LINAC2012 - List of Authors (Long, C.D.)

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THPB013	Diagnostics Tools for Beam Halo Investigation in SNS Linac	873
	A.V. Aleksandrov, W. Blokland, Y. Liu, C.D. Long, A.P. Zhukov ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
	Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy. Uncontrolled beam loss is the major concern in operation of a high intensity hadron linac. A low density cloud of particles with large oscillation amplitudes, so called halo, can form around the dense regular beam core. This halo can be direct or indirect cause of beam loss. There is an experimental evidence of halo growing in SNS linac and limiting further reduction of beam loss. A set of tools is being developed for detecting of the halo and investigating its origin and dynamics. The set includes high resolution emittance measurements in the injector, laser based emittance measurements at 1 GeV, and high resolution profile measurements along the linac. We will present our experience with useful measurement techniques and data analysis algorithms as well as current understanding of the halo dynamics in SNS linac.

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Diagnostics Tools for Beam Halo Investigation in SNS Linac

873

A.V. Aleksandrov, W. Blokland, Y. Liu, C.D. Long, A.P. Zhukov
ORNL, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Funding: SNS is managed by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Uncontrolled beam loss is the major concern in operation of a high intensity hadron linac. A low density cloud of particles with large oscillation amplitudes, so called halo, can form around the dense regular beam core. This halo can be direct or indirect cause of beam loss. There is an experimental evidence of halo growing in SNS linac and limiting further reduction of beam loss. A set of tools is being developed for detecting of the halo and investigating its origin and dynamics. The set includes high resolution emittance measurements in the injector, laser based emittance measurements at 1 GeV, and high resolution profile measurements along the linac. We will present our experience with useful measurement techniques and data analysis algorithms as well as current understanding of the halo dynamics in SNS linac.