Beam Instrumentation

Physics > Accelerator Physics [Submitted on 2 Jun 2026] Title:Beam Instrumentation View PDFAbstract:Beam instrumentation is known as the 'eyes and ears of a particle accelerator'. It provides the data required for the most basic operating functions such as beam steering and intensity measurement, but also for diagnosing problems and optimising performance. This paper describes some of the many techniques used in the field, with an emphasis on mechanical designs, issues and current research trends. Submission history From: Raymond Veness [view email] [via Accelerator School as proxy][v1] Tue, 2 Jun 2026 13:46:40 UTC (673 KB) Current browse context: physics.acc-ph Change to browse by: References & Citations Loading... Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data and Media Associated with this Article alphaXiv (What is alphaXiv?) CatalyzeX Code Finder for Papers (What is CatalyzeX?) DagsHub (What is DagsHub?) Gotit.pub (What is GotitPub?) Hugging Face (What is Huggingface?) ScienceCast (What is ScienceCast?) Demos Recommenders and Search Tools Influence Flower (What are Influence Flowers?) CORE Recommender (What is CORE?) arXivLabs: experimental projects with community collaborators arXivLabs is a framework that allows collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Both individuals and organizations that work with arXivLabs have embraced and accepted our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners that adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will add value for arXiv's community? Learn more about arXivLabs.