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MOP304 | Development of an X-Ray Beam Size Monitor with Single Pass Measurement Capability for CesrTA | 687 |
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The CESR Test Accelerator (CesrTA) program targets the study of beam physics issues relevant to linear collider damping rings. This endeavor requires new instrumentation to study the beam dynamics along trains of ultra low emittance bunches. A key element of the program has been the development of an x-ray beam size monitor capable of collecting single pass measurements of individual bunches in a train over thousands of turns. This instrument utilizes custom, high bandwidth amplifiers and digitization hardware to collect signals from a linear InGaAs diode array. The digitizer is synchronized with the CESR timing system and is capable of recording beam size measurements for bunches spaced by as little as 4ns. The x-ray source is a bending magnet with Ec=0.6 keV during 2 GeV CesrTA operations. For these conditions the amplifier dynamic range was optimized to allow measurements with 3x109 to 1011 particles per bunch. Initial testing is complete. Data analysis and examples of key measurements which illustrate the instrument's performance are presented. This device offers unique measurement capabilities applicable to future high energy physics accelerators and light sources. | ||
TUOBS2 | Cornell ERL Research and Development | 729 |
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Funding: Supported by NSF award DMR-0807731. Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) are proposed as drivers for hard X-ray sources because of their ability to produce electron bunches with small, flexible cross sections and short lengths at high repetition rates. The advantages of ERL lightsources will be explained, and the status of plans for such facilities will be described. In particular, Cornell University plans to build an ERL light source, and the preparatory research for its construction will be discussed. This will include the prototype injector for high current CW ultra-low emittance beams, superconducting CW technology, the transport of low emittance beams, halo formation from intrabeam scattering, the mitigation of ion effects, the suppression of instabilities, and front to end simulations. Several of these topics could become important for other modern light source projects, such as SASE FELs, HGHG FELs, and XFELOs. |
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