Author: Bett, D.R.
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MOPO017 Latest Performance Results from the FONT5 Intra-train Position and Angle Feedback System at ATF2 520
 
  • G.B. Christian, D.R. Bett, M.R. Davis, C. Perry
    JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • R. Apsimon, P. Burrows
    Oxford University, Physics Department, Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • B. Constance, A. Gerbershagen
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J. Resta-López
    IFIC, Valencia, Spain
 
  A prototype Interaction Point beam-based feedback system for future electron-positron colliders, such as the International Linear Collider, has been designed and tested on the extraction line of the KEK Accelerator Test Facility (ATF). The FONT5 intra-train feedback system aims to stabilize the beam orbit by correcting both the position and angle jitter in the vertical plane on bunch-to-bunch timescales, providing micron-level stability at the entrance to the ATF2 final-focus system. The system comprises three stripline beam position monitors (BPMs) and two stripline kickers, custom low-latency analogue front-end BPM processors, a custom FPGA-based digital processing board with fast ADCs, and custom kicker-drive amplifiers. An overview of the hardware, and the latest results from beam tests at ATF2, will be presented. A total system latency as low as approximately 140 ns has been demonstrated.  
 
TUPC157 Design and Initial Results of a Turn-by-Turn Beam Position Monitoring System for Multiple Bunch Operation of the ATF Damping Ring 1398
 
  • G.B. Christian, D.R. Bett, M.R. Davis, C. Perry
    JAI, Oxford, United Kingdom
  • R. Apsimon, P. Burrows
    Oxford University, Physics Department, Oxford, Oxon, United Kingdom
  • B. Constance, A. Gerbershagen
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • J. Resta-López
    IFIC, Valencia, Spain
 
  An FPGA-based monitoring system has been developed to study multi-bunch beam instabilities in the damping ring (DR) of the KEK Accelerator Test Facility (ATF), utilising a stripline beam position monitor (BPM) and existing BPM processor hardware. The system is designed to record the horizontal and/or vertical positions of up to three bunches in the DR in single-bunch multi-train mode or the head bunch of up to three trains in multi-bunch mode, with a bunch spacing of 5.6 ns. The FPGA firmware and data acquisition software were modified to record turn-by-turn data for up to six channels and 1–3 bunches in the DR. An overview of the system and initial results will be presented.