Crittenden, J.A.

Paper	Title	Page
MOPLS043	Studies of the Beam-beam Interaction at CESR	637
	J.A. Crittenden Cornell University, Department of Physics, Ithaca, New York M.G. Billing CESR-LEPP, Ithaca, New York
	The Cornell Electron Storage Ring facility operates 2-GeV multi-bunch electron and positron beams in a single beam-pipe. Electrostatic separators are used to separate the two counter-rotating beams at the parasitic crossings. When the beam energy was lowered from 5 GeV in 2003, the strength of the beam-beam interaction became a more important factor in beam-current limitations, resulting in extensive experimental and calculational studies of their characteristics. The CESR lattice design procedure has been modified recently to account explicitly for their dynamic consequences. We describe our modelling of the beam-beam interaction, experimental validation techniques, and investigations into compensation strategies.
TUODFI03	Operational Status of CESR-c	992
	J.A. Crittenden Cornell University, Department of Physics, Ithaca, New York
	We summarize recent running experience at the Cornell Electron Storage Ring operating as a high-statistics production-threshold factory for mesons containing charm quarks. Since beginning operation at beam energies near 2 GeV in late 2003, CESR has accumulated world-record samples of D and D$_s$ meson decays and has also operated in an energy-scanning mode, making unique contributions to the presently very active field of charm spectroscopy. CESR lattice design is characterized by the versatility provided by the variety of beam-line components applied to the challenges imposed by the beam-beam interactions at the parasitic crossing points in the pretzel orbits and the necessity of powerful superconducting wiggler magnets used to tune damping and emittance. We describe the observed tune-plane, beam-current and luminosity limits, as well as our understanding of their sources and near-term plans for operational improvements.
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