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Title: Transverse collective instability in the PSR (Proton Storage Ring)

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OSTI ID:6183459

An instability in the Proton Storage Ring (PSR) is observed as fast loss of beam during accumulation and storage when the injected beam current exceeds a threshold value. Experimental study results of that instability are presented in this paper. The instability threshold depends significantly on rf voltage, injected momentum spread, PSR sextupole strengths, and also on ring octupole strengths. The results are consistent with the hypothesis that the instability is a transverse instability excited by a transverse impedance Z/sub perpendicular/ with norm of Z/sub perpendicular/approx. = 1 M..cap omega../m. The driving impedance has significant magnitude in the 30 to 300-MHz frequency range. 6 refs., 10 figs., 3 tabs.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
6183459
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-87-2766; CONF-870260-14; ON: DE87014772
Resource Relation:
Conference: International workshop on hadron facility technology, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 2 Feb 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English