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WEAY02 |
Electron cooling of 8 GeV antiprotons at Fermilabs Recycler: Results and operational implications
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- L. R. Prost, D. R. Broemmelsiek, A. V. Burov, K. Carlson, C. Gattuso, M. Hu, T. K. Kroc, J. R. Leibfritz, S. Nagaitsev, S. M. Pruss, G. W. Saewert, C. W. Schmidt, A. V. Shemyakin, M. Sutherland, V. Tupikov, A. Warner
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
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Electron cooling of 8 GeV antiprotons at Fermilabs Recycler storage ring is now routinely used in the collider operation. It requires a 0.1-0.5 A, 4.3 MeV DC electron beam that reduces the longitudinal phase-space of the circulating antiproton beam. This paper first describes the characteristics of the electron beam that was achieved to successfully cool antiprotons as well as its necessary stability. Then, results from various cooling force measurements along with comparison to a simple non-magnetized model will be presented. Finally, operational aspects of the implementation of electron cooling at the Recycler will be discussed, such as regulation of the cooling rate and the influence of the electron beam on the antiprotons lifetime.
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Correction of unevenness in Recycler beam profile
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244 |
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- K. Y. Ng, J. L. Crisp, M. Hu
Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois
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When a beam is confined between two rf barriers in the Fermilab Recycler Ring, it is observed that the longitudinal beam profile between the barriers is in general very uneven (typically about 20% for a beam of intensity 5E11). This leads to the consequence that the momentum-mined antiproton bunches may have an intolerable variation in bunch intensity. It is shown that the observed unevenness in beam profile is the result of a tiny amount (around 2%) of rf potential imperfection and a tiny amount (around 0.5%) of rf beam loading. The beam profile can be made even by feeding back the unevenness of the effective rf potential to the low-level rf.
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