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Godlove, T.F.

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MPPE067 Refined Calculation of Beam Dynamics During UMER Injection 3733
 
  • G. Bai, S. Bernal, T.F. Godlove, I. Haber, R.A. Kishek, P.G. O'Shea, B. Quinn, J.C. Tobin Thangaraj, M. Walter
    IREAP, College Park, Maryland
  • M. Reiser
    University Maryland, College Park, Maryland
 
  Funding: This work is funded by U.S. Dept. of Energy under grants DE-FG02-94ER40855 and DE-FG02-92ER54178.

The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) is built as a low-cost testbed for intense beam physics for benefit of larger ion accelerators. The beam intensity is designed to be variable, spanning the entire range from low current operation to highly space-charge-dominated transport. The ring has recently been closed and multi-turn commissioning has begun. Although we have conducted many experiments at high space charge during UMER construction, lower-current beams have become quite useful in this commissioning stage for assisting us with beam steering, measurement of phase advance, etc. One of the biggest challenges of multi-turn operation of UMER is correctly operating the Y-shaped injection section, hence called the Y-section, which is specially designed for UMER multi-turn operation. It is a challenge because the system requires several quadrupoles and dipoles in a very stringent space, resulting in mechanical, electrical, and beam control complexities. This paper presents a simulation study of the beam centroid motion in the injection region.

 
TPAT066 Significance of Space Charge and the Earth Magnetic Field on the Dispersive Characteristics of a Low Energy Electron Beam 3691
 
  • R.A. Kishek, G. Bai, S. Bernal, T.F. Godlove, I. Haber, P.G. O'Shea, B. Quinn, C. Tobin, M. Walter
    IREAP, College Park, Maryland
  • M. Reiser
    University Maryland, College Park, Maryland
 
  Funding: This work is funded by U.S. Dept. of Energy grant numbers DE-FG02-94ER40855 and DE-FG02-92ER54178.

The combination of energy spread and space charge provides a rich domain for interesting beam dynamics that are currently not well understood. The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) [1] is a small scaled ring designed to probe the little-known regions of higher beam intensities using low-energy electrons. As such, design, commissioning and operation of UMER present many challenges, some quite novel. For example the UMER beam energy of 10 keV makes the beam very sensitive to the Earth magnetic field, which we can fortunately use to assist in bending the beam. This paper presents a systematic simulation study of the interaction of space charge and energy spread, with and without the earth magnetic field.

*"Commissioning of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER)," S. Bernal, et al., this conference.

 
RPPE075 Injector Electronics for Multi-Turn Operation of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) 3952
 
  • M. Holloway, T.F. Godlove, P.G. O'Shea, B. Quinn, M. Walter
    IREAP, College Park, Maryland
  • M. Reiser
    University Maryland, College Park, Maryland
 
  Funding: This work is funded by U.S. Department of Energy under grants DE-FG02-94ER40855 and DE-FG02-92ER54178.

Progress is described toward the development of pulse generators required for injection and extraction of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER). The geometry, described elsewhere, employs a fast ironless dipole at the junction of a Y-shaped section of the ring. The dipole as developed has an inductance of 600 nH. The required +21 A, long pulse generator for multi-turn operation is installed. A pulser providing -42 A for deflection in the opposite sense during injection is under development. It must have a fall time of ~100 ns in view of the 200 ns circulation time for the beam. A similar pulser, having a 100 ns risetime is required for beam extraction. The fast pulsers employ MOSFET switches.

 
RPPE076 Overview of Electrical Systems for the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) 3988
 
  • B. Quinn, G. Bai, S. Bernal, T.F. Godlove, I. Haber, J.R. Harris, M. Holloway, H. Li, J.G. Neumann, P.G. O'Shea, K. Tian, M. Walter
    IREAP, College Park, Maryland
  • M. Reiser
    University Maryland, College Park, Maryland
 
  Funding: This work is funded by the United States Department of Energy under grants DE-FG02-94ER40855 and DE-FG02-92ER54178.

Commissioning of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) is underway (see general abstract on UMER). We discuss the various electrical systems of UMER. The power system includes 114 supplies for 70 air-core magnetic quadrupoles, 36 bending dipoles and 30+ steering dipoles as well as earth's field compensating coils. Systems for data collection comprise multiplexers and fast digitizers for diagnostics including 15 fast beam position monitors (BPMs)and video capture from fluorescent screen monitors. Several pulsers have been built in-house for injection and extraction magnets. The stringent timing schemes are also presented.

 
FOAD005 Commissioning of the University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) 469
 
  • S. Bernal, G. Bai, D.W. Feldman, R. Feldman, T.F. Godlove, I. Haber, J.R. Harris, M. Holloway, R.A. Kishek, J.G. Neumann, P.G. O'Shea, C. Papadopoulos, B. Quinn, D. Stratakis, K. Tian, J.C. Tobin Thangaraj, M. Walter, M. Wilson
    IREAP, College Park, Maryland
  • M. Reiser
    University Maryland, College Park, Maryland
 
  Funding: This work is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy under grants DE-FG02-94ER40855 and DE-FG02-92ER54178, and the office of Naval Research under grant N00014-02-1-0914.

The University of Maryland electron ring (UMER) is a low-energy, high current recirculator for beam physics research. The ring is completed for multi-turn operation of beams over a broad range of intensities and initial conditions. UMER is addressing issues in beam physics with relevance to many applications that rely on intense beams of high quality. Examples are advanced accelerators, FEL’s, spallation neutron sources and future heavy-ion drivers for inertial fusion. We review the motivation, ring layout and operating conditions of UMER. Further, we present a summary of beam physics areas that UMER is currently investigating and others that are part of the commissioning plan: from transverse beam dynamics (matching, halo formation, strongly asymmetric beams, space-charge waves, etc), longitudinal dynamics (bunch capture/shaping, evolution of energy spread, longitudinal space-charge waves, etc.) to future upgrades and planned research (acceleration and resonance traversal, modeling of galactic dynamics, etc.) We also emphasize the computer simulation work that is an integral part of the UMER project.