Author: Schenk, M.
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MOPOR022 Beam Dynamics Observations of the 2015 High Intensity Scrubbing Runs at the Cern Sps 648
 
  • H. Bartosik, G. Iadarola, K.S.B. Li, L. Mether, A. Romano, G. Rumolo, M. Schenk
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Beam quality degradation caused by e-cloud effects has been identified as one of the main performance limitations for high intensity LHC beams with 25 ns bunch spacing in the SPS. In view of the beam parameters targeted with the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project, about two weeks of SPS machine time in 2015 were devoted to dedicated scrubbing runs with high intensity LHC 25 ns and dedicated 'doublet' beams in order to study the achievable reduction of e-cloud effects and quantify the consequent beam performance improvements. This paper describes the main observations concerning the coherent instabilities and beam dynamics limitations encountered as well as a detailed characterisation of the performance reach with the highest beam intensity presently available from the pre-injectors.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-MOPOR022  
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TUPMW017 Electron Cloud Observations during LHC Operation with 25 ns Beams 1458
 
  • K.S.B. Li, H. Bartosik, G. Iadarola, L. Mether, A. Romano, G. Rumolo, M. Schenk
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  While during the Run 1 (2010-2012) of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) most of the integrated luminosity was produced with 50 ns bunch spacing, for the Run 2 start-up (2015) it was decided to move to the nominal bunch spacing of 25 ns. As expected, with this beam configuration strong electron cloud effects were observed in the machine, which had to be mitigated with dedicated 'scrubbing' periods at injection energy. This enabled to start the operation with 25 ns beams at 6.5 TeV, but e-cloud effects continued to pose challenges while gradually increasing the number of circulating bunch trains. This contribution will review the encountered limitations and the mitigation measures that where put in place and will discuss possible strategies for further performance gain.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-TUPMW017  
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THPMR036 Improved Methods for the Measurement and Simulation of the CERN SPS Non-linear Optics 3464
 
  • H. Bartosik, A. Oeftiger, M. Schenk, F. Schmidt, M. Titze
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Good knowledge of the non-linear properties of the SPS lattice is crucial for modelling and optimising the machine performance in the presence of collective effects leading to incoherent tune spreads such as space charge, e-cloud and beam coupling impedance. In view of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project and the future SPS operation in a regime dominated by such collective effects, detailed measurements of the SPS non-linear chromaticity and detuning with amplitude have been performed for the two optics configurations presently available for LHC type beams. The measurement results are used to fit systematic multipole components to the main magnets of the SPS MADX model as a basis for the non-linear machine model that can be used for beam dynamics simulations. The implications for the operation of the SPS with the LIU beam parameters are discussed.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-THPMR036  
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