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TY - CONF AU - Bartosik, H. AU - Iadarola, G. AU - Papaphilippou, Y. AU - Rumolo, G. AU - Salvant, B. AU - Zannini, C. ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Arduini, Gianluigi ED - Michel, Peter ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - TMCI Thresholds for LHC Single Bunches in the CERN-SPS and Comparison with Simulations J2 - Proc. of IPAC2014, Dresden, Germany, June 15-20, 2014 C1 - Dresden, Germany T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 5 LA - english AB - At the beginning of 2013 an extensive measurement campaign was carried out at the SPS in order to determine the Transverse Mode Coupling Instability thresholds of LHC-type bunches in a wide range of intensities and longitudinal emittances. The measurements were performed in two different configurations of machine optics (nominal and low gamma transition) with the goal to characterize the differences in behavior and performance. The purpose of this paper is to describe in detail the measurement procedure and results, as well as the comparison of the experimental data with HEADTAIL simulations based on the latest SPS impedance model. Beside the impedances of the resistive wall, the beam position monitors (BPMs), the RF cavities, and the flanges, an advanced model of the impedance of the kicker magnets is included, which are found to play a major role in the definition of the stability region of the LHC-type bunches in the two optics configurations studied. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1407 EP - 1409 KW - optics KW - impedance KW - simulation KW - emittance KW - kicker DA - 2014/07 PY - 2014 SN - 978-3-95450-132-8 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2014-TUPME026 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2014/papers/tupme026.pdf ER -