STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

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TABLE 4.2: The three lowest threshold currents in the FEL Upgrade as predicted from MATBBU simulations. Threshold Current (mA) Frequency (MHz) Location 2.1 2106.007 zone 3 cavity 7 10.4 2115.201 zone 3 cavity 6 28.1 1937.698 zone 3 cavity 7 sponding HOM frequencies which cause them. Interestingly, with the machine optics used in the simulation, only a single HOM leads to beam breakup below the nominal 10 mA operating current of the FEL Upgrade Driver. With the predicted threshold current much less than the 10 mA operating cur- rent of the Driver, an opportunity exists to benchmark the simulation codes with experimental data. The importance of this task cannot be overemphasized. With the increasing number of proposed ERL-based accelerator applications (see Fig. 2.1), it is crucial that BBU simulation codes can be used with absolute confidence with respect to their results. Because BBU represents such a hard limit on machine performance, effectively setting an upper limit on the average current, a clear and careful understanding of the instability’s impact on the machine is required. Bench- marking the codes also serves a more fundamental purpose in that it validates the analytic model of BBU. The topic of benchmarking the codes is the subject of Chapter 5. 111

CHAPTER 5 Experimental Measurements of Multipass BBU In May of 2004 BBU was observed in the FEL Upgrade Driver and represents the first time the instability has been observed in an energy recovering linac. Prior to 2004, BBU had been observed in the microtron at Illinois and the recirculating linac at Stanford, both in 1977. Consequently, the FEL Upgrade Driver has become an ideal testbed for gaining a quantitative understanding of beam breakup, which in turn, has allowed BBU simulation codes to be benchmarked with experimental data, and is the subject of this chapter. The Driver has also proved to be valuable for testing the efficacy of a number of BBU suppression techniques which are discussed in Chapter 6 and Chapter 7. 112

CHAPTER 5<br />

Experimental Measurements of<br />

Multipass BBU<br />

In May of 2004 BBU was observed in the FEL Upgrade Driver and represents<br />

the first time the instability has been observed in an energy recovering linac. Prior<br />

to 2004, BBU had been observed in the microtron at Illinois and the recirculating<br />

linac at Stanford, both in 1977.<br />

Consequently, the FEL Upgrade Driver has become an ideal testbed for gaining<br />

a quantitative understanding of beam breakup, which in turn, has allowed BBU<br />

simulation codes to be benchmarked with experimental data, and is the subject<br />

of this chapter. The Driver has also proved to be valuable for testing the efficacy<br />

of a number of BBU suppression techniques which are discussed in Chapter 6 and<br />

Chapter 7.<br />

112

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