STUDIES OF ENERGY RECOVERY LINACS AT ... - CASA

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FIG. 5.19: The model optics in response to a horizontal kick immediately following zone 4 (line) and the expected displacements at the BPMs used in the difference orbits (open circles). The latter half of the machine is characterized by only two points, at locations 4F12 and 5F05. Since the optics is transversely decoupled, the vertical response at the BPM locations is zero (blue markers). in the recirculator is such that they yield no useful data. That is, the betatron phase advance between the correctors used to kick the beam and the BPMs at 4F12 and 5F05 is nearly an integer multiple of π so that the BPMs do not register a displacement - regardless of the strength of the corrector kicks. The lack of sufficient difference orbit data is illustrated in Fig. 5.19. This plot was generated in the program TAO, developed at Cornell University, which was used to analyze the data [82]. The response to a horizontal kick immediately following zone 4, as predicted by the model optics, is plotted along with the expected displacements at the BPMs used in the difference orbits. While there is adequate BPM data in the first half of the machine, the latter half is characterized by only two points, at 4F12 and 5F05. The net result is that the data is sufficient to resolve only the optics through the first half of the machine. Although less than satisfactory, given the manner in which the machine was instrumented at the time and using the automated difference orbit software, this represents the best that can be done to experimentally characterize the optics. 135 It should be noted that a brute force method - utilizing beam viewers to measure

the beam’s response in regions where the BPMs are ineffective - can be used to reconstruct the machine optics. However, by the time the problem of the insufficient difference orbit data was revealed, the machine configuration had changed to such an extent that characterizing the optics in this manner would be meaningless with regard to the BBU studies. Fortunately for each machine configuration a record, or “all-save”, exists of the quadrupole and dipole strengths, the accelerating gradient for each cavity, the linac phasing, and the injection energy. This represents all the information required to reconstruct the optics in the BBU simulations. While not determined experimen- tally, this represents a good starting point. The results of simulations based on the all-save data to describe the beam optics are displayed in Table 5.1 and discussed in Section 5.6. 5.6 Summary A comparison between the predictions from simulations, experimental measure- ments and analytic calculation of the threshold current is displayed in Table 5.1. The simulations were performed with the three BBU codes developed at Jef- ferson Laboratory; TDBBU, MATBBU and ERLBBU as well as a code developed at Cornell University called BI [83]. For consistency all the codes were run with the HOM kicks placed before each accelerating cavity. As expected, the predictions from all four codes agree. A variety of experimental techniques were utilized to measure the threshold current and they all show excellent agreement amongst themselves. The BTF mea- surement used cw beam operating at currents below the threshold current, while the growth rate measurements employed pulsed beam operating at currents above the 136 threshold. Thus under a variety of beam conditions (cw and pulsed) and operating

the beam’s response in regions where the BPMs are ineffective - can be used to<br />

reconstruct the machine optics. However, by the time the problem of the insufficient<br />

difference orbit data was revealed, the machine configuration had changed to such<br />

an extent that characterizing the optics in this manner would be meaningless with<br />

regard to the BBU studies.<br />

Fortunately for each machine configuration a record, or “all-save”, exists of the<br />

quadrupole and dipole strengths, the accelerating gradient for each cavity, the linac<br />

phasing, and the injection energy. This represents all the information required to<br />

reconstruct the optics in the BBU simulations. While not determined experimen-<br />

tally, this represents a good starting point. The results of simulations based on the<br />

all-save data to describe the beam optics are displayed in Table 5.1 and discussed<br />

in Section 5.6.<br />

5.6 Summary<br />

A comparison between the predictions from simulations, experimental measure-<br />

ments and analytic calculation of the threshold current is displayed in Table 5.1.<br />

The simulations were performed with the three BBU codes developed at Jef-<br />

ferson Laboratory; TDBBU, M<strong>AT</strong>BBU and ERLBBU as well as a code developed<br />

at Cornell University called BI [83]. For consistency all the codes were run with<br />

the HOM kicks placed before each accelerating cavity. As expected, the predictions<br />

from all four codes agree.<br />

A variety of experimental techniques were utilized to measure the threshold<br />

current and they all show excellent agreement amongst themselves. The BTF mea-<br />

surement used cw beam operating at currents below the threshold current, while the<br />

growth rate measurements employed pulsed beam operating at currents above the<br />

136<br />

threshold. Thus under a variety of beam conditions (cw and pulsed) and operating

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