Controlling the resistive wall instability in the Fermilab Main Ring

Author

Capista, D. ; McGinnis, D. ; Steimel, J. ; Kourbanis, I. ; Still, D.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

1721

Abstract

The Fermilab Main Ring has a strong transverse instability identified as a resistive wall. Previous methods of dealing with this problem have primarily been to find settings of tune, chromaticity, and octupole that result in stable operation. Controlling this instability in this manner has had limited success and reduces beam lifetime. A new damper system has been installed in the Main Ring to control this instability. This damper effectively provides a negative impedance to the accelerator to cancel the effects of the resistive wall. With this damper in operation we have been able to adjust the tune, chromaticity, and octupole settings to improve beam efficiency without becoming unstable due to the resistive wall of the accelerator

Keywords

accelerator control systems; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; synchrotrons; Fermilab Main Ring; beam efficiency; chromaticity; damper system; negative impedance; octupole; resistive wall instability; strong transverse instability; tune; Bandwidth; Circuits; Control systems; Damping; Geometry; Impedance; Laboratories; Particle beams; Radio frequency; Shock absorbers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.750813

Filename

750813