The Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC) is a high-intensity proton accelerator facility.
The 30 GeV Main Ring (MR) of the J-PARC delivered the proton beam with a beam power of 500kW as of February 2020.
We observed longitudinal coupled bunch instabilities (CBI) above 450 kW due to the beam loading effect.
To mitigate the CBI, we installed the prototype modules of the...
We present the design and basic performance of the MTCA.4-based electronics developed for the new LLRF and BPM systems in SPring-8, which are substitutes for electronics more than 20 years old. We have developed MTCA.4 modules for the new systems, such as a high-speed digitizer AMC, an LLRF RTM, a BPM RTM, and a clock and RF distribution eRTM. To reduce the number of cables, we employed an RF...
The University of Hamburg, in collaboration with DESY, is developing an electrical ground-support equipment phasemeter, or phasemeter simulator, based on the MicroTCA.4 standard, for the space-based gravitational wave detector LISA, funded by the German Aerospace Agency (DLR). The main task of the phasemeter is to extract the phase of various laser interferometer beat note signals with...
The European X-Ray Free Electron Laser facility (European XFEL) has been receiving users for three years now. Multiple experiments has been conducted using the generated ultra short coherent X-Ray flashes, spaced by 220 ns and with a duration of less than 100 femtoseconds, with results now starting to be published in articles and magazines. The MicroTCA platform is at the centre of timing...
This presentation will handle the current usage of MicroTCA in beam diagnostics devices at GSI as well as our plans for the future.
We currently use MicroTCA systems for measuring beam parameters like position, profile and intensity, for accurate timing control, for measuring voltages and for controlling GPIOs in control applications.
The MicroTCA devices currently in use will be...
