IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Hartel, U.)

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WEPME004	A Digital Beam-Phase Control System for a Heavy-Ion Synchrotron with a Double-Harmonic Cavity System	2926
	J. Grieser, D.E.M. Lens TU Darmstadt, RTR, Darmstadt, Germany U. Hartel TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany H. Klingbeil, U. Laier, K.-P. Ningel, S. Schäfer, B. Zipfel GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Funded by GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH For the new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, the heavy-ion synchrotron SIS18 will be operated with a double-harmonic cavity system. The second cavity, running at twice the fundamental RF frequency, is used to lengthen the bucket which introduces nonlinearities to the control system. To damp longitudinal rigid dipole oscillations a digital feedback system consisting of a filter and an integrator is used. For the existing single-harmonic setup an FIR-filter is implemented which realizes a multiple bandpass filter with the first passband close to the synchrotron frequency. Both, the feedback gain and the passband frequency of the filter depend on the actual value of the synchrotron frequency. It was shown by simulations and in an experiment that this setup can be transferred to a double-harmonic cavity system obtaining similar results for the region of stable feedback parameters, if the oscillation frequency of the bunch barycenter** is considered instead of the synchrotron frequency of a linearized bucket. In this contribution the results of the simulation and the experiment are presented and compared. Klingbeil et al.: Phys. Rev. Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 14, 102802, 2011 Klingbeil et al.: IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Science, Vol. 54, No. 6, 2007 **Grieser et al.: Proc. 3rd IPAC, 2012

THPEA003	Use of FPGA-based Configurable Electronics to Calibrate Cavities	3152
	S. Schäfer, A. Klaus, H. Klingbeil, B. Zipfel GSI, Darmstadt, Germany U. Hartel, H. Klingbeil TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
	At the GSI Helmholzzentrum für Schwerionen-forschung GmbH the accuracy requirements for synchrotron rf cavities have strongly increased in the last years, especially for multi-harmonic operation. For heavy-ion acceleration the amplitude and phase have to be well adjusted over a whole machine cycle. In order to compensate small deviations induced by low-level rf components (LLRF) and transmission lines in the control paths, a calibration electronic (CEL) with a characteristic map was developed. It is a real-time module which is based on modern FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology and adaptable to special cavities with various physical dependencies (e.g. attenuation, dispersion, temperature drift, aging etc.). The hardware and software architecture of this CEL module are presented here.

THPEA004	Precise Verification of Phase and Amplitude Calibration by means of a Debunching Experiment in SIS18	3155
	U. Hartel, H. Klingbeil TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany J. Grieser, D.E.M. Lens TU Darmstadt, RTR, Darmstadt, Germany H. Klingbeil, U. Laier, K.-P. Ningel, S. Schäfer, B. Zipfel GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
	Funding: Work supported by the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Several new rf cavity systems have to be realized for the FAIR synchrotrons and for the upgrade of the existing GSI synchrotron SIS18. For this purpose, a completely new low-level rf system architecture* has been developed, which is now used in SIS18 operation. Closed-loop control systems stabilize the amplitude and the phase of the rf gap voltages. Due to component imperfections the transmission and the detection of the actual values lead to systematic errors without countermeasures. These errors prohibit the operation of the rf systems over the whole amplitude and frequency range within the required accuracy. To compensate the inevitable errors, the target values provided by the central control system are modified by so-called calibration electronics*** modules. The calibration curves can be measured without the beam, but the desired beam behaviour has to be verified by experiments. For this purpose, a debunching scenario was selected as a SIS18 beam experiment that proved to be very sensitive to inaccuracies. In this contribution the results of this experiment are presented, showing for the first time at GSI by beam observation that the accuracy requirements are met based on predefined calibration curves. * “FAIR - Baseline Technical Report,” Volume 2, Accelerator and Scientific Infrastructure, (2006). Klingbeil et al.: Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 102802, 2011. * S. Schaefer et al., “Use of FPGA-based Configurable Electronics to Calibrate Cavities,” THPEA003, these proceedings.

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A Digital Beam-Phase Control System for a Heavy-Ion Synchrotron with a Double-Harmonic Cavity System

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J. Grieser, D.E.M. Lens
TU Darmstadt, RTR, Darmstadt, Germany
U. Hartel
TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
H. Klingbeil, U. Laier, K.-P. Ningel, S. Schäfer, B. Zipfel
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Funded by GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
For the new Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, the heavy-ion synchrotron SIS18 will be operated with a double-harmonic cavity system*. The second cavity, running at twice the fundamental RF frequency, is used to lengthen the bucket which introduces nonlinearities to the control system. To damp longitudinal rigid dipole oscillations a digital feedback system consisting of a filter and an integrator is used. For the existing single-harmonic setup an FIR-filter is implemented which realizes a multiple bandpass filter with the first passband close to the synchrotron frequency. Both, the feedback gain and the passband frequency of the filter depend on the actual value of the synchrotron frequency**. It was shown by simulations and in an experiment that this setup can be transferred to a double-harmonic cavity system obtaining similar results for the region of stable feedback parameters, if the oscillation frequency of the bunch barycenter*** is considered instead of the synchrotron frequency of a linearized bucket. In this contribution the results of the simulation and the experiment are presented and compared.
*Klingbeil et al.: Phys. Rev. Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 14, 102802, 2011
**Klingbeil et al.: IEEE Trans. on Nucl. Science, Vol. 54, No. 6, 2007
***Grieser et al.: Proc. 3rd IPAC, 2012

THPEA003

Use of FPGA-based Configurable Electronics to Calibrate Cavities

3152

S. Schäfer, A. Klaus, H. Klingbeil, B. Zipfel
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
U. Hartel, H. Klingbeil
TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

At the GSI Helmholzzentrum für Schwerionen-forschung GmbH the accuracy requirements for synchrotron rf cavities have strongly increased in the last years, especially for multi-harmonic operation. For heavy-ion acceleration the amplitude and phase have to be well adjusted over a whole machine cycle. In order to compensate small deviations induced by low-level rf components (LLRF) and transmission lines in the control paths, a calibration electronic (CEL) with a characteristic map was developed. It is a real-time module which is based on modern FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) technology and adaptable to special cavities with various physical dependencies (e.g. attenuation, dispersion, temperature drift, aging etc.). The hardware and software architecture of this CEL module are presented here.

THPEA004

Precise Verification of Phase and Amplitude Calibration by means of a Debunching Experiment in SIS18

3155

U. Hartel, H. Klingbeil
TEMF, TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
J. Grieser, D.E.M. Lens
TU Darmstadt, RTR, Darmstadt, Germany
H. Klingbeil, U. Laier, K.-P. Ningel, S. Schäfer, B. Zipfel
GSI, Darmstadt, Germany

Funding: Work supported by the GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
Several new rf cavity systems have to be realized for the FAIR synchrotrons and for the upgrade of the existing GSI synchrotron SIS18*. For this purpose, a completely new low-level rf system architecture** has been developed, which is now used in SIS18 operation. Closed-loop control systems stabilize the amplitude and the phase of the rf gap voltages. Due to component imperfections the transmission and the detection of the actual values lead to systematic errors without countermeasures. These errors prohibit the operation of the rf systems over the whole amplitude and frequency range within the required accuracy. To compensate the inevitable errors, the target values provided by the central control system are modified by so-called calibration electronics*** modules. The calibration curves can be measured without the beam, but the desired beam behaviour has to be verified by experiments. For this purpose, a debunching scenario was selected as a SIS18 beam experiment that proved to be very sensitive to inaccuracies. In this contribution the results of this experiment are presented, showing for the first time at GSI by beam observation that the accuracy requirements are met based on predefined calibration curves.
* “FAIR - Baseline Technical Report,” Volume 2, Accelerator and Scientific Infrastructure, (2006).
** Klingbeil et al.: Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 14, 102802, 2011.
*** S. Schaefer et al., “Use of FPGA-based Configurable Electronics to Calibrate Cavities,” THPEA003, these proceedings.