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TY - CONF AU - Pertica, A. AU - Komppula, J. AU - Posthuma de Boer, D.W. AU - Williamson, R.E. ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Jansson, Andreas ED - Shea, Thomas ED - Olander, Johan TI - Optimisation of the ISIS Proton Synchrotron Experimental Damping System J2 - Proc. of IBIC2019, Malmö, Sweden, 08-12 September 2019 CY - Malmö, Sweden T2 - International Beam Instrumentation Conferenc T3 - 8 LA - english AB - The ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, located in the UK, consists of a H⁻ linear accelerator, a rapid cycling proton synchrotron and two extraction lines delivering protons onto heavy metal targets. One of the limiting factors for achieving higher intensities in the accelerator is the head-tail instability present in the synchrotron, around 2ms after injection. In order to mitigate this instability, an experimental damping system is being developed for the ISIS synchrotron. Initial tests using a split electrode BPM as a pickup and a ferrite loaded kicker as a damper showed positive results. This paper describes the different developments made to the damping system and planned improvements to optimize its performance for use in normal operations. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 167 EP - 171 KW - damping KW - kicker KW - synchrotron KW - feedback KW - betatron DA - 2019/11 PY - 2019 SN - 2673-5350 SN - 978-3-95450-204-2 DO - doi:10.18429/JACoW-IBIC2019-MOPP031 UR - http://jacow.org/ibic2019/papers/mopp031.pdf ER -