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Title: First-principles simulation and comparison with beam tests for transverse instabilities and damper performance in the Fermilab Main Injector

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OSTI ID:15017114

An end-to-end performance calculation and comparison with beam tests was performed for the bunch-by-bunch digital transverse damper in the Fermilab Main Injector. Time dependent magnetic wakefields responsible for ''Resistive Wall'' transverse instabilities in the Main Injector were calculated with OPERA-2D using the actual beam pipe and dipole magnet lamination geometry. The leading order dipole component was parameterized and used as input to a bunch-by-bunch simulation which included the filling pattern and injection errors experienced in high-intensity operation of the Main Injector. The instability growth times, and the spreading of the disturbance due to newly misinjected batches was compared between simulations and beam data collected by the damper system. Further simulation models the effects of the damper system on the beam.

Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH03000
OSTI ID:
15017114
Report Number(s):
FERMILAB-CONF-05-137-AD; TRN: US200606%%368
Resource Relation:
Conference: To appear in the proceedings of Particle Accelerator Conference (PAC 05), Knoxville, Tennessee, 16-20 May 2005
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English