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| MOPLT120 | Proposals for Improvements of the Correction of Sextupole Dynamic Effects in the Tevatron Dipole Magnets | 818 |
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| It is well known that the sextupole (b2) components in the superconducting dipole magnets decay during the injection plateau and snap back rapidly at the start of the ramp to flat top current. These so-called dynamic effects were originally discovered in the Tevatron. They are compensated for by the chromaticity correctors distributed around the ring. Imperfect control of the chromaticity during the snapback can contribute to beam loss and emittance growth. A thorough investigation of the chromaticity correction in the Tevatron was launched in the context of Run II, including beam chromaticity measurements and extensive magnetic measurements on a series of spare Tevatron dipole magnets. The study has yielded new information about the effect of the powering history on the dynamic b2. A companion paper at this conference describes in detail the results of these magnetic measurements [reference to George Velev's paper]. Study findings have given directive to new proposals for improvement of the b2 snapback correction in the Tevatron, including a revised functional form for the snapback algorithm and the elimination of the beam-less pre-cycle. This paper reports the results of beam studies performed recently to test these improved procedures. | ||
| WEPKF009 | A Scaling Law for Predicting Snap-back in Superconducting Accelerator Magnets | 1609 |
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| The decay of the sextupole component in the bending dipoles during injection and the subsequent snap-back at particle acceleration are issues of common concern, albeit at different levels of criticality, for all superconducting colliders built (Tevatron, HERA, RHIC) or in construction (LHC) to date. The main difficulty is the correction of the relatively large and fast sextupole change during snap-back. Motivated by the above considerations, we have conducted an extended study of sextupole snap-back on two different magnet families, the Tevatron and the LHC bending dipoles, using the same measurement method. We show in this paper that it is possible to generalise all the results obtained by using a simple, exponential scaling law. Furthermore, we show that for magnets of the same family the parameters of the scaling law correlate linearly. This finding could be exploited during accelerator operation to produce accurate forecast of the snap-back correction based solely on beam-based measurements. | ||
| WEPKF075 | Measurements of Sextupole Decay and Snapback in Tevatron Dipole Magnets | 1780 |
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To optimize the performance of the Fermilab Tevatron accelerator in Collider Run II, we have undertaken a systematic study of the drift and subsequent snapback of dipole magnet harmonics. The study has mostly focused on the dynamic behavior of the normal sextupole component, b2, as measured in a sample of spare Tevatron dipoles at the Fermilab Magnet Test Facility. We measured the dependence of the decay amplitude and the snapback time on Tevatron ramp parameters and magnet operational history. A series of beam studies was also performed [*]. This paper summarizes the magnetic measurement results and describes an optimization of the b2 correction scheme which is derived from these measurements.
* P.Bauer et al. These proceedings. |
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| THPLT133 | Simulation of RF Control of a Superconducting Linac for Relativistic Particles | 2771 |
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| We present a code to simulate the rf field and field control in a superconducting linac for relativistic heavy particles. In such a linac the field stability is strongly influenced by the longitudinal beam dynamics. So the code has to simulate both the field and the beam dynamics with the resulting varying beam loading. Other effects included in the simulation are Microphonics and Lorentz force. The code can simulate both single cavity and vector sum control. |