Author: Orton, B.A.
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TUC4I2 Development of an Impedance Model for the ISIS Synchrotron and Predictions for the Head-Tail Instability 170
 
  • D.W. Posthuma de Boer, B.A. Orton, C.M. Warsop, R.E. Williamson
    STFC/RAL/ISIS, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, United Kingdom
 
  ISIS is a pulsed, spallation neutron and muon source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. The rapid cycling synchrotron which drives the facility accelerates 3·1013 protons-per-pulse from 70 to 800 MeV at 50 Hz, and delivers a mean beam power of 0.2 MW to two target stations. Beam-loss mechanisms must be understood to optimise performance and minimise equipment activation; and to develop mitigation methods for future operations and new accelerators. Substantial beam-losses are driven by a vertical head-tail instability, which has also limited beam intensity. Beam-based impedance measurements suggest the instability is driven by a low-frequency narrowband impedance, but its physical origin remains unknown. More generally, research into the nature of the instability is hindered without a detailed transverse impedance model. This paper presents a survey of vertical impedance estimates for ISIS equipment, using analytical methods, low frequency CST simulations and lab-based coil measurements. The final impedance estimate is then used as an input to a new linearised Vlasov solver, and predicted growth rates compared with previously obtained experimental results.  
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DOI • reference for this paper ※ doi:10.18429/JACoW-HB2023-TUC4I2  
About • Received ※ 01 October 2023 — Revised ※ 08 October 2023 — Accepted ※ 10 October 2023 — Issued ※ 31 October 2023
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