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CHAPTER 6<br />

BBU Suppression: Beam Optical<br />

Control<br />

6.1 Overview<br />

With the average current limited in the FEL Upgrade Driver to approximately<br />

2 mA, attention is now turned towards implementing suppression techniques. In-<br />

sights into how the threshold current can be increased are gained by considering the<br />

parametric dependence of the threshold as expressed in Eq. (4.21). There exist four<br />

primary means by which to increase the threshold current. First, since the threshold<br />

is directly proportional to the beam energy, the injection energy must be increased,<br />

or the cryomodule with the unstable mode can be placed in the back end of the<br />

linac where the energy is higher. Secondly, the ratio (R/Q) which is a property of<br />

the cavity’s geometry must be lowered. These first two methods are not technically<br />

feasible given that the cavities are already fabricated and the cryomodule is installed<br />

on the beamline. Thirdly, the properties of the mode itself can be modified by low-<br />

ering the loaded Q and/or modifying the frequency such that the phase term leads<br />

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