Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Dispersion and betatron matching into the linac

Conference ·
OSTI ID:5550468

In high energy linear colliders, the low emittance beam from a damping ring has to be preserved all the way to the linac, in the linac and to the interaction point. In particular, the Ring-To-Linac (RTL) section of the SLAC Linear Collider (SLC) should provide an exact betatron and dispersion match from the damping ring to the linac. A beam with a non-zero dispersion shows up immediately as an increased emittance, while with a betatron mismatch the beam filaments in the linac. Experimental tests and tuning procedures have shown that the linearized beta matching algorithms are insufficient if the actual transport line has some unknown errors not included in the model. Also, adjusting quadrupole strengths steers the beam if it is offset in the quadrupole magnets. These and other effects have lead to a lengthy tuning process, which in the end improves the matching, but is not optimal. Different ideas will be discussed which should improve this matching procedure and make it a more reliable, faster and simpler process. 5 refs., 2 figs.

Research Organization:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
5550468
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-5484; CONF-910505--243; ON: DE91013989
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

A Strong-Strong Simulation on the Beam-Beam Effect in a Linac/Ring B Factory
Conference · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · OSTI ID:954356

Strong-strong simulation on the beam-beam effect in a linac-ring [ital B] factory
Journal Article · Sun Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics; (United States) · OSTI ID:5948817

The SLAC linac as used in the SLC collider
Conference · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · OSTI ID:5673753