presented at the CAS 2018 on beam instrumentation. The focus is on the signal detection and normalization, and on the principle of operation of commonly used broadband pickups, i.e.\ button and stripline BPMs. Other BPM types, such as split-plane and cavity BPMs are also discussed, as well as the detection of low-β beams. Finally, a note on BPM signal processing techniques is given. 

Comments: 	40 pages, contribution to the CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Beam Instrumentation, 2-15 June 2018, Tuusula, Finland
Subjects: 	Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph); Applied Physics (physics.app-ph); Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
Cite as: 	arXiv:2005.14081 [physics.acc-ph]