Results of beam based gain calibration for beam position monitor at J-PARC Main Ring

Beam Position Monitor (BPM) is one of the essential elements in a synchrotron facility, obtaining the circulating beam information for stabilization of the closed orbit. The accuracy of beam positions greatly affects the orbit stabilization, however, actual signal strength from a BPM depends on individuality such as 1) signal transmission for a long distance, 2) processing circuit, and 3) contact resistance at the connected parts, etc. These things cause deviations in the gain of the signal response. The gains are different from each other even in one BPM. In order to correct this relative gain deviations between electrodes, a Beam Based Gain Calibration (BBGC) method has been proposed. Development of a new method for adequate gain calibration has been an urgent issue for J-PARC Main Ring. It has been found that an analysis using Total Least Square fitting (TLS) adequately reproduces the BPM gain with sufficient accuracy. The gains obtained from the data are varied in the range of less than ±5%, and the accuracy is within ±0.6%. (author)