** Basic BEA papers about FCTs, and special info for FCTs in FAIR HEBT lines:** [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=instruments:n-fct:fct_electronicschain.pdf|Calculated Charge Resolutions for Fast Current and Resonant Transformers]] [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=instruments:n-fct:transformer_resolution.pdf|Signal Estimates and Electronics Scheme for Fast Current Transformers in High-Energy Transfer Lines]] [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=instruments:n-fct:fct_pulseattenuation.pdf|Signal Distortion in Coaxial Transmission Lines: Application to Logic Pulses, Photomultiplier Pulses, and Fast Current Transformer Signals]] [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=instruments:n-fct:fct-response--htp.pdf|Investigation of a little bit of Fast Current Transformer response at HTP]] ---- ** Already in 1995, four GSI-made FCTs T-DS114 had been installed in the GSI HEST lines:** **GTE1DT1FP\\ GTE5DT1FP\\ GHHTDT7FP\\ GHTPDT1FP** After 2005, commercially available FCTs from [[https://www.bergoz.com/fct?bs=5|Bergoz Instrumentation]] have been added to SIS 18 and ESR: **GS01DT1FP**, which had been relocated from it's initial position in GS07, eventually**\\ GE02DT1FP** ---- **Main characteristics of the installed FCTs:** **GSI FCT in HEST lines** * GSI model no.: T-DS114 * ID of toroid = 160mm * sensitivity/transimpedance: 0.23 A/V (or 4.2 V/A) * @termination: 50 Ω * low freq. cutoff -3dB: ~2 kHz * high freq. cutoff -3dB: ~300 MHz [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ed:t-ds114.pdf|GSI FCT datasheet]] **Bergoz FCT in SIS18** * Bergoz model no.: FCT-260-50:1-LD-H * ID of toroid = 260 mm * sensitivity/transimpedance: 0.5 V/A * @termination: 50 Ω * low freq. cutoff -3dB: ~200 Hz * high freq. cutoff -3dB: ~690 MHz * separate output for Ring RF through power divider, which reduces sensitivity by factor 2 ! [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ed:sis-fct-260-50_report.pdf|documents sensor #1768]] [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=instruments:n-fct:wepf18.pdf|A FESA DAQ FOR FAST CURRENT TRANSFORMER IN SIS 18]] {{:instruments:n-fct:fct-toroid.png?nolink&400|}} **Fig:** Typical Bergoz FCT toroid **Bergoz FCT in ESR** * Bergoz model no.: FCT-260-1.25-LD * ID of toroid = 260 mm * sensitivity: 1.25 V/A * @termination: 50 Ω * low freq. cutoff -3dB: ~650 Hz * high freq. cutoff -3dB: ~570 MHz * separate output for Ring RF through power divider, which reduces sensitivity by factor 2 ! [[https://www-bd.gsi.de/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=ed:esr_fct-documents.pdf|documents sensor #3106]]