• W.J. Corbett, A.S. Fisher, X. Huang, J.A. Safranek, S. Westerman
  SLAC, Menlo Park, California
• W.X. Cheng
  BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
• W.Y. Mok
  Life Imaging Technology, Palo Alto, California

As SPEAR3 moves closer to trickle-charge topup injection, the complex phase-space dynamics of the injected beam becomes increasingly important for capture efficiency and machine protection. In the horizontal plane the beam executes ~12mm betatron oscillations and begins to filament within 10's of turns. In the vertical plane the beam is more stable but a premium is placed on flat-orbit injection through the Lambertson septum and the correct optical match. Longitudinally, energy spread in the booster is converted to arrival-time dispersion by the strong R56 component in the transfer line. In this paper, we report on turn-by-turn imaging of the injected beam in both the transverse plane and in the longitudinal direction using a fast-gated ccd and streak camera, respectively.

• A. Blednykh, W.X. Cheng, R.P. Fliller, Y. Kawashima, J. Rose, T.V. Shaftan, L.-H. Yu
  BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York

In this paper, we present an overview of the impact of collective effects upon the performance of the NSLS-II booster.