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in the pseudo-stable regime. Based on these results, implementing a bunch-by-<br />

bunch feedback system in an ERL, specifically the FEL Upgrade Driver, is feasible.<br />

However, technical issues regarding the hardware, such as the placement of pickups<br />

and kickers, BPM resolution, kicker power and other similar issues, have as of yet,<br />

not been addressed.<br />

While currently there is a push to construct large scale ERLs for light sources<br />

and other uses, there is also a movement towards constructing more affordable,<br />

compact ERL drivers [5, 96]. Therefore, the BBU work presented here, which applies<br />

to such machines, will continue to be relevant in the coming years.<br />

8.3 Future Work<br />

An important area of research for the future will be implementing beam-based<br />

feedback systems in ERLs, in particular to combat the effects of BBU and other<br />

beam instabilities that may degrade machine performance at high average currents.<br />

Continued development in the area of HOM damping is required for the next gener-<br />

ation of ERLs. To date, 9 mA of average beam current has been successfully energy<br />

recovered through an SRF environment without any indications of multipass beam<br />

breakup developing. Demonstrating the ability to accelerate 100 mA of average<br />

beam current with no harmful effects from HOMs will be an important milestone<br />

for the development of future ERL-based particle accelerators. Ultimately, the next<br />

step is to demonstrate energy recovery with a high energy, high average current<br />

beam.<br />

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