Author: Tranquille, G.
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MOPOY009 ELENA: Installations and Preparations for Commissioning 860
 
  • C. Carli, W. Bartmann, P. Belochitskii, H. Breuker, F. Butin, T. Eriksson, R. Ostojić, S. Pasinelli, G. Tranquille
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • W. Oelert
    Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institut für Physik, Mainz, Germany
 
  The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) is a small 30 m circumference synchroton under construction at CERN to further decelerate antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator AD from 5.3 MeV to 100 keV. Controlled deceleration in a synchrotron equipped with an electron cooler to reduce emittances in all three planes will allow the existing AD experiments to increase substantially their antiproton capture efficiencies and render new experiments possible. Installation of the machine and lines needed for the commissioning of the ring are ongoing and commissioning is expected to start around mid-2016. The aim is to complete ELENA ring commissioning in November followed by the installation of new electrostatic transfer lines to existing experiments until autumn 2017. Status of ELENA installations and preparations for commissioning will be reported.  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ DOI:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-MOPOY009  
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TUPMR006 The ELENA Electron Cooler 1236
 
  • G. Tranquille, J. Cenede, A. Frassier, L.V. Jørgensen, A.J. Kolehmainen, B. Moles, M.A. Timmins
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The ELENA (Extra Low ENergy Antiproton) ring will deliver antiprotons at an energy of just 100 keV to experiments aiming to precisely measure the properties of anti-hydrogen atoms. A crucial component of this decelerator ring is the electron cooler which will be used to counter the beam blow-up as the antiproton energy is reduced from 5.3 MeV to 100 keV. The electron cooler will operate at energies below 350 eV in a longitudinal guiding field of 100 G such that the perturbations to the ring can be easily corrected. We will present the design considerations as well as the production status of the cooler.  
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TUPMR027 CERN's Fixed Target Primary Ion Programme 1297
 
  • D. Manglunki, M.E. Angoletta, J. Axensalva, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, M.A. Bodendorfer, T. Bohl, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, I. Efthymiopoulos, A. Fabich, J.A. Ferreira Somoza, A. Findlay, P. Freyermuth, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, E.B. Holzer, S. Jensen, V. Kain, D. Küchler, A.M. Lombardi, A.I. Michet, M. O'Neil, S. Pasinelli, R. Scrivens, R. Steerenberg, G. Tranquille
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  The renewed availability of heavy ions at CERN for the needs of the LHC programme has triggered the interest of the fixed-target community. The project, which involves sending several species of primary ions at various energies to the North Area of the Super Proton Synchrotron, has now entered its operational phase. The first argon run, with momenta ranging from 13 AGeV/c to 150 AGeV/c, took place from February 2015 to April 2015. This paper presents the status of the project, the performance achieved thus far and an outlook on future plans.  
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THPMB047 Beam Dynamics Studies of the ELENA Electrostatic Transfer Lines in the Presence of Magnetic Stray Fields 3351
 
  • J. Jentzsch, W. Bartmann, M.A. Fraser, R. Ostojić, G. Tranquille
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • D. Barna
    University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
 
  The ELENA (Extra Low ENergy Antiproton) ring at CERN will further decelerate antiprotons produced at the AD (Antiproton Decelerator) facility from a kinetic energy of 5.3 MeV to 100 keV. The antiprotons will be distributed through a network of electrostatic transfer lines to several experiments, which will replace the existing magnetic transfer lines. The existing experiments and limited space in the AD hall forces the new transfer lines into close proximity to the high-field solenoids used by some experiments to trap the antiprotons. The stray fields from the experimental magnets are known to perturb beam delivery and are a concern for operation at the decreased beam rigidity provided by ELENA. A study was carried out to investigate the influence of stray magnetic fields on the beam, including different ramping periods and operational scenarios. The analytical model of the fields used for simulation will be discussed. Furthermore, trajectory correction algorithms using MADX optic model of the lines have been investigated. The results of these studies as well as specifications of acceptable stray field limits and field attenuation requirements will be presented.  
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THPMB048 Design and Optimisation of the ELENA Electron Cooler Gun and Collector 3354
 
  • G. Tranquille, J. Cenede
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
 
  Phase space compression of the antiproton beam in ELENA will be performed by a new electron cooler. The performance of the cooler is greatly influenced by the properties of the electron beam. Careful design of the electron gun electrodes, the quality of the guiding magnetic field and the efficient recuperation of the electrons in the collector ensure that the cooler performance is optimal. We have used COMSOL Multiphysics to design and optimise the complete electron cooler with particular attention to the gun and collector. This software suite uses physics interfaces for modelling common applications and then allows the user to combine the different interfaces in one multi-physics simulation.  
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