Department - Author 1
Physics Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in Physics
Date
9-2012
Primary Advisor
Robert Holtzapple
Abstract/Summary
In the past year, a double slit interferometer was installed to measure the horizontal beam size in the Cornell Electron-Positron Storage Ring Test Accelerator (CesrTA) at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. To better understand the systematics of this device, a replica of the CesrTA instrument was assembled at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo. From the prototype, it was found that the device will produce a calculated beam size that agrees with measurements as long as it is optimized with the proper double slits for a small range of beam sizes.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/physsp/62