Study of inelastic nuclear interactions of 400 GeV/c protons in bent silicon crystals for beam steering purposes
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Journal Article
Abstract
Inelastic nuclear interaction probability of 400 GeV/c protons interacting with bent silicon crystals was investigated, in particular for both types of crystals installed at the CERN Large Hadron Collider for beam collimation purposes. In comparison to amorphous scattering interaction, in planar channeling this probability is ∼36% for the quasi-mosaic type (planes (111)), and ∼27% for the strip type (planes (110)). Moreover, the absolute inelastic nuclear interaction probability in the axial channeling orientation, along the ⟨110⟩ axis, was estimated for the first time, finding a value of 0.6% for a crystal 2 mm long along the beam direction, with a bending angle of 55 μrad. This value is more than two times lower with respect to the planar channeling orientation of the same crystal, and increases with the vertical angular misalignment. Finally, the correlation between the inelastic nuclear interaction probability in the planar channeling and the silicon crystal curvature is reported.
Date Issued
2018-06-18
Date Acceptance
2018-06-11
Citation
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C, 2018, 78 (6)
ISSN
1434-6044
Publisher
SPRINGER
Journal / Book Title
EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL C
Volume
78
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2018 The Author(s). Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Particles & Fields
Physics
HIGH-ENERGY PROTONS
CHARGED-PARTICLES
COLLIMATION
PROBABILITY
DEFLECTION
EXTRACTION
COLLISIONS
GEANT4
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN 505
Date Publish Online
2018-06-18