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5.4 Measuring the Threshold Current<br />

Given a description of the machine optics and HOM parameters (frequency,<br />

QL, (R/Q) and polarization) BBU simulation codes calculate a threshold current<br />

for beam stability. Hence the easiest way to benchmark the codes is to compare this<br />

threshold current with experimental measurements. Three different methods were<br />

utilized to measure the threshold current for a particular machine configuration.<br />

The first, if the threshold current was sufficiently small, was by direct observa-<br />

tion. That is, simply noting the average current from a beam current monitor at<br />

which a BBU-induced machine trip occurs. The remaining two methods make use<br />

of an important aspect of BBU, namely, how the HOM voltage behaves above and<br />

below the threshold current [65].<br />

5.4.1 Evolution of the HOM Voltage<br />

The evolution of the HOM voltage can be derived in the following manner;<br />

using Eqs. (4.23) and (4.24), rewrite the stored energy in terms of the accelerating<br />

voltage as<br />

U =<br />

ωa 2<br />

ω<br />

c<br />

V 2<br />

a<br />

Writing Eq. (4.18) in terms of Eq. (5.1) yields,<br />

and rearranging terms gives<br />

dU<br />

dt<br />

dU<br />

U<br />

= −U<br />

<br />

1 − Io<br />

2 R<br />

Q<br />

Ith<br />

which can easily be solved for the stored energy<br />

ω<br />

122<br />

(5.1)<br />

QL<br />

<br />

(5.2)<br />

<br />

= − 1 − Io<br />

<br />

ω<br />

dt (5.3)<br />

Ith QL

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