An extension of Lambertson method to horizontally asymmetric Beam Position Monitors

Abstract

Lambertson method is a classical approach that can indirectly measure the electrical center offset in the beam position monitor (BPM) due to imperfections in the pickup buttons. It applies to BPMs that are symmetric in both the horizontal and vertical directions. In this paper, we present our extension of this method to BPMs that are asymmetric in the horizontal direction, and we apply it to such BPMs in ALS Upgrade project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.