2013•University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas)Open access
Advance in MEIC cooling studies
Yuhong Zhang, Ya. S. Derbenev, David R. Douglas, A. Hutton, Andrew Kimber, R. Li, Edith Nissen, Tennant, H. Zhang
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Abstract
Cooling of ion beams is essential for achieving a high luminosity for MEIC at Jefferson Lab. In this paper, we present the design concept of the electron cooling system for MEIC. In the design, two facilities are required for supporting a multi-staged cooling scheme; one is a 2 MeV DC cooler in the ion pre-booster; the other is a high electron energy (up to 55 MeV) ERL-circulator cooler in the collider ring. The simulation studies of beam dynamics in an ERL-circulator cooler are summarized and followed by a report on technology development for this cooler. We also discuss two proposed experiments for demonstrating high energy cooling with a bunched electron beam and the ERL-circulator cooler.
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