Author: Carlson, B.T.
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TUPC170 Resonant TE Wave Measurements of Electron Cloud Densities at CesrTA 1434
 
  • J.P. Sikora, M.G. Billing, M.A. Palmer, K.G. Sonnad
    CLASSE, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • B.T. Carlson
    CMU, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • S. De Santis
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
  • K.C. Hammond
    Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
 
  Funding: This work is supported by the US National Science Foundation PHY-0734867, and the US Department of Energy DE-FC02-08ER41538.
The Cornell Electron Storage Ring has been reconfigured as a test accelerator (CesrTA). Measurements of electron cloud densities have been made at CesrTA using the TE Wave transmission technique. However, interpretation of the data based on single pass transmission is problematic because of the reflections and standing waves produced by discontinuities in the beam pipe - from pumps, bellows, etc. that are normally present in an accelerator vacuum chamber. An alternative model is that of a resonant cavity, formed by the beampipe and its discontinuities. The theory for the measurement of plasma densities in cavities is well established. This paper will apply this theory to electron cloud measurements, present some simplified measurements on waveguide, and apply this model to the interpretation of some of the data taken at CesrTA.