CERN, Geneva
Linac4 will replace the currently used Linac2 in the LHC injector chain. The motivation is to increase the proton flux available for the CERN accelerator complex and eventually achieve the LHC ultimate luminosity goals. Linac4 will inject 160MeV H- ions into the four existing rings of the PS Booster (PSB). A new charge-exchange multi turn injection scheme will be put into operation and require a substantial upgrade of the injection regions. Four kicker magnets (KSW) will be used to accomplish transverse phase space painting in order to match the injected beams to the required emittances. This paper presents hardware issues and related beam dynamics studies for several painting schemes. Results of optimization studies of the injection process for different beam characteristics and scenarios are discussed.
LBNL, Berkeley, California
CERN, Geneva
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
A new proton synchrotron, the PS2, was proposed to replace the current proton synchrotron at CERN for the LHC injector upgrade. Nonlinear space charge effects could cause significant beam emittance growth and particle losses and limit the performance of the PS2. In this paper, we report on simulation studies of the potential space-charge effects at the PS2 using three-dimensional self-consistent macro-particle tracking. We will discuss the impact of space-charge effects on the beam emittance growth, especially due to synchro-betatron coupling, aperture sizes, initial painted distribution, and RF ramping schemes. The computational model used in the simulation will also be discussed.