Resonance Compensation for High Intensity and High Brightness Beams in the CERN PSB
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F. Asvesta, S.C.P. Albright, F. Antoniou, H. Bartosik, C. Bracco, G.P. Di Giovanni, E.H. Maclean, B. Mikulec, T. Prebibaj, E. Renner
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
Resonance studies have been conducted during the recommissioning of the CERN Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) following the implementation of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project. In particular, resonance identification through so-called loss maps has been applied on all four rings of the PSB, revealing various resonances up to fourth order. In a second step, compensation schemes for the observed resonances were developed using a combination of analytical methods, experimental data and machine learning tools. These resonance compensation schemes have been deployed in operation to minimize losses for reaching high intensity and high brightness, thereby achieving the target brightness for the LHC-type beams.
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Injection Chicane Beta-Beating Correction for Enhancing the Brightness of the CERN PSB Beams
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T. Prebibaj, S.C.P. Albright, F. Antoniou, F. Asvesta, H. Bartosik, C. Bracco, G.P. Di Giovanni, E.H. Maclean, B. Mikulec, E. Renner
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
T. Prebibaj
IAP, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
In the context of the LHC Injectors Upgrade Project (LIU), the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) developed an H⁻ charge exchange injection system. The four short rectangular dipoles of the injection chicane induce focusing errors through edge focusing and Eddy currents. These errors excite the half-integer resonance 2Qy = 9 and cause a dynamically changing beta-beating in the first milliseconds after injection. Using the beta-beating at the positions of two individually powered quadrupoles, measured with k-modulation, correction functions based on a model response matrix have been calculated and applied. Minimizing the beta-beating at injection allows the machine to be operated with betatron tunes closer to the half-integer resonance and therefore with larger space charge tune spreads. In this contribution the results of the beta-beating compensation studies and the impact on the achievable beam brightness limit of the machine are presented.
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Optimised Transverse Painting Schemes for the New 160 MeV H⁻ Injection System at CERN
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E. Renner, S.C.P. Albright, F. Antoniou, F. Asvesta, H. Bartosik, C. Bracco, G.P. Di Giovanni, B. Mikulec, T. Prebibaj, F.M. Velotti
CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
A major aspect of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project at CERN is the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) connection to the newly built Linac4 and the related installation of a new 160 MeV H⁻ charge exchange injection. This contribution presents the first operational experience with the new injection system and its flexibility of applying horizontal phase space painting to tailor different beams to the respective user-defined brightness targets. The presented measurement and multi-particle simulation results focus on the optimisation of the required transverse injection settings to reduce losses when producing high-intensity beams, i.e. for the ISOLDE experiment. In this context, feasibility studies towards applying numerical optimisation algorithms for improving and efficiently adapting the respective injection settings online are presented.