• C. Sun, J.Y. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, V. Popov, W. Wu, Y.K. Wu
  FEL/Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
• A. Chao
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• H. Xu, J. Zhang
  USTC/NSRL, Hefei, Anhui

Touschek lifetime of an electron beam in a storage ring depends on the beam polarization through the intrabeam scattering effect. Consequently, the electron beam polarization can be determined by comparing the measured Touschek lifetime of a polarized beam and an unpolarized beam. In this paper, we report a systematic experimental procedure to study the radiative polarization of a stored electron beam. Based upon this technique, we have successfully observed the polarization build-up of a 1.15 GeV electron beam in the Duke storage ring. Using the Touchek lifetime data, we are able to determine the equilibrium degree of the electron beam polarization and the time constant for the polarization build-up process.

• Y. Cai, K.L.F. Bane, K.J. Bertsche, A. Chao, R.O. Hettel, X. Huang, Z. Huang, C.-K. Ng, Y. Nosochkov, A. Novokhatski, T. Rabedeau, J.A. Safranek, G.V. Stupakov, L. Wang, M.-H. Wang, L. Xiao
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California

Over the past year, we have worked out a baseline design for PEP-X, as an ultra-low emittance storage ring that could reside in the existing 2.2-km PEP-II tunnel. The design features a hybrid lattice with double bend achromat cells in two arcs and theoretical minimum emittance cells in the remaining four arcs. Damping wigglers reduce the horizontal emittance to 86 pm-rad at zero current for a 4.5 GeV electron beam. At a design current of 1.5 A, the horizontal emittance increases, due to intra-beam scattering, to 164 pm-rad when the vertical emittance is maintained at a diffraction limited 8 pm-rad. The baseline design will produce photon beams achieving a brightness of 10²² (ph/s/mm²/mrad²/0.1% BW) at 10 keV in a 3.5-m conventional planar undulator. Our study shows that an optimized lattice has adequate dynamic aperture, while accommodating a conventional off-axis injection system. In this paper, we will present the study of the lattice properties, nonlinear dynamics, intra-beam scattering and Touschek lifetime, and collective instabilities. Finally, we discuss the possibility of partial lasing at soft X-ray wavelengths using a long undulator in a straight section.

• M.E. Biagini, D. Alesini, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, T. Demma, A. Drago, M. Esposito, S. Guiducci, F. Marcellini, G. Mazzitelli, M.A. Preger, P. Raimondi, C. Sanelli, M. Serio, A. Stecchi, A. Stella, S. Tomassini, M. Zobov
  INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
• M.A. Baylac, J.-M. De Conto, Y. Gomez-Martinez, N. Monseu, D. Tourres
  LPSC, Grenoble
• K.J. Bertsche, A. Brachmann, Y. Cai, A. Chao, M.H. Donald, A.S. Fisher, D. Kharakh, A. Krasnykh, N. Li, D.B. MacFarlane, Y. Nosochkov, A. Novokhatski, M.T.F. Pivi, J. Seeman, M.K. Sullivan, A.W. Weidemann, J. Weisend, U. Wienands, W. Wittmer, A.C. de Lira
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• S. Bettoni
  CERN, Geneva
• B. Bolzon, L. Brunetti, A. Jeremie
  IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy-le-Vieux
• J. Bonis, G. Le Meur, B.M. Mercier, F. Poirier, C. Prevost, C. Rimbault, F. Touze, A. Variola
  LAL, Orsay
• F. Bosi
  INFN-Pisa, Pisa
• A. Chancé, F. Méot, O. Napoly
  CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette
• R. Chehab
  IN2P3 IPNL, Villeurbanne
• I. Koop, E.B. Levichev, S.A. Nikitin, P.A. Piminov, D.N. Shatilov, S.V. Sinyatkin
  BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk
• S.M. Liuzzo, E. Paoloni
  University of Pisa and INFN, Pisa

The SuperB project is an international effort aiming at building in Italy a very high luminosity e⁺e^- (10³⁶ cm^-2 sec^-1) asymmetric collider at the B mesons cm energy. The accelerator design has been extensively studied and changed during the past year. The present design, - based on the new collision scheme, with large Piwinski angle and the use of 'crab' sextupoles, which has been successfully tested at the DAPHNE Phi-Factory at LNF Frascati, - provides larger flexibility, better dynamic aperture and in the Low Energy Ring spin manipulation sections, needed for having longitudinal polarization of the electron beam at the Interaction Point. The Interaction Region has been further optimized in terms of apertures and reduced backgrounds in the detector. The injector complex design has been also updated. A summary of the design status, including details on lattice and spin manipulation will be presented in this paper.