Author: Karlsen-Bæck, B.E.
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THBP29 Effects of Cavity Pre-Detuning on RF Power Transients at Injection into the LHC 530
 
  • B.E. Karlsen-Bæck, T. Argyropoulos, A.C. Butterworth, R. Calaga, I. Karpov, H. Timko, M. Zampetakis
    CERN, GENEVA, Switzerland
 
  At injection into the LHC, the RF system is perturbed by beam-induced voltage resulting in strong RF power transients and the instant detuning of the cavities. The automatic tuning system, however, needs time for the mechanical compensation of the resonance frequency to take place. Acting back on the beam, the transients in RF power are expected to limit the maximum injected intensity by generating unacceptable beam loss. Reducing them is therefore essential to reach the target intensity during the High Luminosity (HL) LHC era. At LHC flat bottom, the cavities are operated using the half-detuning beam-loading compensation scheme. As implemented today, the tuner control algorithm starts acting only after the injection of the first longer bunch train which causes the bunches for this injection to experience the largest power spikes. This contribution presents an adapted detuning scheme for the RF cavities before injection. It was proposed as a path to decrease the transients, hence increasing the available intensity margin for the available RF power. The expected gain is evaluated in particle tracking simulations and measurements acquired during operation.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP29  
About • Received ※ 30 September 2023 — Revised ※ 08 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 22 October 2023
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THBP37 Refining the LHC Longitudinal Impedance Model 559
 
  • M. Zampetakis, T. Argyropoulos, Y. Brischetto, R. Calaga, L. Giacomel, B.E. Karlsen-Bæck, I. Karpov, I. Karpov, N. Mounet, B. Salvant, H. Timko
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
  • B.E. Karlsen-Bæck
    INFN-Roma, Roma, Italy
 
  Modelling the longitudinal impedance for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has been a long-standing effort, especially in view of its High-Luminosity (HL) upgrade. The resulting impedance model is an essential input for beam dynamics studies. Increased beam intensities in the HL-LHC era will pose new challenges like RF power limitations, beam losses at injection and coupled-bunch instabilities throughout the acceleration cycle. Starting from the existing longitudinal impedance model, effort has been made to identify the main contributing devices and improve their modelling. Loss of Landau damping (LLD) simulations are performed to investigate the dependence of the stability threshold on the completeness of the impedance model and its broad-band cut-off frequency. Plans to perform beam measurements to estimate the cut-off frequency, by investigating the LLD threshold in operation, are also discussed.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP37  
About • Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 06 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 14 October 2023
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THBP39 Advances on LHC RF Power Limitation Studies at Injection 567
 
  • H. Timko, T. Argyropoulos, R. Calaga, N. Catalán Lasheras, K. Iliakis, B.E. Karlsen-Bæck, I. Karpov, M. Zampetakis
    CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
 
  The average power consumption of the main RF system during beam injection in the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider is expected to be close to the maximum available klystron power. Power transients due to the mismatch of the beam and the action of control loops will exceed the available power. This paper presents the most recent estimations of the injection voltage and steady-state power needed for HL-LHC intensities, taking also beam stability into account. It summarises measurement and simulation efforts ongoing to better understand power transients and beam losses, and describes the operational margin to be taken into account for different equipment.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-THBP39  
About • Received ※ 29 September 2023 — Revised ※ 08 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 11 October 2023 — Issued ※ 20 October 2023
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