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Title: A search for coupled-bunch instability in the Fermilab Main Injector

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OSTI ID:782646

In the Fermilab Main Injector (MI) we are planning to double the bunch intensity from its design value by slip stacking. The accelerator consists of 18 rf cavities which operate at a harmonic number of 588. These cavities are known to have many higher ordered resonances. Longitudinal coupled-bunch instability induced by excitation of the rf cavities may be an important issue to be addressed in the intensity upgrade. Here we have carried out some simulation studies of the longitudinal coupled bunch instability to investigate bunch intensity limits. The results are presented in this paper.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
782646
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-Conf-01/178-T; TRN: US0103425
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference, Chicago, IL (US), 06/18/2001--06/22/2001; Other Information: PBD: 3 Jul 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English