Ambient betatron motion and its excitation by ``ghost lines'' in Tevatron

Journal Article · 02 August 2011 · Journal of Instrumentation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/6/08/P08002 · OSTI ID:1016879

Shiltsev, Vladimir ^[1]; Stancari, Giulio ^[1]; Valishev, Alexander ^[1]

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1. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)

Transverse betatron motion of the Tevatron proton beam is measured and analysed. It is shown that the motion is coherent and excited by external sources of unknown origins. The observations of the time varying “ghost lines“ in the betatron spectra are reported.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1016879
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-PUB--11-202-APC
• Journal Information: Journal of Instrumentation, Journal Name: Journal of Instrumentation Journal Issue: 08 Vol. 6; ISSN 1748-0221
• Publisher: Institute of Physics (IOP)Copyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English