Advanced uses of a current transformer and a mult-wire profile monitor for online monitoring of the stripper foil degradation in the 3-GeV RCS of J-PARC

Saha, P. K.; 原田 寛之; 畠山 衆一郎; 林 直樹; 發知 英明; 金正 倫計; 岡部 晃大; 佐伯 理生二; 山本 風海; 山崎 良雄; et al.

Proceedings of 2nd International Beam Instrumentation Conference (IBIC 2013) (Internet), p.239 - 242, 2013/12

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IBIC2013/papers/mopf15.pdf

We have established an advanced and sophisticated uses of a current transformer and a multi-wire profile monitor for accurate measuring as well as online monitoring of the waste beam so as to know the stripper foil degradation during user operation of the J-PARC 3-GeV RCS. A sudden foil breaking is not only decreases accelerator availability but also raises maintenance issues. A proper monitoring system of the foil is thus important in order to avoid any such issues by replacing the foil with a new one in the scheduled maintenance day. A single foil was used for a continuous last 7 months operation of the RCS with an extracted beam power of 300 kW (18 kW injected beam). There were a total of 810E23 hit particles but there was no any degradation of the foil so far. Surprisingly an increase of the foil thickness of about 10% was observed.