Speaker
Enrico Bagli
(FE)
Description
Bent silicon crystals have been measured to deflect 400 GeV/c protons thanks to channeling along the <110> axis with a 61 % efficiency. This is found to be comparable with the deflection efficiency due to planar channeling and considerably larger than in the case of the <111> axis . Besides, the probabilities of inelastic nuclear interactions of protons crossing the crystal are measured in channeling conditions relatively to a crystal random orientation and found to be 10 % for the channeling along the <110> axis and 25 % for channeling within the (110) planes. High efficiency deflection and relatively small losses due to inelastic interactions make this axial orientation of a silicon crystal a useful tool for the beam steering of high energy charged particles.
Primary author
Enrico Bagli
(FE)
Co-authors
Andrea Mazzolari
(FE)
Vincenzo Guidi
(FE)
