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Hoff, L.T.

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THPCH105 Summary of Coupling and Tune Feedback Results during RHIC Run 6, and Possible Implications for LHC Commissioning 3044
 
  • P. Cameron, A. Della Penna, L.T. Hoff, Y. Luo, A. Marusic, V. Ptitsyn, C. Schultheiss
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
  • M. Gasior, O.R. Jones
    CERN, Geneva
  • C.-Y. Tan
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Efforts to implement tune feedback during the acceleration ramp in RHIC have been hampered by the effect of large betatron coupling, as well as by the large dynamic range required by transition crossing with ion beams. Both problems have been addressed, the first by implementation of continuous measurement of coupling using the phase-locked tune meter, and the second by the development of the direct diode detection analog front end. Performance with these improvements will be evaluated during the first days of RHIC Run 6 beam commissioning. With positive results, the possibility of implementing operational feedback control of tune and coupling during beam commissioning will be considered. After beam commissioning, chromaticity feedback will be explored as a part of the accelerator physics experimental program. We will summarize the results of these investigations, and discuss possible implications of these results for LHC commissioning.