Bunch-to-bucket injection of linac beam into the Brookhaven AGS
A new fast beam chopper has been used to study injection and capture in the AGS. The chopper is a fast beam switch with 10 ns rise and fall times that can be programmed on a bunch-by-bunch basis and is synchronized to the net accelerating voltage of the synchrotron, thus allowing bunch-to-bucket injection of the 200 MeV H{sup {minus}} linac beam. The studies so far have concentrated on simple injection scenarios, at reduced intensity, where longitudinal effects are well separated from transverse. The evolution of the pre-bunched beam during the transition from injection to acceleration has been examined. Results have shown the importance of the detailed linac beam energy distribution. The ability to control the longitudinal emittance of the beam with the fast chopper has been used in other machine studies. This report includes a description of a measurement of the longitudinal coupling impedance of the AGS by the beam transfer function technique which utilized the control of longitudinal emittance provided by bunch-to-bucket injection. Plans for improvements to the chopper equipment are also describe. 6 refs., 4 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/ER
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6813516
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-43671; CONF-900603-17; ON: DE90013733; TRN: 90-023130
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. European particle accelerator conference, Nice (France), 11-16 Jun 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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