A novel method for beam misalignment correction of an accelerated charged-particle beam

A novel method is presented for misalignment correction of an accelerated charged-particle beam in a typical charged-particle scattering experiment employing large-solid-angle detectors. The correction method is based on Rutherford scattering and is quite straightforward to apply when a large solid angle and axially symmetric detection system is used in the experimental measurements. A Monte Carlo computer program and its formalism based on Rutherford scattering cross-section have been described. The program is used to calculate beam misalignment offline after data collection is completed. The method has been successfully applied to correct for misalignment calculated to be typically of the order of a few mm in a 6He radioactive beam of 27 MeV total energy emerging from a cyclotron and produced via 7Li(p,2p)6He reaction.