NUKLEONIKA 2007, 52(1):3-5

THE PROTON BEAM ENERGY MEASUREMENT BY A TIME-OF-FLIGHT METHOD

Maciej Kisieliński1, Jolanta Wojtkowska2

1 Department of Nuclear Radiation Detectors and Electronics, The Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland
2 Department of Physics Applications, The Andrzej Sołtan Institute for Nuclear Studies, 05-400 Otwock-Świerk, Poland

A simple TOF equipment for cyclotron protons beam energy measurement was constructed. For short distance of 165 cm between capacitive pick-up probes, the accuracy of proton beam energy is below 1% for mean beam currents above 200 nA and within the energy range 20-30 MeV.