Roll measurement of Tevatron dipoles and quadrupoles

In 2003 a simple digital level system was developed to allow for rapid roll measurements of all dipoles and quadrupoles in the Tevatron. The system uses a Mitutoyo digital level and a PC running MS WINDOWS XP and LAB VIEW to acquire data on the upstream and downstream roll of each magnet. The system is sufficiently simple that all 1,000 magnets in the Tevatron can be measured in less than 3 days. The data can be quickly processed allowing for correction of rolled magnets by the Fermilab alignment group. Data will be presented showing the state of the Tevatron in 2003 and the changes in rolls as measured in each shutdown since then

Hydro static water level systems at Fermilab

Several Hydrostatic Water Leveling systems (HLS) are in use at Fermilab. Three systems are used to monitor quadrupoles in the Tevatron and two systems are used to monitor ground motion for potential sites for the International Linear Collider (ILC). All systems use capacitive sensors to determine the water level of water in a pool. These pools are connected with tubing so that relative vertical shifts between sensors can be determined. There are low beta quadrupoles at the B0 and D0 interaction regions of Tevatron accelerator. These quadrupoles use BINP designed and built sensors and have a resolution of 1 micron. All regular lattice superconducting quadrupoles (a total of 204) in the Tevatron use a Fermilab designed system and have a resolution of 6 microns. Data on quadrupole motion due to quenches, changes in temperature will be presented. In addition data for ground motion for ILC studies caused by natural and cultural factors will be presented

Beam instrumentation for the Tevatron Collider

The Tevatron in Collider Run II (2001-present) is operating with six times more bunches and many times higher beam intensities and luminosities than in Run I (1992-1995). Beam diagnostics were crucial for the machine start-up and the never-ending luminosity upgrade campaign. We present the overall picture of the Tevatron diagnostics development for Run II, outline machine needs for new instrumentation, present several notable examples that led to Tevatron performance improvements, and discuss the lessons for future colliders

Hybrid permanent magnet quadrupoles for the Recycler Ring at Fermilab

Hybrid Permanent Magnet Quadrupoles are used in several applications for the Fermilab Recycler Ring and associated beam transfer lines. Most of these magnets use a 0.6096 m long iron shell and provide integrated gradients up to 1.4 T-m/m with an iron pole tip radius of 41.6 mm. A 58.4 mm pole radius design is also required. Bricks of 25. 4 mm thick strontium ferrite supply the flux to the back of the pole to produce the desired gradients (0.6 to 2.75 T/m). For temperature compensation, Ni-Fe alloy strips are interspersed between ferrite bricks to subtract flux in a temperature dependent fashion. Adjustments of the permeance of each pole using iron between the pole and the flux return shell permits the matching of pole potentials. Magnetic potentials of the poles are adjusted to the desired value to achieve the prescribed strength and field uniformity based on rotating coil harmonic measurements. Procurement, fabrication, pole potential adjustment, and measured fields will be reported

Measurement of B(D_s+ -> mu+ nu_mu)/B(D_s+ -> phi mu+ nu_mu) and Determination of the Decay Constant f_{D_s}

We have observed $23.2 \pm 6.0_{-0.9}^{+1.0}$ purely-leptonic decays of $D_s^+ -> \mu^+ \nu_\mu$ from a sample of muonic one prong decay events detected in the emulsion target of Fermilab experiment E653. Using the $D_s^+ -> \phi \mu^+ \nu_\mu$ yield measured previously in this experiment, we obtain $B(D_s^+ --> \mu^+ \nu_\mu) / B(D_s^+ --> \phi \mu^+ \nu_\mu) =0.16 \pm 0.06 \pm 0.03$. In addition, we extract the decay constant $f_{D_s}=194 \pm 35 \pm 20 \pm 14 MeV$.Comment: 15 pages including one figur

Letter of Intent for a Tevatron Collider Beauty Factory

A hadron collider beauty production experiment which will increase our knowledge of mixing, rare decay modes and even of CP violation could be performed using a new type of detector at the upgraded Fermilab Tevatron. In order to progress from the hundreds of thousands of B{bar B} events which can be tagged per year at a luminosity of several times 10{sup 29}/cm{sup 2}-sec to an ultimate yield of tens of millions at a luminosity of several times 10{sup 31}/cm{sup 2}-sec, they also must embark on a learning curve which will take many years and will require development both of hardware and software before achieving a final system. A new high-luminosity intersection region would have to be included as part of the presently-planned Tevatron Collider upgrade. Designing and constructing an initial system will take four years. Thus, in the light of the positive decision on the SSC, a start must be made soon if Fermilab is ever to play a strong role in this exciting area of physics. Designing even the initial system will require several man-years of effort by a dedicated group of people, together with concurrent work in prototyping and testing. They therefore ask that the Physics Advisory Committee give us their opinion of the priority such a project should be given at Fermilab, within the context that eventually it will require a devoted interaction region which accesses the full achieved luminosity of the machine. Initially, they discuss physics accessible as the B{bar B} yield increases. Subsequently, they outline a detector which can be staged, increasing its power (and cost) as we progress along our learning curve. Finally, costs and time schedules are estimated for the initial version of this detector and possible locations are discussed