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Measuring and Controlling the Energy Spread in CEBAF
As compared to electron storage rings, one advantage of recirculating linear
accelerators is that the beam properties at target are no longer dominated by
the equilibrium between quantum radiative diffusion and radiation damping
because new beam is continually injected into the accelerator. This allows the
energy spread from a CEBAF-type machine to be relatively small; the measured
energy spread from CEBAF at 4 GeV is less than 100 parts per million
accumulated over times of order several days. In this paper, the various
subsystems contributing to the energy spread of a CEBAF-type accelerator are
reviewed, as well as the machine diagnostics and controls that are used in
CEBAF to ensure that a small energy spread is provided during routine running.
Examples of relevant developments are (1) stable short bunches emerging from
the injector, (2) precision timing and phasing of the linacs with respect to
the centroid of the beam bunches on all passes, (3) implementing 2 kHz sampling
rate feedback systems for final energy stabilization, and (4) continuous beam
energy spread monitoring with optical transition radiation devices. We present
measurement results showing that small energy spreads are achieved over
extended periods.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, Invited Paper TH205 at 2000 International Linac
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The Heavy Photon Search beamline and its performance
The Heavy Photon Search (HPS) is an experiment to search for a hidden sector
photon, aka a heavy photon or dark photon, in fixed target electroproduction at
the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (JLab). The HPS experiment
searches for the ee decay of the heavy photon with bump hunt and
detached vertex strategies using a compact, large acceptance forward
spectrometer, consisting of a silicon microstrip detector (SVT) for tracking
and vertexing, and a PbWO electromagnetic calorimeter for energy
measurement and fast triggering. To achieve large acceptance and good vertexing
resolution, the first layer of silicon detectors is placed just 10 cm
downstream of the target with the sensor edges only 500 m above and below
the beam. Placing the SVT in such close proximity to the beam puts stringent
requirements on the beam profile and beam position stability. As part of an
approved engineering run, HPS took data in 2015 and 2016 at 1.05 GeV and 2.3
GeV beam energies, respectively. This paper describes the beam line and its
performance during that data taking
Beam Dynamics Studies of Parallel-Bar Deflecting Cavities
We have performed three-dimensional simulations of beam dynamics for parallel-bar transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM) type RF separators: normal- and superconducting. The compact size of these cavities as compared to conventional TM110 type structures is more attractive particularly at low frequency. Highly concentrated electromagnetic fields between the parallel bars provide strong electrical stability to the beam for any mechanical disturbance. An array of eight 2-cell normal conducting cavities or a one- or two-cell superconducting structure are enough to produce the required vertical displacement at the Lambertson magnet. Both the normal and superconducting structures show very small emittance dilution due to the vertical kick of the beam
Thermal Emittance and Lifetime of Alkali-Antimonide Photocathodes Grown On GaAs and Molybdenum Substrates Evaluated in a -300 kV dc Photogun
CsxKySb photocathodes grown on GaAs and molybdenum substrates were evaluated using a –300 kV dc high voltage photogun and diagnostic beam line. Photocathodes grown on GaAs substrates, with varying antimony layer thickness (estimated range from \u3c 20 nm to \u3e 1 um), yielded similar thermal emittance per rms laser spot size values (~0.4 mm mrad / mm) but very different operating lifetime. Similar thermal emittance was obtained for a photocathode grown on a molybdenum substrate but with markedly improved lifetime. For this photocathode, no decay in quantum efficiency was measured at 4.5 mA average current and with peak current 0.55 A at the photocathode
300 kV DC High Voltage Photogun With Inverted Insulator Geometry and CsKâ‚‚sb Photocathode
A compact DC high voltage photogun with inverted-insulator geometry was designed, built and operated reliably at 300 kV bias voltage using alkali-antimonide photocathodes. This presentation describes key electrostatic design features of the photogun with accompanying emittance measurements obtained across the entire photocathode surface that speak to field non-uniformity within the cathode/anode gap. A summary of initial photocathode lifetime measurements at beam currents up to 4.5 mA is also presented
Science Requirements and Conceptual Design for a Polarized Medium Energy Electron-Ion Collider at Jefferson Lab
This report presents a brief summary of the science opportunities and program
of a polarized medium energy electron-ion collider at Jefferson Lab and a
comprehensive description of the conceptual design of such a collider based on
the CEBAF electron accelerator facility.Comment: 160 pages, ~93 figures This work was supported by the U.S. Department
of Energy, Office of Nuclear Physics, under Contract No. DE-AC05-06OR23177,
DE-AC02-06CH11357, DE-AC05-060R23177, and DESC0005823. The U.S. Government
retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish
or reproduce this manuscript for U.S. Government purpose
Compact \u3cb\u3e-300 kV\u3c/b\u3e dc Inverted Insulator Photogun With Biased Anode and Alkali-Antimonide Photocathode
This contribution describes the latest milestones of a multiyear program to build and operate a compact −300  kV dc high voltage photogun with inverted insulator geometry and alkali-antimonide photocathodes. Photocathode thermal emittance measurements and quantum efficiency charge lifetime measurements at average current up to 4.5 mA are presented, as well as an innovative implementation of ion generation and tracking simulations to explain the benefits of a biased anode to repel beam line ions from the anode-cathode gap, to dramatically improve the operating lifetime of the photogun and eliminate the occurrence of micro-arc discharges
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On-Line Measurement and Tuning of Multi-Pass Recirculation Time in the CEBAF Linacs
CEBAF is a recirculating electron accelerator with negligible synchrotron motion of the particles within each bunch. On-crest RF acceleration is used to minimize the time-averaged energy spread of the beam. Previously installed diagnostics** allow us to maintain the relative timing of the beam and the RF, noninvasively compensating for residual drifts of the RF timing system on the first acceleration pass. However, residual setup errors for the path length (recirculation time) and variable path length drift between passes result in relative drifts of beam energy at the 10-4 scale for some passes, even when the energy of any one of the recirculation passes is held fixed by adjusting the RF gradient. We have extended the diagnostic system to the higher acceleration passes and can correct the recirculation timing at the scale of hundreds of femtoseconds (tenths of a degree of 1497 MHz RF phase). Variation in the higher-pass beam to RF timing indicates drift in the beam recirculation time. The previous procedure for measuring and tuning the path length required suspension of beam delivery to the users. These actions can now be done without interruption of beam to the experimenters