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MOPJE042 | Longitudinal Injection Schemes For the CERN PS Booster at 160 MeV Including Space Charge Effects | 378 |
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In the frame of the LHC Injectors Upgrade project, the CERN PS Booster will be equipped with a H− injection system at 160 MeV to tailor the initial transverse and longitudinal profiles. We are here reviewing the different multi-turn longitudinal injection schemes, from the beam dynamics point of view, taking into account the needs of the large variety of the PSB users, spanning in intensity from 5·109 to about 1.6·1013 protons per bunch. The baseline of the longitudinal injection has always been the longitudinal stacking with central energy modulation: this scheme has the advantage of filling uniformly the RF bucket and mitigate transverse space charge, but it requires at least 40 turns of injection. A simpler injection protocol without energy modulation is here analyzed in detail to find the optimum initial conditions in terms of bucket filling and reduction of transverse and longitudinal space charge effects, with the advantage of minimizing the number of turns for the LHC beams. Simulations with space charge of the longitudinal injection process from different Linac4 trains are presented to fix possible longitudinal injection scenarios during the future commissioning and operation with Linac4. | ||
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MOPJE063 | Orbit Correction in the CERN PS Booster | 449 |
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Funding: This project has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration under grant agreement no (PITN-GA-2011-289485-OPAC). Prior to the Long Shutdown of 2013-2014 (LS1), control of the closed orbit in the four rings of the CERN PS Booster (PSB) was achieved by adjusting the alignment of several focusing quadrupoles. After a set of orbit corrector dipoles was installed, a major realignment campaign was undertaken to remove these intentional quadrupole offsets and any other magnet misalignments. This paper summarizes the effects of the magnet realignment on the closed orbit in the PSB and the results of closed orbit correction with corrector dipoles. |
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TUAB3 | Chromaticity Effects for Space Charge Dominated Beams in the CERN PS Booster | 1335 |
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In view of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project, an extensive campaign is on-going in the CERN PS Booster (PSB) to study collective effects for the future operation with the 160 MeV injection from Linac4. In operation, the machine is running with uncorrected natural chromaticity. This paper focuses on the study of the effects of chromaticity on losses and beam blow-up. | ||
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THPF083 | Painting Schemes for CERN PS Booster H− Injection | 3879 |
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The present 50-MeV proton injection into the PS Booster will be replaced by a H− charge exchange injection at 160 MeV to be provided by Linac 4. The higher energy will allow producing beams at higher brightness. A set of kicker magnets (KSW) will move the beam across the stripping foil to perform phase space painting in the horizontal plane to reduce space charge effects. The PSB must satisfy the different users with very different beams in terms of emittance and intensity. Therefore, the KSW waveforms must be adapted for each case to meet the beam characteristics while minimizing beam losses. Here we present the results of the simulations performed to optimise the injection system. A detailed analysis of the different painting schemes is discussed, including the effect of the working point on the painted beam, and variations in the offset of the injected beam. | ||
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THPF087 | New Shaving Scheme for Low-Intensity Beams in the CERN PS Booster and Feasibility at 160 MeV | 3893 |
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The PS Booster is the first synchrotron in the CERN proton accelerator chain, serving all downstream machines. As part of the LHC Injector Upgrade Project, the PSB injection energy will increase from 50 MeV to 160 MeV and a new H− charge-exchange injection scheme will be implemented. Beam losses are a concern due to the increased injection energy, and mitigation scenarios are under investigation. On the other hand it is desirable for low-intensity beams to have the possibility to precisely tailor sub-micron beam emittances through controlled scraping (transverse shaving process) towards a suitable aperture restriction. Challenges are the higher activation potential of the beam and the smaller transverse beam sizes around 160 MeV as compared to 63 MeV, at which the shaving is presently done. This paper describes the proposal of a new shaving scheme, more robust with respect to the steering errors and the choice of the working point, which localizes the scraping losses on the main PS Booster aperture restriction. The robustness of the new method, together with the results of simulations and measurements are discussed for the current (50 MeV) and future (160 MeV) situation. | ||
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THPF088 | CERN PS Booster Upgrade and LHC Beams Emittance | 3897 |
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By increasing the CERN PS Booster injection energy from 50 MeV to 160 MeV, the LHC Injector Upgrade Project aims at producing twice as brighter beams for the LHC. Previous measurements showed a linear dependence of the transverse emittance with the beam intensity and space-charge simulations confirmed the linear scaling. This paper is discussing in detail the dependence on the longitudinal emittance and on the choice of the working point, with a special attention to the H− injection process and to the beam dynamics in the first 5 ms, during the fall of the injection chicane bump. | ||
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THPF090 | Status and Plans for the Upgrade of the CERN PS Booster | 3905 |
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CERN’s Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) is undergoing a major upgrade program in the frame of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project. During the first long LHC shutdown (LS1) some parts of the upgrade have already been implemented, and the machine has been successfully re-commissioned. More work is planned for the upcoming end-of-year technical stops, notably in 2016/17, while most of the upgrade is planned to take place during the second long LHC shutdown (LS2). We report on the upgrade items already completed and commissioned, the first Run 2 beam performance and give a status of the ongoing design and integration work. | ||
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