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Chase, B.

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MOPAS011 Uniform Longitudinal Beam Profiles in the Fermilab Recycler Using Adaptive RF Correction 458
 
  • M. Hu, D. R. Broemmelsiek, B. Chase, J. L. Crisp, N. E. Eddy, P. W. Joireman, K. Y. Ng
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Non-uniformity in longitudinal beam profiles due to potential well distortion have been observed in the Fermilab Recycler Ring. The main source of distortion, the analysis, and the experimental verification of a solution are presented. An adaptive algorithm has been developed to remove the distortion. This algorithm has been implemented in a custom FPGA-based module, which has been integrated into the current Low Level RF system.  
MOPAS022 Controls, LLRF, and Instrumentation Systems for ILC Test Facilities at Fermilab 479
 
  • M. Votava, B. Chase, M. Wendt
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U. S. Department of Energy under contract No. DE-AC02-76CH03000.

The major controls and instrumentation systems for the ILC test areas and the NML test accelerator at Fermilab are discussed. The test areas include 3 separate areas for Vertical Superconducting RF Cavity Testing, Horizontal Cavity Testing, and NML RF and beam test area. A common control infrastructure for the test areas including a controls framework, electronic logbook and cavity database will be provided, while supporting components supplied by collaborators with diverse areas of expertise (EPICS, DOOCS, LabVIEW, and Matlab). The discussions on the instrumentation systems are focused on overview and requirements.

 
TUODKI03 Multi-batch Slip Stacking in the Main Injector at Fermilab 742
 
  • K. Seiya, T. Berenc, B. Chase, J. E. Dey, P. W. Joireman, I. Kourbanis, J. Reid
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  The Main Injector (MI) is going to use slip stacking scheme for the NuMI neutrino experiment for effectively increasing proton intensity to the NuMI target by about a factor two in a MI cycle. The MI is going to accept 11 pluses at injection energy from the Booster and accelerate them to 120 GeV. By using Slip stacking, two of them are merged into one and sent to Anti-proton production and 9 of them, one single and four doubled density pulses, are going to be sent to the Numi beam line. We have been doing low intensity beam studies with 11 pulses injection and accelerated them with the total intensity of 3·1012 ppp to 120GeV. We discuss beam loss and technical issues on multi-batch slip stacking.  
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TUZAC01 The ILC Control System Design 868
 
  • J. Carwardine, N. D. Arnold, F. Lenkszus, C. W. Saunders
    ANL, Argonne, Illinois
  • B. Banerjee, B. Chase, E. G. Gottschalk, P. W. Joireman, P. A. Kasley, J. R. Lackey, P. M. McBride, J. F. Patrick, V. Pavlicek, M. Votava, S. A. Wolbers
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  • R. W. Downing, R. S. Larsen
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California
  • K. Furukawa, S. Michizono
    KEK, Ibaraki
  • K. Rehlich, S. Simrock
    DESY, Hamburg
 
  Funding: Work supported in the U. S. by the U. S. Department of Energy under contract Nos. DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC02-76CH03000, and DE-AC02-76SF00515.

The scale and performance parameters of the ILC require new thinking in regards to control system design. This design work has begun quite early in comparison to most accelerator projects, with the goal of uniquely high overall accelerator availability. Among the design challenges are high control system availability, timing reference distribution, standardization of interfaces, operability, and maintainability. We present the current state of the design and take a prospective look at ongoing research and development projects.

 
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WEOCKI04 Longitudinal Momentum Mining of Antiprotons at the Fermilab Recycler: Past, Present, and Future 1941
 
  • C. M. Bhat, B. Chase, C. Gattuso, P. W. Joireman
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Funding: Operated by Universities Research Association, Inc. for the U. S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC02-76CH03000.

The Recycler is the primary antiproton repository for the Tevatron collider at Fermilab. Stored antiproton beam intensity has been steadily increased to about 450·1010 over the last three years. We have used the technique of longitudinal momentum mining* in the Recycler to extract constant intensity and constant longitudinal emittance antiproton bunches for collider operation since early 2005. Since then, the Recycler has played a critical role in the luminosity performance of the Tevatron; the peak proton-antiproton luminosity has been raised by a factor of about three and a world record luminosity of 2.31·1032cm-2s-1 has been achieved. Recently, many improvements have been implemented in the antiproton mining and stacking schemes used in the Recycler to handle higher intensity beam. In this paper we discuss morphing during antiproton stacking, reducing longitudinal emittance dilution, and use of soft mining buckets to maintain low peak density and control the beam instability during mining. In addition we present past and current performance of mining and beam stacking RF manipulations.

* C. M. Bhat, Phys. Letts. A Vol. 330 (2004), p 481

 
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WEPMN092 Capture Cavity II Results at FNAL 2245
 
  • J. Branlard, G. I. Cancelo, R. H. Carcagno, B. Chase, H. Edwards, R. P. Fliller, B. M. Hanna, E. R. Harms, A. Hocker, T. W. Koeth, M. J. Kucera, A. Makulski, U. Mavric, M. McGee, A. H. Paytyan, Y. M. Pischalnikov, P. S. Prieto, R. Rechenmacher, J. Reid, K. R. Treptow, N. G. Wilcer, T. J. Zmuda
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Funding: FRA

As part of the research and development towards the International Linear Collider (ILC), several test facilities have been developed at Fermilab. This paper presents the latest LLRF results obtained with Capture Cavity II at these test facilities. The main focus will be on controls and RF operations using the SIMCON based LLRF system. Details about hardware upgrades and overall system performance will be also explained. Finally, design considerations and objectives for the future test facility at the New Muon Laboratory (NML) will be presented.

 
WEPMN102 A 96 Channel Receiver for the ILCTA LLRF System at Fermilab 2271
 
  • U. Mavric, J. Branlard, B. Chase, E. Cullerton, D. W. Klepec
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  The present configuration of an ILC Main Linac RF station has 26 nine cell cavities driven from one klystron. With the addition of waveguide power coupler monitors, 96 RF signals will be downconverted and processed. A downconverter chassis is being developed that contains 12 eight channel analog modules and a single upconverter module. This chassis will first be deployed for testing a cryomodule composed of eight cavities located at New Muon Laboratory (NML) - Fermilab. Critical parts of the design for LLRF applications are identified and a detailed description of the circuit with various characteristic measurements is presented. The board is composed of an input band-pass filter centered at 1.3GHz, followed by a mixer, which downconverts the cavity probe signal to a proposed 13 MHz intermediate frequency. Cables with 8 channels per connector and good isolation between channels are being used to interconnect each downconverter module with a digital board. As mixers and power splitters are the most sensitive parts for noise, nonlinearities and cross-talk issues, special attention is given to these parts in the design of the LO port multiplication and distribution.  
WEPMN108 A Technique for Monitoring Fast Tuner Piezoactuator Preload Forces for Superconducting RF Cavities 2289
 
  • Y. M. Pischalnikov, J. Branlard, R. H. Carcagno, B. Chase, H. Edwards, A. Makulski, M. McGee, R. Nehring, D. F. Orris, V. Poloubotko, C. Sylvester, S. Tariq
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  Funding: Work supported by Universities Research Association Inc. under Contract No. DE-AC02-76CH03000 with the United States Department of Energy.

The technology for mechanically compensating Lorentz Force detuning in superconducting RF cavities has already been developed at DESY. One technique is based on commercial piezoelectric actuators and was successfully demonstrated on TESLA cavities*. Piezo actuators for fast tuners can operate in a frequency range up to several kHz; however, it is very important to maintain a constant preload force on the piezo stack in the range of 10 to 50% of its specified blocking force. Determining the preload force during cooldown, warm-up, or re-tuning of the cavity is difficult without instrumentation, and exceeding the specified range can permanently damage the piezo stack. A technique based on strain gauge technology for superconducting magnets has been applied to fast tuners for monitoring the preload on the piezoelectric assembly. This paper will address the design and testing of piezo actuator preload sensor technology. Results from measurements of preload sensors installed on the tuner of the DESY Capture Cavity II tested at Fermilab will be presented. These results include measurements during cooldown, warm-up, and cavity tuning along with dynamic Lorentz force compensation.

* M. Liepe et al," Dynamic Lorentz Force Compensation with a Fast Piezoelectric Tuner" PAC2001

 
WEPMN112 Multichannel Vector Field Control Module for LLRF Control of Superconducting Cavities 2298
 
  • P. Varghese, B. Barnes, J. Branlard, B. Chase, P. W. Joireman, D. W. Klepec, U. Mavric, V. Tupikov
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
 
  The field control of multiple superconducting RF cavities with a single Klystron, such as the proposed RF scheme for the ILC, requires high density (number of RF channels) signal processing hardware so that vector control may be implemented with minimum group delay. The MFC (Multichannel Field Control) module is a 33-channel, FPGA based downconversion and signal processing board in a single VXI slot, with 4 channels of high speed DAC outputs. An LO input of upto 1.6 GHz can be divided down to provide 8 clock signals through a clock distribution chip. A 32-bit, 400MHz floating point DSP provides additional computational capability for calibration and implementation of more complex control algorithms. Both the FPGA and DSP have external SDRAM memory for diagnostic data and nonvolatile Flash memory for program and configuration storage. Multiple high speed serial transceivers on the front panel and the backplane bus allow a flexible architecture for inter-module real time data exchanges. An interface CPLD supports the VXI bus protocol for communication to a Slot0 CPU, with Ethernet connections for remote in system programming of the FPGA and DSP as well as for data acquisition.  
FROAC06 Survey of LLRF Development for the ILC 3810
 
  • J. Branlard, B. Chase
    Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
  • S. Michizono
    KEK, Ibaraki
  • S. Simrock
    DESY, Hamburg
 
  Funding: FRA

The key to a successful LLRF design for the International Linear Collider (ILC) relies on a combined effort from the different laboratories involved in this global project. This paper covers the ILC LLRF design progress both long term and for current test facilities around the world. Much of the focus is towards the ILC Test Area and on inter-laboratories collaborations. The SIMCON controller board, originally developed at DESY has been successfully used at FNAL to control the superconducting capture cavity I and II. A joined effort is also underway to modify its hardware to improve its noise performance and upgrading the firmware to achieve a higher intermediate frequency operation. In parallel, several simulation models (U-Penn, FNAL) have been developed in addition to the Simulink based model from DESY. The motivation is to investigate such issues as variable gradients, low beam conditions and bunch compression. Finally, an active exchange of knowledge and expertise continues to occur during collaboration meetings and through mutual participation in accelerator tests and commissioning (Dec06/Jan07 at DESY).

 
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