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WEPPR010 |
Comparison between Electron Cloud Build-Up Measurements and Simulations at the CERN PS |
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- G. Iadarola
Naples University Federico II, Science and Technology Pole, Napoli, Italy
- F. Caspers, S.S. Gilardoni, G. Iadarola, E. Mahner, G. Rumolo, C. Yin Vallgren
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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The build up of an Electron Cloud (EC) has been observed at the CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) during the last stages of the LHC high intensity beam preparation, especially after the bunch shortening before extraction. A dedicated EC experiment, equipped with two button pick-ups, a pressure gauge, a clearing electrode, and a small dipole magnet, is available in one of the straight sections of the machine. A measurement campaign has been carried out in order to scan the EC build-up of LHC-type beams with different bunch spacing, bunch intensity, and bunch length. Such information, combined with the results from build up simulations, is of relevance for the characterization in terms of Secondary Emission Yield (SEY) of the chamber inner surface. The interest is twofold: this will enable us to predict the EC build up distribution in the PS for higher intensity beams in the frame of the upgrade program, and it will provide validation of the EC simulation models and codes.
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MOPPC001 |
Simulation of electron-cloud heat load for the cold arcs of the large hadron collider |
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- G.H.I. Maury Cuna
CINVESTAV, Mérida, Mexico
- G. Iadarola
Naples University Federico II, Science and Technology Pole, Napoli, Italy
- G. Rumolo, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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The heat load due to the electron cloud in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) cold arcs is a concern for its performance near and beyond nominal beam current. We report the results of simulation studies, which examine the electron-cloud induced heat load for different values of low-energy electron reflectivity and secondary emission yield at injection energy, as well as at beam energies of 4 TeV and 7 TeV, for two different bunch spacing: 25 ns and 50 ns. Benchmarking the simulations against heat-load observations at different beam energies and bunch spacing allows an estimate of the secondary emission yield in the cold arcs of the LHC and of its evolution as a function of time.
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WEPPR075 |
Monitoring the Progress of LHC Electron-Cloud Scrubbing by Benchmarking Simulations and Pressure-Rise Observations |
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- C.O. Domínguez, G. Arduini, E. Métral, G. Rumolo, F. Zimmermann
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
- G. Iadarola
Naples University Federico II, Science and Technology Pole, Napoli, Italy
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Electron bombardment of a surface has been proven to reduce drastically the secondary electron yield of a material. This technique, known as scrubbing, is the ultimate solution to decrease the negative effects of an electron cloud build-up in any particle accelerator operating with intense beams. Its effectiveness has been already observed at the LHC. Since at the LHC no in-situ secondary-yield measurements are available, it has been necessary to develop a method to infer different key beam-pipe surface parameters by benchmarking simulations and pressure-rise observations. The method developed allows us to monitor the scrubbing process in order to decide on the most appropriate strategies for machine operation. In this paper we present the latest results of applying this method to the LHC in the fall of 2011 and early 2012, including data for the nominal bunch spacing of 25 ns.
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