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Novokhatski, A.

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MOPLS044 Luminosity Variations along Bunch Trains in PEP-II 640
 
  • F.-J. Decker, M. Boyes, W.S. Colocho, A. Novokhatski, M.K. Sullivan, J.L. Turner, S.P. Weathersby, U. Wienands, G. Yocky
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  
  In spring of 2005 after a long shut-down, the luminosity of the B-Factory PEP-II decreased along the bunch trains by about 25-30%. There were many reasons studied which could have caused this performance degradation, like a bigger phase transient due to an additional RF station in the Low-Energy-Ring (LER), bad initial vacuum, electron cloud, chromaticity, steering, dispersion in cavities, beam optics, etc. The initial specific luminosity of 4.2 sloped down to 3.2 and even 2.8 for a long train (typical: 130 of 144), later in the run with higher currents and shorter trains (65 of 72) the numbers were more like 3.2 down to 2.6. Finally after steering the interaction region for an unrelated reason (overheated BPM buttons) and the consequential lower luminosity for two weeks, the luminosity slope problem was mysteriously gone. Several parameters got changed and there is still some discussion about which one finally fixed the problem. Among others, likely candidates are: the LER betatron function in x at the interaction point got reduced, making the LER x stronger, dispersion reduction in the cavities, and finding and fixing a partially shorted magnet.  
MOPLS047 Design of an Asymmetric Super-B Factory 646
 
  • J. Seeman, Y. Cai, A. Novokhatski, A. Seryi, M.K. Sullivan, U. Wienands
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  • M.E. Biagini, P. Raimondi
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
  
  Submitted for the High Luminosity Study Group for an Asymmetric Single-pass Super-B Factory: Parameters are being studied for a high luminosity e+e- collider operating at the Upsilon 4S that would deliver a luminosity of over 1036/cm2/s. This collider would use a novel combination of linear collider and storage ring techniques. In this scheme an electron beam and a positron beam are first stored in fast-damping and low-emittance damping rings, then extracted, accelerated, compressed and focused to the interaction point. After collision the two beams are decelerated and re-injected in the damping rings to be damped and extracted for collision again. The explored beam parameters are similar to those used in the design of the International Linear Collider, except for the beam energies. Design parameters for very flat beams and round beams have been studied.  
TUPLS008 A new HOM Water Cooled Absorber for the PEP-II B-factory Low Energy Ring 1499
 
  • M. Kosovsky, N. Kurita, A. Novokhatski, J. Seeman, S.P. Weathersby
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  
  At high currents and small bunch lengths beam line components in the PEP-II B-factory experience RF induced heating from higher order RF modes (HOMs) produced by scattered intense beam fields. A design for a passive HOM water cooled absorber for the PEP-II low energy ring is presented. This device is to be situated near HOM producing beamline components such as collimators and provide HOM damping for dipole and quadrupole modes while minimizing impedance to the beam. We present a method of optimizing the impedance characteristics of such devices through the evaluation of loss factors and absorber effectiveness for specific modes using scattering parameter and wakefield analysis.  
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.  
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.