Author: Pfingstner, J.
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TUPME048 Imperfection Tolerances for On-line Dispersion Free Steering in the Main Linac of CLIC 1673
 
  • J. Pfingstner, A. Latina, D. Schulte
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Long-term ground motion misaligns the elements of the main linac of CLIC over time. Especially the misaligned quadrupoles create dispersion and hence the beam quality is decreased gradually due to an effect called chromatic dilution. Over longer time periods, orbit feedback systems are not capable to fully recover the beam quality and have to be supplemented by dispersion correction algorithms. In this paper, such and dispersion correction algorithm is presented, which is an extended version of the well-known dispersion free steering algorithm. This extended algorithm can recover the beam quality over long time scaled without stopping the accelerator operation (on-line). Tolerances for different imperfections of the system have been identified and a strong sensitivity to the resolution of the wake field monitors of the main linac accelerating structures has been identified. This problem can be mitigated by using a local excitation scheme as will be shown in this work.  
 
TUPME050 Performance Comparison of Different System Identification Algorithms for FACET and ATF2 1679
 
  • J. Pfingstner, A. Latina, D. Schulte
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Good system knowledge is an essential ingredient for the operation of modern accelerator facilities. For example, beam-based alignment algorithms and orbit feedbacks rely strongly on a precise measurement of the orbit response matrix. The quality of the measurement of this matrix can be improved over time by statistically combining the effects of small system excitations with the help of system identification algorithms. These small excitations can be applied in a parasitic mode without stopping the accelerator operation (on-line). In this work, different system identification algorithms are used in simulation studies for the response matrix measurement at ATF2. The results for ATF2 are finally compared with the results for FACET, latter originating from an earlier work.