Beam Diagnostics in Superconducting Accelerating Cavities [electronic resource] : The Extraction of Transverse Beam Position from Beam-Excited Higher Order Modes / by Pei Zhang.

Electromagnetic Eigenmode Simulations of the Third Harmonic Cavity -- Measurements of HOM Spectra -- Analysis Methods for Beam Position Extraction from HOM -- Dependencies of HOM on Transverse Beam Offsets -- HOM-Based Beam Position Diagnostics.

This work employs self-excited wakefields as a diagnostic to remotely determine the beam position within a superconducting cavity and chains thereof. Several numerical techniques are delineated in order to ascertain the most appropriate technique in terms of reliability and accuracy. The methodology is carefully explained making the presentation pedagogically appropriate to students new to the field as well as researchers familiar with this topic. Pei Zhang's achievements will serve as a basis for the development of similar monitors at various other facilities around the world.