Author: Kourbanis, I.
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MOPPC018 Single/Few Bunch Space Charge Effects at 8 GeV in the Fermilab Main Injector 163
 
  • D.J. Scott, D. Capista, I. Kourbanis, K. Seiya, M.-J. Yang
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  For Project X, it is planned to inject a beam of 3 1011 particles per bunch into the Main Injector. Therefore, at 8 GeV, there will be increased space charge tune shifts and an increased incoherent tune spread. In preparation for these higher intensity bunches exploratory studies have commenced looking at the transmission of different intensity bunches at different tunes. An experiment is described with results for bunch intensities between 20 and 172 109 particles. To achieve the highest intensity bunches coalescing at 8 GeV is required, resulting in a longer bunch length. Comparisons show that similar transmission curves are obtained when the intensity and bunch length have increased by factors of 3.2 and 3.4 respectively, indicating the incoherent tune shifts are similar, as expected from theory. The results of these experiments will be used in conjugation with simulations to further study high intensity bunches in the Main Injector.  
 
WEPPC087 Second Harmonic Cavity Design for Project-X Main Injector 2417
 
  • L. Xiao, C.-K. Ng
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • J.E. Dey, I. Kourbanis
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  In order to accelerate the proposed beam intensity for Project-X, a new RF system for Main Injector (MI) will be required. A new 53 MHz first harmonic RF cavity that meets the MI requirements for Project-X has been designed. In order to reduce the peak longitudinal beam density a 106 MHz second harmonic RF system is also needed. The first harmonic RF cavity design is a quarter wave coaxial resonator with a single accelerating gap and a perpendicular biased ferrite tuner. The second harmonic RF cavity baseline design is similar to the fundamental one and scaled down from it. RF simulations and shape optimizations on the second harmonic cavity are carried out to obtain the optimal performance which meets Project-X requirements. The results are discussed and presented in this paper.  
 
THPPP021 6 Batch Injection and Slipped Beam Tune Measurements in Fermilab’s Main Injector 3776
 
  • D.J. Scott, D. Capista, I. Kourbanis, K. Seiya, M.-J. Yang
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  During Nova operations it is planned to run the Fermilab Recycler in a 12 batch slip stacking mode. In preparation for this, measurements of the tune during a six batch injection and then as the beam is slipped by changing the RF frequency, but without a 7th injection, have been carried out in the Main Injector. The coherent tune shifts due to the changing beam intensity were measured and compared well with the theoretically expected tune shift. The tune shifts due to changing RF frequency, required for slip stacking, also compare well with the linear theory, although some nonlinear affects are apparent at large frequency changes. These results give us confidence that the expected tunes shifts during 12 batch slip stacking Recycler operations can be accommodated.  
 
THPPP022 Coalescing at 8 GeV in the Fermilab Main Injector 3779
 
  • D.J. Scott, D. Capista, I. Kourbanis, K. Seiya, M.-J. Yang
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  For Project X, it is planned to inject a beam of 3 1011 particles per bunch into the Main Injector. To prepare for this by studying the effects of higher intensity bunches in the Main Injector it is necessary to perform coalescing at 8 GeV. The results of a series of experiments and simulations of 8 GeV coalescing are presented. To increase the coalescing efficiency adiabatic reduction of the 53 MHz RF is required, resulting in ~70% coalescing efficiency of 5 initial bunches. Data using wall current monitors has been taken to compare previous work and new simulations for 53 MHz RF reduction, bunch rotations and coalescing, good agreement between experiment and simulation was found. Possible schemes to increase the coalescing efficiency and generate even higher intensity bunches are discussed. These require improving the timing resolution of the low level RF and/or tuning the adiabatic voltage reduction of the 53 MHz.  
 
THPPP090 Project X Functional Requirements Specification 3945
 
  • S.D. Holmes, S. Henderson, R.D. Kephart, J.S. Kerby, I. Kourbanis, V.A. Lebedev, C.S. Mishra, S. Nagaitsev, N. Solyak, R.S. Tschirhart
    Fermilab, Batavia, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Fermi Research Alliance, under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy.
Project X is a multi-megawatt proton facility being developed to support a world-leading program in Intensity Frontier physics at Fermilab. The facility is designed to support programs in elementary particle and nuclear physics, with possible applications to nuclear energy research. A Functional Requirements Specification has been developed in order to establish performance criteria for the Project X complex in support of these multiple missions, and to assure that the facility is designed with sufficient upgrade capability to provide U.S. leadership for many decades to come. This paper will describe the Functional Requirements for the Project X facility, their recent evolution, and the rationale for these requirements.