Analysis of Uptime Efficiency of the SLC as Measured by Pulse Accounting

Title: Analysis of Uptime Efficiency of the SLC as Measured by Pulse Accounting

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The repetition frequency of a linear collider can deviate substantially from nominal design values as a result of lost pulses. Pulses are typically lost as a result of a veto imposed by the many machine protection systems (MPSs). A system has been installed at the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) to use the existing beam position monitor hardware to count every beam pulse that passes each of the strategic locations. Also counted are the signals from various beam dumpers, as well as trigger signals generated by the MPS. Representative data of SLC running that have been used to determine how to improve running efficiency are shown.

Authors:: Krejik, P .

Publication Date:: Wed Apr 19 00:00:00 EDT 2006

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1035129

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-5564
TRN: US201204%%353

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: IEEE 1991 Particle Accelerator Conference (APS Beam Physics), San Francisco, California, 6-9 May 1991.

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATORS; BEAM POSITION; DESIGN; EFFICIENCY; LINEAR COLLIDERS; MONITORS; PHYSICS; STANFORD LINEAR COLLIDER; ACCSYS

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