CLASSE, Ithaca
CHESS, Ithaca, New York
Cornell University, Laboratory for Elementary-Particle Physics, Ithaca, New York
Cornell University, Department of Physics, Ithaca, New York
The status of plans for an Energy-Recovery Linac (ERL) X-ray facility at Cornell University is described. Currently, Cornell operates the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) at the CESR ring and the ERL is planned to be an extension to the CESR ring with the addition of a 5-GeV superconducting c.w. linac. Topics covered in this paper include the full layout on the Cornell campus, the different operation modes of the accelerator, methods to limit emittance growth, control of beam-ion effects and ways to limit transverse instabilities. As an upgrade of the CESR ring, special attention is given to reuse of many of the existing components. The very small electron-beam emittances would produce an x-ray source that is highly superior than any existing storage-ring light source. The ERL includes 18 X-ray beamlines optimized for specific areas of research that are currently being defined by an international group of scientists. This planned upgrade illustrates how other existing storage rings could be upgraded to work as ERL light sources with vastly improved beam qualities and with limited dark time for x-ray users.
Alfred University, Alfred, New York
CESR-LEPP, Ithaca, New York
Presently, CESR is operated at two different beam energies, low energy (E=2GeV) for high energy physics (CESR-c), and high energy (E=5.3GeV) for synchrotron radiation production (CHESS). The electron and positron bunches vertical dynamics at these two energies are vastly different, in part due to the change in the pretzel orbit, the presence of wiggler magnets at low energy, and synchrotron radiation power at two vastly different energies. Using the 32 channel photomultiplier array*, we measured the vertical beam dynamics on a turn-by-turn basis during CHESS and CESR-c operation as well as dedicated machine studies time. For these studies we quantify the electron cloud effects such as vertical tune shift and vertical beam size blow-up along the electron and positron trains at these two vastly different beam energies. In addition, the turn-by-turn capability of the PMT array allows us to study the vertical bunch dynamics over 10k turns.
* Design and Implementation of an Electron and Positron Multibunch Turn-by-Turn Vertical Beam Profile Monitor in CESR-PAC2007 proceedings