• Y. Kobayashi, T. Aoto, S. Asaoka, K. Ebihara, K. Haga, K. Harada, T. Honda, T. Ieiri, M. Izawa, T. Kageyama, T. Kasuga, M. Kikuchi, K. Kudo, H. Maezawa, K. Marutsuka, A. Mishina, T.M. Mitsuhashi, T. Miyajima, H. Miyauchi, S. Nagahashi, T.T. Nakamura, T. Nogami, T. Obina, K. Oide, M. Ono, T. Ozaki, C.O. Pak, H. Sakai, Y. Sakamoto, S. Sakanaka, H. Sasaki, Y. Sato, M. Shimada, T. Shioya, M. Tadano, T. Tahara, T. Takahashi, R. Takai, S. Takasaki, Y. Tanimoto, M. Tejima, K. Tsuchiya, T. Uchiyama, A. Ueda, K. Umemori, S. Yamamoto, Ma. Yoshida, S.I. Yoshimoto
  KEK, Ibaraki

Two synchrotron light sources of the Photon Factory storage ring (PF-ring) and the Photon Factory advanced ring (PF-AR) have been stably operated at KEK. PF-ring covers the photon-energy range from VUV to hard X-ray using a 2.5 GeV (sometimes 3.0 GeV) electron beam. PF-AR is mostly operated in a single-bunch mode of 6.5GeV to provide pulsed hard X-rays. Recently, the operation has progressed to realize a so-called top-up injection at PF-ring. In a single-bunch mode, the continuous injection to preserve a constant beam current of 51 mA has been carried out since February 2007. In addition, the injection with continuing the experiments has been successfully operated in a multi-bunch mode since October 2008. At PF-AR, sputter ion pumps have been extensively reinforced to prolong the beam lifetime and to reduce the frequency of sudden lifetime drops by substituting for distributed ion pumps, which are considered as one of the dust sources. In this conference, we present the recent progress of the operation at PF-ring and PF-AR including machine developments.

• T. Toyama, D.A. Arakawa, A. Arinaga, Y. Hashimoto, S. Hiramatsu, S. Igarashi, S. Lee, H. Matsumoto, J.-I. Odagiri, M. Tejima, M. Tobiyama, N. Yamamoto
  KEK, Ibaraki
• K. Hanamura, S. Hatakeyama
  MELCO SC, Tsukuba
• H. Harada
  JAEA, Ibaraki-ken
• N. Hayashi, K. Yamamoto
  JAEA/J-PARC, Tokai-Mura, Naka-Gun, Ibaraki-Ken
• K. Satou
  J-PARC, KEK & JAEA, Ibaraki-ken

Beam commissioning of the J-PARC MR has been going on from May 2008. The beam was one bunch of 4·10¹¹ protons, nearly one hundredth of the design value. Here describe performances of the beam diagnostic devices: DCCT's, BPM's, BLM's, profile monitors and tune meters. Diagnostic design for the design intensity will be also included.

Slides

• Y. Funakoshi, T. Abe, K. Akai, Y. Cai, K. Ebihara, K. Egawa, A. Enomoto, J.W. Flanagan, H. Fukuma, K. Furukawa, T. Furuya, J. Haba, T. Ieiri, N. Iida, H. Ikeda, T. Kageyama, S. Kamada, T. Kamitani, S. Kato, M. Kikuchi, E. Kikutani, H. Koiso, M. Masuzawa, T. Mimashi, T. Miura, A. Morita, T.T. Nakamura, K. Nakanishi, M. Nishiwaki, Y. Ogawa, K. Ohmi, Y. Ohnishi, N. Ohuchi, K. Oide, M. Ono, Y. Seimiya, K. Shibata, M. Suetake, Y. Suetsugu, T. Sugimura, T. Suwada, M. Tawada, M. Tejima, M. Tobiyama, N. Tokuda, S. Uehara, S. Uno, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Yano, K. Yokoyama, M. Yoshida, S.I. Yoshimoto, D.M. Zhou
  KEK, Ibaraki

Crab cavities were installed at KEKB at the beginning of 2007. The beam operation with the crab cavities is in progress. In this paper, machine performance with crab crossing is described focusing on a specific luminosity and a beam lifetime issue related to the dynamic beam-beam effects.