Fast beam condition monitor for CMS: Performance and upgrade

  • Jessica L. Leonard
  • , Alan Bell
  • , Piotr Burtowy
  • , Anne Dabrowski
  • , Maria Hempel
  • , Hans Henschel
  • , Wolfgang Lange
  • , Wolfgang Lohmann
  • , Nathaniel Odell
  • , Marek Penno
  • , Brian Pollack
  • , Dominik Przyborowski
  • , Vladimir Ryjov
  • , David Stickland
  • , Roberval Walsh
  • , Weronika Warzycha
  • , Agnieszka Zagozdzinska

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

The CMS beam and radiation monitoring subsystem BCM1F (Fast Beam Condition Monitor) consists of 8 individual diamond sensors situated around the beam pipe within the pixel detector volume, for the purpose of fast bunch-by-bunch monitoring of beam background and collision products. In addition, effort is ongoing to use BCM1F as an online luminosity monitor. BCM1F will be running whenever there is beam in LHC, and its data acquisition is independent from the data acquisition of the CMS detector, hence it delivers luminosity even when CMS is not taking data. A report is given on the performance of BCM1F during LHC run I, including results of the van der Meer scan and on-line luminosity monitoring done in 2012. In order to match the requirements due to higher luminosity and 25 ns bunch spacing, several changes to the system must be implemented during the upcoming shutdown, including upgraded electronics and precise gain monitoring. First results from Run II preparation are shown.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)235-239
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume765
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 21 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

Keywords

  • Beam conditions monitor
  • Compact Muon Solenoid
  • Diamond sensor
  • Large Hadron Collider
  • Luminosity
  • Upgrade

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