• T. Takahashi, M. Izawa, S. Sakanaka, K. Umemori
  KEK, Ibaraki

Four klystron power supplies that can provide a typical voltage of 40kV (current 8A) are used for the PF storage ring at High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK). The original power suplies were fabricated during 1979-1987. Although the power supplies have been operated well, we anticipate some difficulty in maintaining them in future. Then, we planned to renew them by stages. As the first step, we renewed one of the power supplies in 2003. The renewed power suplly have been operated well without any trouble. As the second step, we updated another power supply in the summer of 2008. The renewed power supply is equipped with a solid-state high-voltage (HV) switch that is made of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) for klystron protection. The renewed power supply have been operated well from September, 2008. We report the performance of the new power supply.

• Y. Kobayashi, T. Aoto, S. Asaoka, K. Ebihara, K. Haga, K. Harada, T. Honda, T. Ieiri, M. Izawa, T. Kageyama, T. Kasuga, M. Kikuchi, K. Kudo, H. Maezawa, K. Marutsuka, A. Mishina, T.M. Mitsuhashi, T. Miyajima, H. Miyauchi, S. Nagahashi, T.T. Nakamura, T. Nogami, T. Obina, K. Oide, M. Ono, T. Ozaki, C.O. Pak, H. Sakai, Y. Sakamoto, S. Sakanaka, H. Sasaki, Y. Sato, M. Shimada, T. Shioya, M. Tadano, T. Tahara, T. Takahashi, R. Takai, S. Takasaki, Y. Tanimoto, M. Tejima, K. Tsuchiya, T. Uchiyama, A. Ueda, K. Umemori, S. Yamamoto, Ma. Yoshida, S.I. Yoshimoto
  KEK, Ibaraki

Two synchrotron light sources of the Photon Factory storage ring (PF-ring) and the Photon Factory advanced ring (PF-AR) have been stably operated at KEK. PF-ring covers the photon-energy range from VUV to hard X-ray using a 2.5 GeV (sometimes 3.0 GeV) electron beam. PF-AR is mostly operated in a single-bunch mode of 6.5GeV to provide pulsed hard X-rays. Recently, the operation has progressed to realize a so-called top-up injection at PF-ring. In a single-bunch mode, the continuous injection to preserve a constant beam current of 51 mA has been carried out since February 2007. In addition, the injection with continuing the experiments has been successfully operated in a multi-bunch mode since October 2008. At PF-AR, sputter ion pumps have been extensively reinforced to prolong the beam lifetime and to reduce the frequency of sudden lifetime drops by substituting for distributed ion pumps, which are considered as one of the dust sources. In this conference, we present the recent progress of the operation at PF-ring and PF-AR including machine developments.