Computer Simulation of Antiproton RF Stacking in the Precooler Ring

Technical Report · Fri Jan 16 04:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/982473· OSTI ID:982473

Takayama, K.; Ruggiero, A. G.

It has been recently proposed a scheme to produce a high-intensity antiproton beam in a precooler ring with functions of both stochastic cooling and accumulating. According to this scheme 13 batches from {bar p}-target are stacked and precooled on the stacking orbit every Main Ring cycle. After that the precooled beam is transported in a second storage ring (the Accumulator) and cooled for several hours together with previous {bar p} batches. As alternative it has also been proposed to decelerate each precooler pulse down to 200 MeV at which energy it can be transferred in a modified Electron Cooling Ring for storage and further cooling. The sequence of stacking operations in the Precooler consists of (1) injecting a P beam pulse onto the injection orbit, capturing it by standing-by RF buckets, rotating the bunch in the stationary RF buckets, and reducing the bucket height so that the stationary bucket will surround tightly the bunch, (2) decelerating to the stacking orbit and (3) finally turning off the RF adiabatically, allowing the beam to debunch. This sequence is repeated 13 times to build up a complete stack every Main Ring cycle. The above steps require fairly complicated manipulations of RF system parameters. The 13 {bar P}-batches are separated by 100 msec from each other for target heating considerations. In the present study, the above sequence of stacking is investigated by numerical simulation.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 982473
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PBAR-NOTE-114; oai:inspirehep.net:859585
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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