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MOPKF013 The Influence of the Main Coupler Field on the Transverse Emittance of a Superconducting RF Gun gun, emittance, electron, linac 327
 
  • D. Janssen
    FZR, Dresden
  • M. Dohlus
    DESY, Hamburg
  For the Rossendorf superconducting RF gun project the influence of the additional RF field, created in the cavity by the RF power flow at the main coupler, is discussed. One end of the gun cavity is occupied by the cathode insert, so all flanges are concentrated on the other end. In the "flange plane" of the cavity two HOM coupler, the pic up and the main coupler are located. If we normalize the RF field in the cavity by the condition Eacc = 25MV/m and assume a beam power of 10kW (CW mode), we obtain an quality factor Qext = 2.2*10**7. A three dimensional field calculation using the MAFIA code, gives the field perturbation near the main coupler. Tracking calculation with ASTRA show,that this perturbation increases the transversel emittance between 1 and 4%, nearly independent from the bunch charge. This result shows, that for average beam powers in the vicinity of 10kW effects, connected with the assymetric input of RF power can be neglected.  
 
MOPKF015 A Superconducting Photo-Injector with 3+1/2- Cell Cavity for the ELBE Linac gun, cathode, laser, electron 333
 
  • J. Teichert, H. Buettig, P. Evtushenko, D. Janssen, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, Ch. Schneider
    FZR, Dresden
  • W.-D. Lehmann
    IfE, Dresden
  • J. Stephan
    IKST, Drsden
  • V. Volkov
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk
  • I. Will
    MBI, Berlin
  After successful tests of an SRF gun with a superconducting half-cell cavity [*], a new SRF photo-injector for CW operation at the ELBE linac has been designed. In this report the design layout of the SRF photo-injector, the parameters of the superconducting cavity and the expected electron beam parameters are presented. The SRF gun has a 31/2-cell niobium cavity working at 1.3 MHz and will be operated at 2 K. The three full cells have TESLA-like shapes. In the half-cell the photocathode is situated which will be cooled by liquid nitrogen.

* D. Janssen et. al., First operation of a superconducting RF-gun, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A507(2003)314

 
 
MOPLT033 Experimental Studies of Controlled Longitudinal Emittance Blow-up in the SPS as LHC Injector and LHC Test-Bed emittance, synchrotron, scattering, beam-losses 617
 
  • J. Tuckmantel, T. Bohl, T.P.R. Linnecar, E.N. Shaposhnikova
    CERN, Geneva
  The longitudinal emittance of the LHC beam must be increased in a controlled way both in the SPS and the LHC itself. In the first case a small increase is sufficient to help prevent coupled bunch instabilities but in the second a factor three is required to also reduce intra-beam scattering effects. This has been achieved in the SPS by exciting the beam at the synchrotron frequency through the phase loop of the main RF system using bandwidth-limited noise, a method that is particularly suitable for the LHC which will have only one RF system. We describe the tests that have been done in the SPS both for low and high intensity beams, the hardware used and the influence of parameters such as time of excitation, bandwidth, frequency and amplitude on the resulting blow-up. After taking into account intensity effects it was possible to achieve a controlled emittance increase by a factor of about 2.5 without particle loss or the creation of visible tails in the distribution.  
 
MOPLT040 Test Results of Superconducting Cavities Produced and Prepared Completely in Industry vacuum, superconductivity, cathode, linac 635
 
  • M. Pekeler, S. Bauer, B. Griep, H.P. Vogel, P. vom Stein
    ACCEL, Bergisch Gladbach
  Superconducting cavities for a variety of recent projects are produced and prepared for operation in industry. We report on test results of those cavities produced and prepared at ACCEL. The preparation of the cavities includes chemical treatment (BCP), rinsing with high pressure water and assembly in a clean room. The following cavity types were treated: 400 MHz single cell cavities for LHC, 500 MHz single cell cavities of the Cornell CESR design for our superconducting accelerating modules, 1300 MHz TESLA type cavities, 176 MHz and 160 MHz halfwave resonators and a 352 MHz CH-mode cavity for ion accelaration.  
 
MOPLT060 New RF Measuring System for Cavity Characterization coupling, controls, superconductivity, monitoring 692
 
  • S. Stark, G. Bisoffi, l. Boscagli, V. Palmieri, A.M. Porcellato
    INFN/LNL, Legnaro, Padova
  New computer based mobile measuring system for laboratory and online characterization of superconducting cavities has been put into operation at LNL. The system covers the frequency range from 80 to 350 MHz and represents a reliable, fast and precise instrument for cavity testing. The list of automatic and semiautomatic procedures includes line calibrations, frequency sweep, decay time measurement, Q(Eacc) curve acquisition and pulse conditioning.  
 
MOPLT110 Stochastic Cooling in Barrier Buckets at the Fermilab Recycler antiproton, betatron, electron, emittance 794
 
  • D.R. Broemmelsiek, M. Hu, S. Nagaitsev
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  The Fermilab Recycler is a fixed 8-GeV kinetic energy storage ring located in the Fermilab Main Injector tunnel near the ceiling. The role of stochastic cooling in the Recycler is to pre-cool the transverse phase-space of injected antiprotons for efficient electron cooling. This requires a gated stochastic cooling system working on beam confined in a barrier bucket. The performance of this system is reviewed. In addition, a study of the cooling rates and asymmptotic emittances as a function of beam intensity is presented.  
 
MOPLT177 Stochastic Cooling Power Requirements kicker, emittance, betatron, luminosity 941
 
  • J. Wei, M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  A practical obstacle for stochastic cooling in high-energy colliders is the large amount of power needed for the cooling system. This paper discusses the cooling power needed for the longitudinal cooling process. Based on the coasting-beam Fokker-Planck equation, we analytically derived the optimum cooling rate and cooling power for a beam of uniform distribution and a cooling system of linear gain function. The results indicate that the usual back-of-envelope formula over-estimated the cooling power by a factor of the mixing factor $M$. On the other hand, the scaling laws derived from the coasting-beam Fokker-Planck approach agree with those derived from the bunched-beam Fokker-Planck approach if the peak beam intensity is used as the effective coasting-beam intensity. A longitudinal stochastic cooling system of 4 – 8 GHz bandwidth in RHIC can effectively counteract intrabeam scattering, preventing the beam from escaping the RF bucket becoming debunched around the ring.  
 
TUPKF019 Recent Developments on Superconducting b035 and b015 Spoke Cavities at IPN for Low and Medium Energy Sections of Proton Linear Accelerators. linac, proton, tandem-accelerator, vacuum 1003
 
  • G. Olry, J.-L. Biarrotte, S. Blivet, S. Bousson, F. Chatelet, D. Gardès, N. Hammoudi, T. Junquera, J. Lesrel, C. Miélot, A.C. Müller, D. Ruffier, H. Saugnac, P. Szott, J.P. Thermeau
    IPN, Orsay
  Spoke cavities studies leaded by IPN-Orsay, for both XADS and EURISOL projects, are fully integrated within the 5th and 6th European Framework Programs. During 2003, several tests have been performed on the first b035 spoke cavity prototype. They have demonstrated the great potential of this type of cavity in term of RF performances (Eacc max=12.5 MV/m at T=4.2 K) and mechanical behavior (very low sensitivity to errors fabrication, good stiffness…). Following the upgrade of our cryogenic facility, we have tested, this spring, the cavity at 2 K. These new results will be presented in this paper. In parallel, the fabrication of a new spoke cavity (2-gap, 352 MHz, b015) has begun in January. While keeping the same geometry than that of the b035 cavity, we carried out significant changes on the coupler port and stiffening system designs. We report here in particular, RF calculations concerning the new location of the coupler port (in order to minimize losses due to magnetic field) and also, mechanical calculations about the new stiffening ring. Finally, we will present the preliminary thought on modular cryomodule which are based on the ?short? cryomodule concept used with the Quarter Wave Resonators for the SPIRAL-2 project.  
 
TUPKF026 RF Tests of the Beta=0.5 Five Cell TRASCO Cavities electron, vacuum, linac, superconductivity 1024
 
  • A. Bosotti, C. Pagani, P. Pierini
    INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
  • J.P. Charrier, B. Visentin
    CEA/DSM/DAPNIA, Gif-sur-Yvette
  • G. Ciovati, P. Kneisel
    Jefferson Lab, Newport News, Virginia
  Two complete 5 cell superconducting cavities at b=0.5 have been designed and fabricated. The cavities have been designed to minimize peak electric and magnetic fields, with a goal of 8.5 MV/m of accelerating gradient, at a Q > 5E9. The cavities are currently in the testing stage and the results of the vertical tests will be presented at this conference.  
 
TUPLT044 Delta-T Procedure for Superconducting Linear Accelerator linac, simulation, injection, acceleration 1249
 
  • A. Bogdanov, R. Maier, Y. Senichev
    FZJ/IKP, Jülich
  Development of the tune-up procedure for a linear accelerator is the next important stage after the design is complete. Conventional delta-T procedure developed for tuning of a normal-conducting linear accelerator by Crandall allows setting up of accelerating field amplitude and phase in cavity with known phase velocity. However, application of the delta-T procedure to a superconducting linac meets some difficulties. In particular, the synchronous phase velocity in superconducting linac is determined by RF phase shift between cavities, but not by geometrical size of accelerating cells as in normal conducting linac. Additionally, in superconducting linac the smaller phase advance leads to an insensibility of particles at the cavity exit to the variation of the electric field inside the cavity. In the paper we consider the modified delta-T procedure adjusted for superconducting linac. Numerical simulations prove that by proposed technique both tasks of preservation of necessary stable region motion and providing the beam with required final energy can be successfully solved.  
 
TUPLT091 Fabrication Status of the PEFP 20 MeV DTL vacuum, quadrupole, proton, site 1369
 
  • M.-Y. Park, Y.-S. Cho, J.-H. Jang, Y.H. Kim, H.-J. Kwon
    KAERI, Daejon
  The PEFP (Proton Engineering Frontier Project) 20 MeV DTL have been constructed in KAERI site. The fabrication of the first tank is finished and the DT installation is in the process. We choose the pool-type electromagnets as the focusing magnet and 50 DTs will be installed on first tank. We tested the winding schemes of copper coils on the iron core and measured the magnetic field saturation.In this paper, the results of the tank fabrication and quadrupole magnet test are presented.  
 
TUPLT129 NESTOR Reference Orbit Correction electron, laser, radiation, storage-ring 1431
 
  • V.A. Ivashchenko, P. Gladkikh, I.M. Karnaukhov, A. Mytsykov, V.I. Trotsenko, A.Y. Zelinsky
    NSC/KIPT, Kharkov
  It is known that intensity of scattered radiation in X-rays generators based on Compton scattering strongly depends on relative position of electron and laser beams. For this reason it is very important to have effective system of reference orbit correction and beam position control as well along whole ring as at the interaction point. In the paper the results of design and development of reference orbit correction system for compact storage ring NESTOR are presented. The total reference orbit correction will be carried out in vertical plane only. Correctors will be disposed on quadrupole lenses and will be provide reference orbit correction angle up to 0.10. The local correction at the interaction point will be provided with four correctors located at the interaction straight section. In the article results of calculations, layout of whole system, quadrupole lenses and pick-up station parameters and schemes are presented.  
 
WEPKF053 Status and Development for the JAERI ERL-FEL for High-Power and Long-Pulse Operation coupling, linac, feedback, undulator 1723
 
  • M. Sawamura, R. Hajima, N. Kikuzawa, E.J. Minehara, R. Nagai, N. Nishimori
    JAERI/FEL, Ibaraki-ken
  After the success of energy recovery linac (ERL) for the superconducting free-electron laser (FEL) in the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI), the JAERI ERL-FEL has been upgrading for high-power and long-pulse operation. The new grid pulser for the thermoionic cathode gun is under development and test to increase the beam current by increasing the repetition rate of 10MHz to 20MHz. The new RF sources of CW mode for higher power for non-energy-recovery parts have been installed and tested for long-pulse operation. The properties of the superconducting linac required for the long-pulse operation were also measured such as pressure in the cryomodule, vibration of frequency and piezo tuner response. The RF control systems have been also upgraded to reduce the fluctuation to less than 0.1% for amplitude and 0.1 deg for phase.  
 
WEPKF061 Study of Electrical Steel Magnetic Properties for Fast Cycling Magnets of SIS100 and SIS300 Rings dipole, superconducting-magnet, induction, power-supply 1741
 
  • I. Bogdanov, S. Kozub, A. Shcherbakov, L. Tkachenko
    IHEP Protvino, Protvino, Moscow Region
  • E. Fischer, F. Klos, G. Moritz, C. Muehle
    GSI, Darmstadt
  The operation conditions of yoke steels in superconducting magnets of the SIS100 and SIS300 are at 4.2 K and unipolar cycles with high magnetic induction. The results of measurements of different classes of electrical steels, both isotropic and anisotropic, in the operating conditions of superconducting dipoles are presented. The measurements are carried out on ring samples in quasistatic mode. Dependence of B(H) as well as values of Hc and hysteresis losses in bipolar and unipolar cycles are determined from hysteresis loops at different temperatures. The anisotropy of steels is measured at room temperature on the strip samples, cut along the rolling direction and across one. The comparison of results on ring and strip samples is carried out. The results of calculations of hysteresis and eddy current losses in iron yoke of fast-cycling dipole for the SIS300 are presented. The recommendations on choice of grade steels for fast cycle superconducting magnets are given.  
 
WEPLT036 Energy Loss of a Single Bunch in the CERN SPS impedance, single-bunch, kicker, beam-loading 1909
 
  • E.N. Shaposhnikova, T. Bohl, T.P.R. Linnecar, J. Tuckmantel
    CERN, Geneva
  • A. Hofmann
    Honorary CERN Staff Member, Grand-Saconnex
  The dependence of energy loss on bunch length was determined experimentally for a single proton bunch in the SPS at 26 GeV/c. This was done from measurements of the synchronous phase as a function of intensity for different capture voltages. The results are compared with the expected dependence calculated from the resistive part of the SPS impedance below 1 GHz. Two impedance sources, the cavities of the 200 MHz RF system and the extraction kickers, give the main contributions to particle energy loss in very good agreement with experiment. The results obtained allow a better understanding of some mechanisms leading to capture loss of the high intensity LHC beam in the SPS.  
 
WEPLT041 RF Amplitude Modulation to Suppress Longitudinal Coupled Bunch Instabilities in the SPS damping, synchrotron, proton, impedance 1924
 
  • E. Vogel, T. Bohl, U. Wehrle
    CERN, Geneva
  In the SPS, even after a considerable impedance reduction including the removal of all RF cavities used for lepton acceleration in the past, longitudinal coupled bunch instabilities develop with an LHC beam of about one fifth of the nominal bunch intensity. The nominal LHC beam is stabilised using both, the 800 MHz Landau damping cavities, in bunch shortening mode, and pre-emptive emittance blow-up. An alternative method to increase the synchrotron frequency spread and thus stabilise the beam is amplitude modulation of the accelerating RF voltage. This method might be especially suitable in accelerators without a higher harmonic RF system, as will be the case in LHC. The main results of recent studies using this method in the SPS and considerations about its use in LHC are presented.  
 
WEPLT143 Simulation Calculations of Stochastic Cooling for Existing and Planned GSI Facilities ion, antiproton, simulation, kicker 2170
 
  • I. Nesmiyan
    National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Radiophysical Faculty, Kiev
  • F. Nolden
    GSI, Darmstadt
  The process of longitudinal stochastic cooling is simulated using a Fokker-Planck model. The model includes the sensitivities of pick-up and kicker electrodes as calculated from field theoretical models. The effect of feedback through the beam is taken into account. Intra beam scattering is treated as an additional diffusive effect. The calculations cover the existing system of the ESR storage ring at GSI as well as the cooling system for secondary heavy ion and antiproton beams at the proposed new accelerator facility. The paper discusses the resulting cooling times. Requirements on the system layout as amplification factors and electrical power can be derived from the simulations.  
 
THPLT003 Vibrating Wire Scanner Parameters Optimization proton, ion, electron, vacuum 2460
 
  • S.G. Arutunian, K.G. Bakshetyan, N.M. Dobrovolski, M.R. Mailian, V.A. Oganessian, H.E. Soghoyan, I.E. Vasiniuk
    YerPhI, Yerevan
  • K. Wittenburg
    DESY, Hamburg
  The idea to use the metallic vibrating wire as a scanner of particles beams was experimentally confirmed [1, 2] and showed unprecedented sensibility and a huge dynamic rage of the output signal. In this work the response time of the system is estimated on the base of the dynamic model of heat transfer through the wire. A comparison of different materials of the wire is presented and the most suitable materials for different tasks are suggested. The dielectric materials are considered as possible materials of the wire, use of which allows to eliminate the electromagnetic induction from high current beams during the scanning of beam halo. The results of scanning of the iron ion beam of the mass spectrometer are presented. 1. Arutunian S.G., Avetisyan A.E., Dobrovolski N.M., Mailian M.R., Vasiniuk I.E, Wittenburg K., Reetz R., Problems of Installation of Vibrating Wire Scanners into Accelerator Vacuum Chamber. - Proc. 8-th Europ. Part. Accel. Conf. (3-7 June 2002, Paris, France), pp. 1837-1839. 2. Arutunian S.G., Dobrovolski N.M., Mailian M.R., Vasiniuk I.E., Vibrating wire scanner: first experimental results on the injector beam of Yerevan synchrotron.- Phys. Rev. Special Topics. - Accelerators and Beams, 2003, v. 6, 042801.  
 
THPLT010 Limiting High Frequency Longitudinal Impedance of an Inductive Pick-up by a Thin Metallic Layer impedance, simulation, insertion, vacuum 2481
 
  • M. Gasior
    CERN, Geneva
  An Inductive Pick-Up (IPU) was developed to measure the position and current of an electron beam of the CTF3 Drive Beam Linac. The pick-up construction is similar to a wall current monitor, but the pick-up inner wall is divided into 8 electrodes, each of which forms the primary winding of a toroidal transformer. The beam image current component flowing along each electrode is transformed to a secondary winding, connected to an output. The continuity of the vacuum chamber is taken care of by a ceramic insertion surrounded by the electrodes. The insertion is titanium coated on the inside and the end-to-end resistance of the layer is chosen in such a way that within the IPU bandwidth the image current flows over the electrodes. For higher frequencies the current is conducted by the coating to limit the longitudinal impedance of the device in the GHz range. This paper describes a simple electric network model, which was used to simulate the influence of the coating and to optimize its resistance. The model is built from sections of ideal transmission lines and resistors and is suitable for SPICE simulations. Results of measurements and simulations are compared.  
 
THPLT032 Computer Controlled Beam Diagnostics for the HICAT Facility diagnostics, linac, ion, synchrotron 2547
 
  • M. Schwickert, A. Peters
    GSI, Darmstadt
  A set of 93 diagnostic devices for beam diagnostics in the heavy ion cancer therapy facility (HICAT) at the university hospital in Heidelberg is currently under development at GSI. For the HICAT facility that is presently under construction, all beam diagnostic devices are fully computer controlled and allow an automated detection of all relevant beam parameters. The HICAT rasterscan method with active variation of intensity, energy and beam size requires the exact knowledge of the time resolved and spatial structure of the ion beam. An overview of the integrated devices is presented and the intensity measurement of both, the DC and AC beam in the different parts of the accelerator facility are reviewed. Additionally, the timing and control of the diagnostic devices are described.  
 
THPLT056 Horizontal Instability and Feedback Performance in DAFNE e+ Ring feedback, damping, positron, injection 2613
 
  • A. Drago
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
  In DAFNE, after the 2003 shutdown for the installation of FINUDA, a strong horizontal multibunch instability was found to limit the positron beam current at the level of ~450 mA. We have performed transverse grow-damp measurements in order to estimate the instability growth rates as well as the feedback damping rates for each bunch at different beam currents and to evaluate the tune shift along the bunch train. In particular, a strong dependence of oscillation amplitudes on the relative position of the bunch in the train has been observed. In this paper we describe the setup for multibunch oscillation amplitude recording, discuss the transverse feedback performance and summarize some observations on the transverse instability. The feedback rises the threshold by about a factor of two, depending on the machine configuration.  
 
THPLT107 VEPP-4M Optical Beam Profile Monitor with a One-turn Temporal Resolution collider, diagnostics, synchrotron, betatron 2733
 
  • O.I. Meshkov, V.F. Gurko, A.D. Khilchenko, V. Kiselev, N.Y. Muchnoi, N.A. Selivanov, V.V. Smaluk, A.N. Zhuravlev, P.V. Zubarev
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk
  The transverse beam profile monitor based on Hamamatsu multi-anode photomultiplier with 16 anode strips is used at the VEPP-4M collider. The monitor is applied to study turn-to-turn dynamics of the transverse beam profile during 131 000 turns. The device provides a permanent measurement of synchrotron and betatron frequencies as well.  
 
THPLT112 Methods and Instrumentation for Measurement of Low Ion Beam Currents at Cryring ion, background, injection, monitoring 2748
 
  • A. Paal, A. Källberg, A. Simonsson
    MSL, Stockholm
  • J. Dietrich, I. Mohos
    FZJ/IKP, Jülich
  In many CRYRING experiments an accurate measurement of the circulating ion beam current is essential for determination of e.g. absolute cross sections. However, the current produced from the ion source can be very low. Furthermore, when surface barrier detectors are used, for example in the merged electron-ion beam experiments, the current has to be kept low to avoid saturation. With new electronics, using an Integrating Current Transformer with 5 V/A sensitivity, the current resolution of the Bergoz Beam Charge Monitor (BCM) has been increased to below 1 nA for bunched beams. The sum signal of the capacitive pick-up located at the farthest point from the RF-system is integrated by a second gated integrator. The RMS resolution is about 100 pA. To measure the intensity of coasting beams neutral particle detectors and a residual-gas beam profile monitor are used, calibrated with the BCM output during 20-100 ms after acceleration. The micro-channel plate detectors can handle a few Mcps count rate with a maximum 1 cps dark count rate. Presently a 50 Mcps secondary electron multiplier is being tested as a neutral particle monitor, having a maximum dark count rate of 0.05 cps  
 
THPLT113 Conceptual Design of a Microwave Confocal Resonator Pick-up coupling, impedance, damping, extraction 2750
 
  • V.G. Ziemann, A. Ferrari, T. Lofnes
    TSL, Uppsala
  • F. Caspers, I. Syratchev
    CERN, Geneva
  A confocal resonator may be used as a pick-up for frequencies in the multi-GHz region. In this report we discuss the design by analytical and numerical methods of such a device. Furthermore we discuss engineering issues such as the damping of unwanted modes, shielding of image fields and manufacturing tolerances. Such a device can be used both as pick-up and kicker where the actual structure is several wavelengths away from the beam in the transverse direction. It is intended for highly relativistic beams and does not require changing particle trajectory as opposed to a diagnostic wiggler.  
 
THPLT135 Experience with the 1.7 GHz Schottky Pick-ups in the Tevatron proton, antiproton, emittance, betatron 2777
 
  • A. Jansson, P. Lebrun, R. Pasquinelli
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  During a 2003 shutdown, new high-frequency Schottky pick-ups were installed in the Tevatron. These devices operate at 1.7 GHz (harmonic ~36000 of the revolution frequency) and can in principle be used to measure tunes, chromaticities, momentum spread and transverse emittances of individual bunches. Only the transverse signal is used, as the longitudinal is dominated by coherent signal. The default mode of operation during a store is to sequentially acquire and analyze frequency data from different sets of bunches in the machine. This function is performed by an open access client written in Java/C++, running in the background. The resulting fit parameters are datalogged and can also be plotted in "real time" during the store. With an alternative setup, data from select bunches can be acquired continuously during the entire ramp (and squeeze), for analysis off-line. This paper describes the evolution, current status and performance of the acquisition and analysis software, and presents measurements with comparison to predictions and other measurement techniques. One example of such a measurement is the variation of beam-beam tune shift as a function of intensity and bunch position within a train.  
 
THPLT141 Operational Experience Integrating Slow and Fast Orbit Feedbacks at the ALS feedback, insertion, insertion-device, storage-ring 2786
 
  • C. Steier, E.E. Domning, T. Scarvie, E. Williams
    LBNL, Berkeley, California
  A fast global orbit feedback system has been implemented at the ALS and is being used during user operation since this year. The system has two main purposes. The first is to meet the demands of some users for even improved (submicron) short term orbit stability. The second is to enable the use of more sophisticated insertion device compensation schemes (e.g. tune, beta-beating, coupling) for fast moving insertion devices like elliptically polarizing undulators, without deteriorating the orbit stability. The experience of routine user operation with the fast orbit feedback will be presented, as well as the overall feedback performance and how the integration issues with the already existing slow orbit feedback were solved.  
 
THPLT171 Stochastic Cooling Studies in RHIC, II kicker, scattering, feedback, proton 2861
 
  • M. Blaskiewicz, J.M. Brennan, J. Wei
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  Intra-beam scattering is unavoidable for highly charged heavy ions and causes emittance growth during the store for collision physics. A longitudinal bunched beam stochastic cooling system will confine the bunch within the RF bucket increasing the useful luminosity. A single bunch, Palmer cooling system is under investigation. We present data and compare them with theory.  
 
THPLT173 RHIC BPM Performance: Comparison of Run 2003 and 2004 background, proton, instrumentation, quadrupole 2867
 
  • R. Calaga, R. Tomas
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  Identification of malfunctioning BPMs plays an important role in any orbit or turn-by-turn analysis. Singular value decomposition (SVD)and Fourier transform methods were recently employed to identify malfunctioning BPMs at RHIC. A detailed statistical comparison between the two methods for Run 2003 was in good agreement and proved to be a robust method to identify faulty BPMs. We evaluate detailed BPM performance for different versions of BPM low-level software in 2003 and 2004.  
 
THPLT184 An Online Longitudinal Vertex and Bunch Spectrum Monitor for RHIC emittance, luminosity, interaction-region, monitoring 2882
 
  • J. Van Zeijts, R. Lee
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  The longitudinal bunch profile acquisition system at RHIC was recently upgraded to allow online measurements of the bunch spectrum, and collision vertex location and shape. The system allows monitoring the evolution of these properties along the ramp, at transition and rebucketing, and at store conditions. We describe some of the hardware and software changes, and show an application of the system in optimizing the cogging of the colliding beams.