Ravi Gupta
Development of a non-invasive monitor to measure both the horizontal and vertical profiles of a high-energy hadron beam at HL-LHC, CERN.
Ravi completed his Master’s in Physics from the University of Mumbai in November 2020. During his M.Sc., he undertook a one-year dissertation project on an array of LaBr3(Ce) scintillation detectors at TIFR, Mumbai. His team carried out the characterization of all the detectors in the array by calibrating them and then calculating the resolution and efficiency of each. Finally, they performed a covariance analysis of the relative efficiency data using the principle of least squares.
After completing his post-graduation, he was appointed as an Assistant Teacher of Physics at D.G. Ruparel College, Mumbai, for almost two academic years. Subsequently, Ravi worked for two years as a Research Scientist at the Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research (SAMEER), Mumbai. There he was part of the team responsible for the design, development and testing of electron linear accelerators. Installation, operation, and maintenance of LINAC data acquisition, monitoring, control system were also part of his role.
Ravi’s interest in accelerator and detector technologies inspired him to pursue a research project within the LIV.INNO program. Together with the QUASAR group, he will work on the development of a non-invasive monitor to simultaneously measure the horizontal and vertical profiles of a high-energy hadron beam. This monitor is needed for the observation of the electron beam (hollow electron lens experiment) co-propagating with the hadron beam at CERN for the HL-LHC project. The production of high-charge-state heavy ion beams in research centres like GSI and RIKEN is one of the potential applications of the monitor. Additionally, by taking advantage of the ultra-cold supersonic gas jet produced, the apparatus can also be used in atomic physics experiments.