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| MOPOST037 | Characterisation of Bunch-by-Bunch Tune Shift Effects in the CERN SPS | 148 |
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| After the implementation of major upgrades as part of the LHC Injector Upgrade Project (LIU), the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) delivers high intensity bunch trains with 25 ns bunch spacing to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. These beams are exposed to several collective effects in the SPS, such as beam coupling impedance, space charge and electron cloud, leading to relatively large bunch-by-bunch coherent and incoherent tune shifts. Tune correction to the nominal values at injection is crucial to ensure beam stability and good beam transmission. During the beam commissioning of the SPS, measurements of the bunch-by-bunch coherent tune shifts have been conducted under different beam conditions, together with appropriate corrections of the average tunes at each injection. In this paper, we describe the methodology that has been developed to acquire bunch-by-bunch position data and to perform online computations of the coherent tune spectra of each bunch using refined Fourier transform analysis. The experimental data are compared to multiparticle tracking simulations using the SPS impedance model, in view of developing an accurate model for tune correction in the SPS. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-MOPOST037 | |
| About • | Received ※ 03 June 2022 — Revised ※ 10 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 19 June 2022 | |
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| TUPOST040 | Automated Intensity Optimisation Using Reinforcement Learning at LEIR | 941 |
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| High intensities in the CERN Low Energy Ion Ring (LEIR) are achieved by stacking up to seven consecutive multi-turn injections from Linac3. Two inclined septa combined with a collapsing horizontal orbit bump allow a 6-D phase space painting via a linearly ramped mean momentum along the Linac3 pulse and injection at high dispersion. The beam is cooled and dragged longitudinally via electron cooling (e-cooling) into a stacking momentum. For optimal accumulation, the electron energy and trajectory need to match the ion energy and orbit at the e-cooler section. In this paper, a reinforcement learning (RL) agent is trained to adjust various e-cooler and Linac3 parameters to maximise the intensity at the end of the injection plateau. Variational Auto-Encoders (VAE) are used to compress longitudinal Schottky spectra into a compact representation as input for the RL agent. The RL agent is pre-trained on a surrogate model of the LEIR e-cooling dynamics, which in turn is learned from the data collected for the training of the VAE. The performance of the VAE, the surrogate model, and the RL agent is investigated in this paper. An overview of planned tests in the upcoming LEIR runs is given. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-TUPOST040 | |
| About • | Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Revised ※ 13 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 10 July 2022 | |
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| WEIYGD1 | Achievements and Performance Prospects of the Upgraded LHC Injectors | 1610 |
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| To provide HL-LHC performance, the CERN LHC injector chain underwent a major upgrade during an almost 2-year-long shutdown. In the first half of 2021 the injectors were gradually re-started with the aim to reach at least pre-shutdown parameters for LHC as well as for fixed target beams. The strategy of the commissioning across the complex, a summary of the many challenges and finally the achievements will be presented. Several lessons were learned and have been integrated to define the strategy for the performance ramp-up over the coming years. Remaining limitations and prospects for LHC beam parameters at the exit of the LHC injector chain in the years to come will be discussed. Finally, the emerging need for improved operability of the CERN complex will be addressed, with a description of the first efforts to meet the availability and flexibility requirements of the HL-LHC era while at the same time maximizing fixed target physics output. | ||
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEIYGD1 | |
| About • | Received ※ 08 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 15 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 09 July 2022 | |
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| WEPOST013 | Exploitation of Crystal Shadowing via Multi-Crystal Array, Optimisers and Reinforcement Learning | 1707 |
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The CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) routinely delivers proton and heavy ion beams to the North experimental Area (NA) in the form of 4.8 s spills. To produce such a long flux of particles, resonant third integer slow extraction is used, which, by design, foresees primary beam lost on the electrostatic septum wires to separate circulating from extracted beam. Shadowing with thin bent crystal has been proposed and successfully tested in the SPS, as detailed in *. In 2021, a thin crystal was used for physics production showing results compatible with what measured during early testing. In this paper, the results from the 2021 physics run are presented also comparing particle losses at extraction with previous operational years. The setting up of the crystal using numerical optimisers is detailed, with possible implementation of reinforcement learning (RL) agents to improve the setting up time. Finally, the full exploitation of crystal shadowing via multi-array crystals is discussed, together with the performance reach in the SPS.
F.Velotti, et. al, "Septum shadowing by means of a bent crystal to reduce slow extraction beam loss", Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 22, 093502 - Published 27 September 2019 |
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| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOST013 | |
| About • | Received ※ 06 June 2022 — Revised ※ 14 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 02 July 2022 | |
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| WEPOST015 | Implementation of a Tune Sweep Slow Extraction with Constant Optics at MedAustron | 1715 |
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| Conventional slow extraction driven by a tune sweep perturbs the optics and changes the presentation of the beam separatrix to the extraction septum during the spill. The constant optics slow extraction (COSE) technique, recently developed and deployed operationally at the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron to reduce beam loss on the extraction septum, was implemented at MedAustron to facilitate extraction with a tune sweep of operational beam quality. COSE fixes the optics of the extracted beam by scaling all machine settings with the beam rigidity following the extracted beam’s momentum. In this contribution the implementation of the COSE extraction technique is described before it is compared to the conventional tune sweep and operational betatron core driven cases using both simulations and recent measurements. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOST015 | |
| About • | Received ※ 07 June 2022 — Revised ※ 16 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 17 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 18 June 2022 | |
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| WEPOPT055 | Linac3, LEIR and PS Performance with Ions in 2021 and Prospects for 2022 | 1983 |
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| CERN accelerators underwent a period of long shutdown from the end of 2018 to 2020. During this time frame, significant hardware and software upgrades have been put in place to increase the performance of both proton and ion accelerator chains in the High Luminosity LHC era. In the context of the CERN lead ion chain, 2021 has been mainly devoted to restore the injectors’ performance and to successfully prove the slip-stacking technique in SPS. In this paper we summarise the key milestones of the ion beam commissioning and the achieved beam performance for the Linac 3 (including the source), LEIR and PS accelerators, together with an outlook on 2022 operation. | ||
| DOI • | reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOPT055 | |
| About • | Received ※ 03 June 2022 — Revised ※ 12 June 2022 — Accepted ※ 16 June 2022 — Issue date ※ 17 June 2022 | |
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