Fermilab booster modeling and space charge study

Conference · Wed Jun 04 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:811475

Chou, Weiren

The Fermilab Booster is a bottleneck limiting the proton beam intensity in the accelerator complex. A study group has been formed in order to have a better understanding of this old machine and seek possible improvements. The work includes lattice modeling, numerical simulations, bench measurements and beam studies. Based on newly obtained information, it has been found that the machine acceptance is severely compromised by the orbit bump and dogleg magnets. This, accompanied by emittance dilution from space charge at injection, is a major cause of the large beam loss at the early stage of the cycle. Measures to tackle this problem are being pursued.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76CH03000
• OSTI ID: 811475
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-Conf-03/143; TRN: US0303101
• Resource Relation: Conference: Particle Accelerator Conference, Portland, OR (US), 05/12/2003--05/16/2003; Other Information: PBD: 4 Jun 2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
DILUTION
FERMILAB
MAGNETS
PROTON BEAMS
SIMULATION
SPACE CHARGE