• DocumentCode
    2878507
  • Title

    Nominal LHC beam instability observations in the CERN Proton Synchrotron

  • Author

    Steerenberg, R. ; Arduini, G. ; Benedetto, E. ; Blas, A. ; Höfle, W. ; Métral, E. ; Morvillo, M. ; Rossi, C. ; Rumolo, G.

  • Author_Institution
    CERN, Geneva
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    25-29 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    4222
  • Lastpage
    4224
  • Abstract
    The nominal LHC beam has been produced successfully in the CERN proton synchrotron since 2003. However, after having restarted the CERN PS in spring 2006, the LHC beam was set-up and observed to be unstable on the 26 GeV/c extraction flat top. An intensive measurement campaign was made to understand the instability and to trace its source. This paper presents the observations, possible explanations and the necessary measures to be taken in order to avoid this instability in the future.
  • Keywords
    particle beam bunching; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam extraction; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; CERN proton synchrotron; LHC beam instability; beam position monitors; extraction flat top; particle bunches; Large Hadron Collider; Particle beams; Protons; Synchrotrons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0916-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2007.4439985
  • Filename
    4439985