Beam loss monitoring system for the SKIF synchrotron light source

Abstract

The Siberian ring source of photons (SKIF) is a new 3 GeV fourth-generation synchrotron light source being developed by the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (BINP). A beam loss monitoring system is necessary to ensure its reliable commissioning and operation. Two types of beam loss monitors will be installed in the SKIF: 5 fiber-based Cherenkov beam loss monitors (CBLMs) for the linac and transfer lines and 128 scintillator-based beam loss monitors (SBLMs) for the storage ring. Sophisticated electronic equipment is employed to use these monitors in different modes of SKIF operation. The paper describes the design of the SKIF beam loss monitoring system based on numerical simulations and experimental studies.