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LONGITUDINAL PERFORMANCE WITH HIGH-DENSITY BEAMS FOR THE LHC IN THE CERN PS

Heiko Damerau, S. Hancock, M Schokker

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Abstract

As one of the pre-injectors for the Large Hadron Collider, the CERN Proton Synchrotron must reliably deliver beams in a wide range of parameters. The large variety of bunch spacings from 25 to 150 ns at extraction requires the acceleration of small, high-density bunches as well as highly intense ones. Above a threshold bunch density, longitudinal coupled-bunch instabilities are observed after transition crossing and the main accelerating cavities have been identified as part of the impedance driving them. Transient beam loading causes asymmetries of the various bunch splittings used to establish the required bunch spacing, compromising beam quality at the head of the bunch train delivered. Recent measurements of longitudinal limitations of beams for the LHC are presented, together with possible cures and options for future hardware improvements.

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As one of the pre-injectors for the Large Hadron Collider, the CERN Proton Synchrotron must reliably deliver beams in a wide range of parameters. The large variety of bunch spacings from 25 to 150 ns at extraction requires the acceleration of small, high-density bunches as well as highly intense ones. Above a threshold bunch density, longitudinal coupled-bunch instabilities are observed after transition crossing and the main accelerating cavities have been identified as part of the impedance driving them. Transient beam loading causes asymmetries of the various bunch splittings used to establish the required bunch spacing, compromising beam quality at the head of the bunch train delivered. Recent measurements of longitudinal limitations of beams for the LHC are presented, together with possible cures and options for future hardware improvements.

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As one of the pre-injectors for the Large Hadron Collider, the CERN Proton Synchrotron must reliably deliver beams in a wide range of parameters. The large variety of bunch spacings from 25 to 150 ns at extraction requires the acceleration of small, high-density bunches as well as highly intense ones. Above a threshold bunch density, longitudinal coupled-bunch instabilities are observed after transition crossing and the main accelerating cavities have been identified as part of the impedance driving them. Transient beam loading causes asymmetries of the various bunch splittings used to establish the required bunch spacing, compromising beam quality at the head of the bunch train delivered. Recent measurements of longitudinal limitations of beams for the LHC are presented, together with possible cures and options for future hardware improvements.

Key concepts: Large Hadron Collider, Bunches, Physics, Proton Synchrotron, Beam (structure), Synchrotron, Acceleration, Particle accelerator

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