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Title: Transverse space-charge effects in the AGS booster during injection

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6841832· OSTI ID:6841832

We have analyzed the transverse motion for 200 MeV protons under strong space-charge conditions. We considered up to 5 /times/ 10/sup 12/ protons per bunch; for the assumed distribution this corresponds to a maximum tune shift of /minus/0.75. We utilized single particle tracking to study the motion in normalized phase space as a function of initial particle amplitude. Subsequent FFT analyses were used to obtain the fractional betatron tunes at different z values along the bunch. The motion shows x /minus/ y coupling due to the so-called Montague resonance (2Q/sub x//minus/2Q/sub y//equals/0). Perturbations arise when particles have tunes in the neighborhood of the 2Q /equals/ 9 half-integral resonances but losses do not occur. It appears that the motion is stabilized simply due to the strong amplitude dependence of the tunes. 2 refs., 5 figs., 4 tabs.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6841832
Report Number(s):
BNL-41465; ON: DE88015193; TRN: 88-030399
Resource Relation:
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Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English