IPAC2017 - List of Authors (Albright, S.C.P.)

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TUPVA020	The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Ion Injector Chain	2089
	H. Bartosik, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, T. Bohl, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, A. Funken, B. Goddard, S. Hancock, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, D. Manglunki, M. Meddahi, G. Rumolo, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, V. Toivanen, F.J.C. Wenander CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The LHC injector chain for Pb-ion beams at CERN consists of Linac3, the accumulator ring LEIR, the PS and the SPS. In the context of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project an intense program of machine development studies has been performed in the last two years to maximise the intensity of Pb-ion beams at LHC injection. In this paper we present an analysis of the operational performance achieved so far, with the goal of 1) identifying the remaining performance bottlenecks along the chain and possible areas for improvement, and 2) to optimize the Pb-ion beam production scheme for the High Luminosity (HL-) LHC era. A consistent set of beam parameters for the HL-LHC era has been established taking into account the already achieved improvements as well as foreseen upgrades still to be implemented, such as slip stacking in the SPS.
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TUPVA128	Performance of the CERN Injector Complex and Transmission Studies into the LHC during the Second Proton-Lead Run	2395
	R. Alemany-Fernández, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, J. Axensalva, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, E. Carlier, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, A. Huschauer, M.A. Jebramcik, S. Jensen, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, A.M. Lombardi, D. Manglunki, T. Mertens, M. O'Neil, S. Pasinelli, Á. Saá Hernández, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, R. Steerenberg, H. Timko, V. Toivanen, G. Tranquille, F.M. Velotti, F.J.C. Wenander, J. Wenninger CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The LHC performance during the proton-lead run in 2016 fully relied on a permanent monitoring and systematic improvement of the beam quality in all the injectors. The beam production and characteristics are explained in this paper, together with the improvements realized during the run from the source up to the flat top of the LHC. Transmission studies from one accelerator to the next as well as beam quality evolution studies during the cycle at each accelerator, have been carried out and are summarized in this paper. In 2016, the LHC had to deliver the beams to the experiments at two different energies, 4 Z TeV and 6.5 Z TeV. The properties of the beams at these two energies are also presented
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WEPVA035	The PSB Operational Scenario with Longitudinal Painting Injection in the Post-LIU Era	3331
	V. Forte, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, P. Baudrenghien, E. Benedetto, A. Blas, C. Bracco, C. Carli, A. Findlay, R. Garoby, G. Hagmann, A.M. Lombardi, B. Mikulec, M.M. Paoluzzi, J.L. Sanchez Alvarez, R. Wegner CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	Longitudinal painting has been presented as an elegant technique to fill the longitudinal phase space at injection to the CERN PSB once it is connected with the new Linac4. Painting brings several advantages related to a more controlled longitudinal filamentation, lower peak line density and beating reduction, resulting in a smaller space-charge tune spread. This could be an advantage especially for high intensity beams (> 6·10¹² protons per bunch) to limit losses on the transverse acceptance of the machine. This paper presents an overview on the possible advantages of the technique for operational and test beams, taking care of the hardware limitations and possible failure scenarios.
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WEPVA037	Machine Development Studies in the CERN PS Booster, in 2016	3339
	E. Benedetto, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, W. Bartmann, J.M. Belleman, A. Blas, M. Cieslak-Kowalska, G.P. Di Giovanni, A. Findlay, V. Forte, A. Garcia-Tabares, G. Guidoboni, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, B. Mikulec, J.C. Molendijk, A. Oeftiger, T.L. Rijoff, F. Schmidt, P. Zisopoulos CERN, Geneva, Switzerland M. Cieslak-Kowalska EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland P. Zisopoulos Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
	The paper presents the outstanding studies performed in 2016 in preparation of the PS Booster upgrade, within the LHC Injector Upgrade project (LIU), to provide twice higher brightness and intensity to the High-Luminosity LHC. Major changes include the increase of injection and extraction energy, the implementation of a H⁻ charge-exchange injection system, the replacement of the present Main Power Supply and the deployment of a new RF system (and related Low-Level), based on the Finemet technology. Although the major improvements will be visible only after the upgrade, the present machine can already benefit of the work done, in terms of better brightness, transmission and improved reproducibility of the present operational beams. Studies address the space-charge limitations at low energy, for which a detailed optics model is needed and for which mitigation measurements are under study, and the blow-up reduction at injection in the downstream machine, for which the beams need careful preparation and transmission. Moreover they address the requirements and the reliability of new beam instrumentation and hardware that is being installed in view of LIU.
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THPAB141	Control and Operation of a Wideband RF System in CERN's PS Booster	4050
	M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, M. Haase, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	A prototype wideband High-Level RF (HLRF) sys-tem based on Finemet metal alloy has been installed in CERN's PS Booster (PSB) Ring 4 in 2012, within the frame of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project. A digital Low-Level RF (LLRF) system was used to control the HLRF system to ascertain the capabilities of the combined system, especially under heavy beam loading. The testing campaign was satisfactory and in 2015 the CERN management decided to replace all ferrite-based systems with Finemet ones for the PS Booster restart in 2020. This paper describes the LLRF features implemented for operating the wideband HLRF system and the main beam results obtained. Hints on the LLRF evolution in view of the PSB HLRF renovation are also given.
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THPAB142	Initial Beam Results of CERN ELENA's Digital Low-Level RF System	4054
	M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, S. Energico, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, A.J. Jones, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The Extra Low ENergy Antiproton (ELENA) decelerator is under commissioning at CERN. This decelerator is equipped with a new digital low-level RF (LLRF) system, in-house developed and belonging to the LLRF family already deployed in CERN's PS Booster and Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) synchrotrons. New features to adapt it to the demanding requirements of ELENA's operation include new, low noise ADC daughtercards and a fixed-frequency clocking scheme. This paper gives an overview of the LLRF system; initial beam results are also shown together with hints on the future system upgrade.
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THPAB143	Operational Experience With the New Digital Low-Level RF System for CERN's PS Booster	4058
	M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, J. Sanchez-Quesada CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The four rings of CERN's PS Booster have been equipped in 2014 with a new digital low-level RF (LLRF) system based upon a new, in-house developed LLRF family. This is a second-generation LLRF family that has been since then deployed on other synchrotrons. The paper provides an overview of the system's commissioning and first years of operation. In particular, an overview is given of the main system features and capabilities, such as beam loops and longitudinal beam blowup implementation. Operational improvements with respect to the previous, analogue digital LLRF are also mentioned, together with the planned system evolution to satisfy new requirements.
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THPAB144	The New LEIR Digital Low-Level RF System	4062
	M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, M. Haase, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	CERN's Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) low-level RF (LLRF) system has been successfully upgraded in 2016 to the new digital, LLRF family for frequency-sweeping synchrotrons developed at CERN. For LEIR it implements not only beam loops but also the voltage and phase loops required for the control of two Finemet-based High-Level RF (HLRF) systems. This paper gives an overview of the system and of new requirements implemented, such as the parallel operation of two HLRF systems. Beam results for the 2016 lead ions run are also shown.
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THPVA023	Studies of Longitudinal Beam Stability in CERN PS Booster After Upgrade	4469
SUSPSIK060	use link to see paper's listing under its alternate paper code
	D. Quartullo, S.C.P. Albright, E.N. Shaposhnikova CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
	The CERN PS Booster, comprised of four superposed rings, is the first synchrotron in the LHC proton injection chain. In 2021, after major upgrades, the injection and extraction beam energies, as well as the acceleration rate, will be increased. The required beam intensities should be a factor of two higher for nominal LHC and fixed-target beams, and the currently used narrow-band ferrite systems will be replaced by broad-band Finemet cavities in all four rings. Future beam stability was investigated using simulations with the Beam Longitudinal Dynamics (BLonD) code. The simulation results for existing situation were compared with beam measurements and gave a good agreement. An accurate impedance model, together with a careful estimation of the longitudinal space charge, was used in simulations of the future acceleration cycle in single and double RF, with phase and radial loops and controlled longitudinal emittance blow-up. Since the beam is not ultra-relativistic and fills the whole ring (h=1), the front and multi-turn back wakes were taken into account, as well as the RF feedbacks which reduce the effect of the Finemet impedance at the revolution frequency harmonics.
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The LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) Project at CERN: Ion Injector Chain

2089

H. Bartosik, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, G. Bellodi, N. Biancacci, T. Bohl, J. Coupard, H. Damerau, A. Funken, B. Goddard, S. Hancock, K. Hanke, A. Huschauer, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, D. Manglunki, M. Meddahi, G. Rumolo, R. Scrivens, E.N. Shaposhnikova, V. Toivanen, F.J.C. Wenander
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The LHC injector chain for Pb-ion beams at CERN consists of Linac3, the accumulator ring LEIR, the PS and the SPS. In the context of the LHC injectors upgrade (LIU) project an intense program of machine development studies has been performed in the last two years to maximise the intensity of Pb-ion beams at LHC injection. In this paper we present an analysis of the operational performance achieved so far, with the goal of 1) identifying the remaining performance bottlenecks along the chain and possible areas for improvement, and 2) to optimize the Pb-ion beam production scheme for the High Luminosity (HL-) LHC era. A consistent set of beam parameters for the HL-LHC era has been established taking into account the already achieved improvements as well as foreseen upgrades still to be implemented, such as slip stacking in the SPS.

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TUPVA128

Performance of the CERN Injector Complex and Transmission Studies into the LHC during the Second Proton-Lead Run

2395

R. Alemany-Fernández, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, J. Axensalva, W. Bartmann, H. Bartosik, P. Baudrenghien, G. Bellodi, A. Blas, T. Bohl, E. Carlier, S. Cettour-Cave, K. Cornelis, H. Damerau, A. Findlay, S.S. Gilardoni, S. Hancock, A. Huschauer, M.A. Jebramcik, S. Jensen, J.M. Jowett, V. Kain, D. Küchler, A.M. Lombardi, D. Manglunki, T. Mertens, M. O'Neil, S. Pasinelli, Á. Saá Hernández, M. Schaumann, R. Scrivens, R. Steerenberg, H. Timko, V. Toivanen, G. Tranquille, F.M. Velotti, F.J.C. Wenander, J. Wenninger
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The LHC performance during the proton-lead run in 2016 fully relied on a permanent monitoring and systematic improvement of the beam quality in all the injectors. The beam production and characteristics are explained in this paper, together with the improvements realized during the run from the source up to the flat top of the LHC. Transmission studies from one accelerator to the next as well as beam quality evolution studies during the cycle at each accelerator, have been carried out and are summarized in this paper. In 2016, the LHC had to deliver the beams to the experiments at two different energies, 4 Z TeV and 6.5 Z TeV. The properties of the beams at these two energies are also presented

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WEPVA035

The PSB Operational Scenario with Longitudinal Painting Injection in the Post-LIU Era

3331

V. Forte, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, P. Baudrenghien, E. Benedetto, A. Blas, C. Bracco, C. Carli, A. Findlay, R. Garoby, G. Hagmann, A.M. Lombardi, B. Mikulec, M.M. Paoluzzi, J.L. Sanchez Alvarez, R. Wegner
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

Longitudinal painting has been presented as an elegant technique to fill the longitudinal phase space at injection to the CERN PSB once it is connected with the new Linac4. Painting brings several advantages related to a more controlled longitudinal filamentation, lower peak line density and beating reduction, resulting in a smaller space-charge tune spread. This could be an advantage especially for high intensity beams (> 6·10¹² protons per bunch) to limit losses on the transverse acceptance of the machine. This paper presents an overview on the possible advantages of the technique for operational and test beams, taking care of the hardware limitations and possible failure scenarios.

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WEPVA037

Machine Development Studies in the CERN PS Booster, in 2016

3339

E. Benedetto, S.C.P. Albright, M.E. Angoletta, W. Bartmann, J.M. Belleman, A. Blas, M. Cieslak-Kowalska, G.P. Di Giovanni, A. Findlay, V. Forte, A. Garcia-Tabares, G. Guidoboni, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, B. Mikulec, J.C. Molendijk, A. Oeftiger, T.L. Rijoff, F. Schmidt, P. Zisopoulos
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
M. Cieslak-Kowalska
EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
P. Zisopoulos
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

The paper presents the outstanding studies performed in 2016 in preparation of the PS Booster upgrade, within the LHC Injector Upgrade project (LIU), to provide twice higher brightness and intensity to the High-Luminosity LHC. Major changes include the increase of injection and extraction energy, the implementation of a H⁻ charge-exchange injection system, the replacement of the present Main Power Supply and the deployment of a new RF system (and related Low-Level), based on the Finemet technology. Although the major improvements will be visible only after the upgrade, the present machine can already benefit of the work done, in terms of better brightness, transmission and improved reproducibility of the present operational beams. Studies address the space-charge limitations at low energy, for which a detailed optics model is needed and for which mitigation measurements are under study, and the blow-up reduction at injection in the downstream machine, for which the beams need careful preparation and transmission. Moreover they address the requirements and the reliability of new beam instrumentation and hardware that is being installed in view of LIU.

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THPAB141

Control and Operation of a Wideband RF System in CERN's PS Booster

4050

M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, M. Haase, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

A prototype wideband High-Level RF (HLRF) sys-tem based on Finemet metal alloy has been installed in CERN's PS Booster (PSB) Ring 4 in 2012, within the frame of the LHC Injectors Upgrade (LIU) project. A digital Low-Level RF (LLRF) system was used to control the HLRF system to ascertain the capabilities of the combined system, especially under heavy beam loading. The testing campaign was satisfactory and in 2015 the CERN management decided to replace all ferrite-based systems with Finemet ones for the PS Booster restart in 2020. This paper describes the LLRF features implemented for operating the wideband HLRF system and the main beam results obtained. Hints on the LLRF evolution in view of the PSB HLRF renovation are also given.

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THPAB142

Initial Beam Results of CERN ELENA's Digital Low-Level RF System

4054

M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, S. Energico, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, A.J. Jones, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The Extra Low ENergy Antiproton (ELENA) decelerator is under commissioning at CERN. This decelerator is equipped with a new digital low-level RF (LLRF) system, in-house developed and belonging to the LLRF family already deployed in CERN's PS Booster and Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) synchrotrons. New features to adapt it to the demanding requirements of ELENA's operation include new, low noise ADC daughtercards and a fixed-frequency clocking scheme. This paper gives an overview of the LLRF system; initial beam results are also shown together with hints on the future system upgrade.

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THPAB143

Operational Experience With the New Digital Low-Level RF System for CERN's PS Booster

4058

M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, J. Sanchez-Quesada
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The four rings of CERN's PS Booster have been equipped in 2014 with a new digital low-level RF (LLRF) system based upon a new, in-house developed LLRF family. This is a second-generation LLRF family that has been since then deployed on other synchrotrons. The paper provides an overview of the system's commissioning and first years of operation. In particular, an overview is given of the main system features and capabilities, such as beam loops and longitudinal beam blowup implementation. Operational improvements with respect to the previous, analogue digital LLRF are also mentioned, together with the planned system evolution to satisfy new requirements.

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THPAB144

The New LEIR Digital Low-Level RF System

4062

M.E. Angoletta, S.C.P. Albright, A. Findlay, M. Haase, S. Hancock, M. Jaussi, J.C. Molendijk, M.M. Paoluzzi, J. Sanchez-Quesada
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

CERN's Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) low-level RF (LLRF) system has been successfully upgraded in 2016 to the new digital, LLRF family for frequency-sweeping synchrotrons developed at CERN. For LEIR it implements not only beam loops but also the voltage and phase loops required for the control of two Finemet-based High-Level RF (HLRF) systems. This paper gives an overview of the system and of new requirements implemented, such as the parallel operation of two HLRF systems. Beam results for the 2016 lead ions run are also shown.

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THPVA023

Studies of Longitudinal Beam Stability in CERN PS Booster After Upgrade

4469

SUSPSIK060

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D. Quartullo, S.C.P. Albright, E.N. Shaposhnikova
CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

The CERN PS Booster, comprised of four superposed rings, is the first synchrotron in the LHC proton injection chain. In 2021, after major upgrades, the injection and extraction beam energies, as well as the acceleration rate, will be increased. The required beam intensities should be a factor of two higher for nominal LHC and fixed-target beams, and the currently used narrow-band ferrite systems will be replaced by broad-band Finemet cavities in all four rings. Future beam stability was investigated using simulations with the Beam Longitudinal Dynamics (BLonD) code. The simulation results for existing situation were compared with beam measurements and gave a good agreement. An accurate impedance model, together with a careful estimation of the longitudinal space charge, was used in simulations of the future acceleration cycle in single and double RF, with phase and radial loops and controlled longitudinal emittance blow-up. Since the beam is not ultra-relativistic and fills the whole ring (h=1), the front and multi-turn back wakes were taken into account, as well as the RF feedbacks which reduce the effect of the Finemet impedance at the revolution frequency harmonics.

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