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FIG. 5.17: A plot of the HOM power of the 2106 MHz mode as a function of time for three different values of macropulse current (note the logarithmic scale of the vertical axis). are identical, as they should be, since this represents the natural decay time of the 2106 MHz mode that caused the instability. An alternate way of extracting the threshold current is to plot the three values of 1/τeff against the macropulse current and fit the data with a line in the same way as the BTF measurements. Finding the intersection of the extrapolated linear fit and the current axis indicates that the threshold current is (2.2 ± 0.2) mA as shown in Fig. 5.18. 5.5 Characterizing the Beam Optics To benchmark the BBU codes, it is important that the beam optics used in the simulations accurately describe the optics of the machine that the measurements 133 were performed on. In principle, standard difference orbit measurements are used

FIG. 5.18: A plot of the three values of 1/τeff corresponding to each macropulse current from Fig. 5.17 versus the macropulse current. The threshold current is 2.2 mA and is extracted in the same manner as the BTF measurements. to experimentally characterize the optics. Correctors immediately downstream of zone 4 are used to provide a known angular kick (horizontal and vertical) while downstream BPMs record the beam position. This is repeated with several corrector pairs. In preparation for these BBU studies, a program to automate the process of collecting the difference orbits was developed. The data is loaded into a machine model and the quadrupole strengths are varied to make the positional data and the positions predicted by the model match. These then are the actual quadrupole strengths in the machine. In principle this process is straightforward. However, for an ERL without beam position monitors with the capability to resolve two co-propagating beams through the linac, the ability to determine the betatron phase advance (horizontal and verti- 134 cal) is limited. Furthermore, in the Upgrade Driver the placement of several BPMs

FIG. 5.17: A plot of the HOM power of the 2106 MHz mode as a function of time for<br />

three different values of macropulse current (note the logarithmic scale of the vertical<br />

axis).<br />

are identical, as they should be, since this represents the natural decay time of the<br />

2106 MHz mode that caused the instability.<br />

An alternate way of extracting the threshold current is to plot the three values<br />

of 1/τeff against the macropulse current and fit the data with a line in the same way<br />

as the BTF measurements. Finding the intersection of the extrapolated linear fit<br />

and the current axis indicates that the threshold current is (2.2 ± 0.2) mA as shown<br />

in Fig. 5.18.<br />

5.5 Characterizing the Beam Optics<br />

To benchmark the BBU codes, it is important that the beam optics used in the<br />

simulations accurately describe the optics of the machine that the measurements<br />

133<br />

were performed on. In principle, standard difference orbit measurements are used

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