Observation of focusing of 400 GeV/c proton beam with the help of bent crystals

The results of observation and studies of focusing of 400 GeV/ c proton beam with the help of bent single crystals are presented. Two silicon crystals have been used in the measurements. The focal length of the first and second crystals is found to be 1.48 m and 0.68 m, respectively. The mean square size of the horizontal profile in the focus was 3.1 and 4.3 times as small as at the exit of the crystals

X ray radiation channeling in micro channel plates Spectroscopy with a synchrotron radiation beam

We present here the angular distribution of the radiation propagated inside MultiChannel Plates with micro-channels of $\sim 3 \mu m$ diameter. The spectra collected at the exit of the channels present a complex distribution with contributions that can be assigned to the fluorescence radiation, originated from the excitation of the micro-channel walls. For radiation above the absorption edge, when the monochromatic energy in the region of the Si L-edge hits the micro-channel walls with a grazing angle $\theta \geqslant 5^{\circ}$, or at the O K-edge when $\theta \geqslant 2^{\circ}$ a fluorescence radiation is detected. Additional information associated to the fine structures of the XANES spectra detected at the exit of MCPs are also presented and discussed

Focusing Properties of Bent Micro Channel Plates in the X Ray Range

Compact and flexible Micro-Channel Plate (MCP) devices are versatile optical systems suitable to condense and shape intense X-ray beams. Studies on propagation of both soft and hard X-ray radiations through these devices are of continuous interests because of increasing demand of synchrotron radiation X‑ray sources, in particular, to enhance the spot stability and to optimize the beam for specific experiments. In this work synchrotron radiation sources as well as a conventional X-ray tube coupled to polycapillary lenses have been used to characterize the transmission and the angular distribution of thin flat or spherically bent MCPs with different curvature radii. It is shown that the radiation beam from both synchrotron radiation and conventional X-ray sources can be efficiently condensed by thin spherically bent MCPs

Deflection of high energy protons by multiple volume reflections in a modified multi-strip silicon deflector

The effect of multiple volume reflections in one crystal was observed in each of several bent silicon strips for 400 GeV/c protons. This considerably increased the particle deflections. Some particles were also deflected due to channeling in one of the subsequent strips. As a result, the incident beam was strongly spread because of opposite directions of the deflections. A modified multi-strip deflector produced by periodic grooves on the surface of a thick silicon plate was used for these measurements. This technique provides perfect mutual alignment between crystal strips. Such multi-strip deflector may be effective for collider beam halo collimation and a study is planned at the CERN SPS circulating beam