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Title: Control of Multibunch Longitudinal Instabilities and Beam Diagnostics Using a DSP-based Feedback System

Abstract

A bunch-by-bunch longitudinal feedback system has been designed and built to control coupled-bunch instabilities in the PEP-II machine. A prototype system has been installed at the Advanced Light Source at LBNL. Programmable DSPs allow longitudinal feedback processing in conjunction with data acquisition or instrumentation algorithms. Here the authors describe techniques developed for different beam and system diagnostics, such as measurements of the modal growth and damping rates and measurements of the bunch-by-bunch currents. Results from the Advanced Light Source are presented to illustrate these techniques.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
763752
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-8415
TRN: US0004791
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 30 Mar 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BEAM MONITORS; DESIGN; BEAM BUNCHERS; PEP STORAGE RINGS; ADVANCED LIGHT SOURCE; BEAM DYNAMICS

Citation Formats

Teytelman, Dmitry. Control of Multibunch Longitudinal Instabilities and Beam Diagnostics Using a DSP-based Feedback System. United States: N. p., 2000. Web. doi:10.2172/763752.
Teytelman, Dmitry. Control of Multibunch Longitudinal Instabilities and Beam Diagnostics Using a DSP-based Feedback System. United States. doi:10.2172/763752.
Teytelman, Dmitry. Thu . "Control of Multibunch Longitudinal Instabilities and Beam Diagnostics Using a DSP-based Feedback System". United States. doi:10.2172/763752. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/763752.
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  • A bunch-by-bunch longitudinal feedback system based on a programmable DSP architecture is used to study coupled-bunch motion and its sources. Experimental results are presented from PEP-II, DA{Phi}NE, ALS and SPEAR to highlight the operational experience from 4 installations, plus show novel accelerator diagnostics possible with the digital processing system. Modal growth and damping rates are measured via short (20 ms) transient recordings for unstable and stable coupled-bunch modes. Data from steady-state measurements are used to identify unstable modes and noise-driven beam motion. A novel impedance measurement technique is presented which reveals the longitudinal impedance as a function of frequency. Thismore » technique uses the measured synchronous phase and charge of every bucket to calculate the impedance seen by the beam at revolution harmonics.« less
  • The PEP-II/ALS/DA{Phi}NE feedback systems are complex systems implemented using analog, digital and microwave circuits. The VXI hardware implementation for the Front-end and Back-end analog processing modules is presented. The Front-end module produces a baseband beam phase signal from pickups using a microwave tone burst generator. The Back-end VXI module generates an AM/QPSK modulated signal from a baseband correction signal computed in a digital signal processor. These components are implemented in VXI packages that allow a wide spectrum of system functions including a 120 MHz bandwidth rms detector, reference phase servo, woofer link to the RF control system, standard VXI status/control,more » and user defined registers. The details of the design and implementation of the VXI modules including performance characteristics are presented.« less
  • Recently a single-channel prototype of the proposed PEP-II longitudinal feedback system was successfully demonstrated at SPEAR and ALS on single-bunch beams. The phase oscillations are detected via a wide-band pick up. The feedback signal is then computed using a digital signal processor (DSP) and applied to the beam by phase modulating the rf. We analyze results in the frequency- and the time-domain and show how the closed-loop transfer functions can be obtained rigorously by proper modeling of the various components of this hybrid continuous/digital system. The technique of downsampling was used in the experiments to reduce the number of computationsmore » and allowed the use of the same digital hardware on both machines.« less
  • A longitudinal instability control system, originally developed for the PEP-II, DAPHNE and ALS machines has in the last two years been commissioned for use at the PLS and BESSY-II light sources. All of the installations are running identical hardware and use a common software distribution package. This common structure is beneficial in sharing expertise among the labs, and allows rapid commissioning of each new installation based on well-understood diagnostic and operational techniques. While the installations share the common instability control system, there are significant differences in machine dynamics between the various colliders and light sources. These differences require careful specificationmore » of the feedback algorithm and system configuration at each installation to achieve good instability control and useful operational margins. This paper highlights some of the operational experience at each installation, using measurements from each facility to illustrate the challenges unique to each machine. The authors experience on the opportunities and headaches of sharing development and operational expertise among labs on three continents is also offered.« less