BPM system evaluation using model-independent analysis

Chun-xi Wang, M. Borland, V. Sajaev, Kwang-je Kim
PACS2001. Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference (Cat. No.01CH37268)  
An effort is underway at the Advanced Photon Source (APS) to explore the Model-Independent Analysis method on the APS storage ring. Effective methods are developed to efficiently evaluate the beam position monitors' (BPMs') performance and to easily identify the malfunctioning BPMs. Such a monitoring procedure can help to improve the overall reliability and performance of the BPMs, and thus benefit machine operation and physics studies. We show that the Model-Independent Analysis can resolve beam motion below the individual BPM resolution.
doi:10.1109/pac.2001.986678 fatcat:3pglvhug4jhhhaqw4zlkzu2xka