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Fisher, A.S.

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MOPLS045 Achieving a Luminosity of 1034/cm2/s in the PEP-II B-factory 643
 
  • J. Seeman, J. Browne, Y. Cai, W.S. Colocho, F.-J. Decker, M.H. Donald, S. Ecklund, R.A. Erickson, A.S. Fisher, J.D. Fox, S.A. Heifets, R.H. Iverson, A. Kulikov, A. Novokhatski, V. Pacak, M.T.F. Pivi, C.H. Rivetta, M.C. Ross, P. Schuh, K.G. Sonnad, M. Stanek, M.K. Sullivan, P. Tenenbaum, D. Teytelman, J.L. Turner, D. Van Winkle, M. Weaver, U. Wienands, W. Wittmer, M. Woodley, Y.T. Yan, G. Yocky
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  • M.E. Biagini
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
  • W. Kozanecki
    CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
 
  For the PEP-II Operation Staff: PEP-II is an asymmetric e+e- collider operating at the Upsilon 4S and has recently set several performance records. The luminosity has exceeded 1x1034/cm2/s and has delivered an integrated luminosity of 728/pb in one day. PEP-II operates in continuous injection mode for both beams, boosting the integrated luminosity. The peak positron current has reached 2.94 A and 1.74 A of electrons in 1732 bunches. The total integrated luminosity since turn on in 1999 has reached over 333/fb. This paper reviews the present performance issues of PEP-II and also the planned increase of luminosity in the near future to over 2 x 1034/cm2/s. Upgrade details and plans are discussed.  
MOPLS049 Anomalous High Radiation Beam Aborts in the PEP-II B-factory 652
 
  • M.K. Sullivan, Y. Cai, S. DeBarger, F.-J. Decker, S. Ecklund, A.S. Fisher, S.M. Gierman, S.A. Heifets, R.H. Iverson, A. Kulikov, N. Kurita, S.J. Metcalfe, A. Novokhatski, J. Seeman, K.G. Sonnad, D. Teytelman, J.L. Turner, U. Wienands, D. Wright, Y.T. Yan, G. Yocky
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
 
  The PEP-II B-factory at SLAC has recently experienced unexpected beam losses due to anomalously high radiation levels at the BaBar detector. The problem was finally traced to the occurrence of very high pressure (>100 nTorr) spikes that have a very short duration (few seconds). We describe the events and show analysis predicting where in the vacuum system the events originated and describe what was discovered in the vacuum system.  
MOPLS050 Combined Phase Space Characterization at the PEP-II IP using Single-beam and Luminous-region Measurements 655
 
  • A.J. Bevan
    Queen Mary University of London, London
  • Y. Cai, A.S. Fisher, C. O'Grady, J.M. Thompson, M. Weaver
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  • W. Kozanecki
    CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
  • B.F. Viaud
    Montreal University, Montreal, Quebec
 
  We present a novel method to characterize the e ± phase space at the IP of the SLAC B-factory, that combines single-beam measurements with a detailed mapping of luminous-region observables. Transverse spot sizes are determined in the two rings with synchrotron-light monitors & extrapolated to the IP using measured lattice functions. The 3-D luminosity distribution, as well as the spatial dependence of the transverse-boost distribution of the colliding beams, are measured using e+ e- –> mu+ mu- events reconstructed in the BaBar tracking detectors; they provide information on the luminous spot size, the e- angular divergence & the vertical emittance. The specific luminosity, which is proportional to the inverse product of the overlap IP beam sizes, is continuously monitored using Bhabha-scattering events. The combination of these measurements provide constraints on the horizontal & vertical spot sizes, angular divergences, emittances & beta functions of both beams at the IP during routine high-luminosity operation. Preliminary results of this combined-spot size analysis are confronted with measurements of IP beta-functions & overlap IP beam sizes at low beam current.  
MOPLS051 Tracking Down a Fast Instability in the PEP-II LER 658
 
  • U. Wienands, R. Akre, S.C. Curry, S. DeBarger, F.-J. Decker, S. Ecklund, A.S. Fisher, S.A. Heifets, A. Krasnykh, A. Kulikov, A. Novokhatski, J. Seeman, M.K. Sullivan, D. Teytelman, D. Van Winkle, G. Yocky
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
 
  During Run 5, the beam in the PEP-II Low Energy Ring (LER) became affected by a predominantly vertical instability with very fast growth rate of 10…60/ms - much faster than seen in controlled grow-damp experiments - and varying threshold. The coherent amplitude of the oscillation was limited to approx. 1 mm pk-pk or less and would damp down over a few tens of turns; however, beam loss set in even as the measured amplitude damped, causing a beam abort. This led to the conclusion that the beam was actually blowing up. The presence of a 2 nu_s line in the spectrum suggested a possible head-tail nature of the instability, although chromaticity was not effective in raising the threshold. In this paper we will describe the measurements and data taken to isolate and locate the cause of the instability and, eventually, the discovery and fix of the root cause.  
THPCH100 New Fast Dither System for PEP-II 3029
 
  • S.M. Gierman, S. Ecklund, R.C. Field, A.S. Fisher, P. Grossberg, K.E. Krauter, E.S. Miller, M. Petree, K.G. Sonnad, N. Spencer, M.K. Sullivan, K.K. Underwood, U. Wienands
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
 
  The PEP-II B-Factory uses multiple feedback systems to stabilize the orbits of its stored beams and to optimize their performance in collision [1]. This paper describes an upgrade to the feedback system responsible for optimizing the overlap of colliding beams at the interaction point (IP). The effort was motivated by a desire to shorten the response time of the feedback, particularly in the context of machine-tuning tasks. We describe the original feedback system, the design for the new one, and give a status report on the installation.