D. McCormick

Wire scanners for beam size and emittance measurements at the SLC

The authors describe the design, construction, commissioning and ultimate uses of wire scanners in the SLC (SLAC Linear Collider), focusing on the linear accelerator and upstream systems scanners. Of particular interest is the interaction between the wire and the scattered radiation from the wire with the extreme electric field of the beam. As this field reaches the level of several volts/angstrom, as it does easily at the SLC interaction point (and may in upstream parts of SLC), field emission from the wire may occur. A key feature of SLC operation is the degree of high level active control required to keep it optimized. Advanced high level control software allows the use of wire scanner data in feedback and beam optimization procedures. Non-invasive scans are performed almost continually and the results are logged so that long term trends in emittance can be examined.<<ETX>>

Processing studies of X-band accelerator structures at the NLCTA

RF processing studies of 1.8-m X-band (11.4 GHz) traveling wave structures at the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) have revealed breakdown-related damage at gradients lower than expected from earlier tests with standing wave and shorter, lower group velocity traveling wave structures. To understand this difference, a series of structures with different group velocities and lengths are being processed. In parallel, efforts are being made to improve processing procedures and to reduce structure contaminants and absorbed gases. This paper presents results from these studies.

A laser-based beam profile monitor for the SLC/SLD interaction region☆

Beam size estimates made using beam-beam deflections are used for optimization of the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) electron-positron beam sizes. Typical beam sizes and intensities expected for 1996 operations are 2.1 × 0.6 μm (x, y) at 4.0 × 1010 particles per pulse. Conventional profile monitors, such as scanning wires, fail at charge densities well below this. The laser-based profile monitor uses a finely-focused 350-nm wavelength tripled YLF laser pulse that traverses the particle beam path about 29 cm away from the e+/e− IP. Compton scattered photons and degraded e+/e− are detected as the beam is steered across the laser pulse. The laser pulse has a transverse size of 380 nm and a Rayleigh range of about 5 μm.

Cavity BPM system tests for the ILC energy spectrometer

The main physics programme of the International Linear Collider (ILC) requires a measurement of the beam energy at the interaction point with an accuracy of 10-4 or better. To achieve this goal a magnetic spectrometer using high resolution beam position monitors (BPMs) has been proposed. This paper reports on the cavity BPM system that was deployed to test this proposal. We demonstrate sub-micron resolution and micron level stability over 20 h for a long BPM triplet. We find micron-level stability over 1 h for 3 BPM stations distributed over a long baseline. The understanding of the behaviour and response of the BPMs gained from this work has allowed full spectrometer tests to be carried out.

Very High Resolution Optical Transition Radiation Beam Profile Monitor

We have constructed and tested a 2 um resolution beam profile monitor based on optical transition radiation (OTR). Theoretical studies of OTR [1] show that extremely high resolution, of the order of the wavelength of the light detected, is possible. Such high‐resolution single pulse profile monitors will be very useful for future free electron laser and linear collider projects. Using the very low emittance 1.3 GeV electron beam at the KEK Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) [2] (1.4nm ex × 15pm ey), we have imaged transition radiation from 5 micron σ beam spots. Our test device consisted of a finely polished target, a thin fused silica window, a 35 mm working distance microscope objective (5x and 10x) and a triggered CCD camera. A wire scanner located near the target is used to verify the profile monitor performance. In this paper we report results of beam tests.

Wire breakage in SLC wire profile monitors

Wire-scanning beam profile monitors are used at the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) for emittance preservation control and beam optics optimization. Twenty such scanners have proven most useful for this purpose and have performed a total of 1.5 million scans in the 4 to 6 years since their installation. Most of the essential scanners are equipped with 20 to 40 μm tungsten wires. SLC bunch intensities and sizes often exceed 2×107particles/μm2 (3C/m2). We believe that this has caused a number of tungsten wire failures that appear at the ends of the wire, near the wire support points, after a few hundred scans are accumulated. Carbon fibers, also widely used at SLAC (1), have been substituted in several scanners and have performed well. In this paper, we present theories for the wire failure mechanism and techniques learned in reducing the failures.

An RF bunch-length monitor for the SLC final focus

In preparation for the 1997 SLC run, a novel RF bunch-length monitor has been installed in the SLC South Final Focus. The monitor consists of a ceramic gap in the beam pipe, a 160-ft long X-band waveguide (WR90), and a set of dividers, tapers and microwave detectors. Electromagnetic fields radiated through the ceramic gap excite modes in the nearby open-ended X-band waveguide, which transmits the beam-induced signal to a radiation-free shack outside of the beamline vault. There, a combination of power dividers, tapers, waveguides, and crystal detectors is used to measure the signal power in 4 separate frequency channels between 7 and 110 GHz. For typical rms bunch lengths of 0.5-2 mm in the SLC, the bunch frequency spectrum can extend up to 100 GHz. In this paper, we present the overall monitor layout, describe MAFIA calculations of the signal coupled into the waveguide based on a detailed model of the complex beam-pipe geometry, estimate the final power level at the RF conversion points, and report the measured transmission properties of the installed waveguide system.

A High Performance Spot Size Monitor

Beam size estimates made using beam-beam deflections are used for optimization of the Stanford Linear Collider (SLC) electron-positron beam sizes. Beam size and intensity goals for 1996 were 2.1 x 0.6 μm (x,y) at 4.0x10 10 particles per pulse. Conventional profile monitors, such as scanning wires, fail at charge densities well below this. Since the beam-beam deflection does not provide single beam information, another method is needed for Interaction Region (IP) beam size optimization. The laser based profile monitor uses a finely focused 349 nm. wavelength , frequency-tripled YLF laser pulse that traverses the particle beam path about 29 cm away from the e+/e- IP. Compton scattered photons and energy degraded e+/e- are detected as the beam is steered across the laser pulse. The laser pulse has a transverse size, ( σ0, ), of 380 nm and a Rayleigh range of about 5 μm. This is adequate for present or planned SLC beams. Design and results are presented.

Experience with wire scanners at SLC

Fifty wire scanners are in use at SLC for phase space and beam optics monitoring. A large number of failures of the 50 μm wire used in the scanners have occurred. Studies of these show strong electro‐magnetic fields produced by the beam to be the probable cause. The problem has been cured with the adoption of a ceramic mounting scheme. Other improvements including very high dynamic range scans and scans of non‐gaussian beams are described.

High precision SC cavity alignment measurements with higher order modes

Experiments at the FLASH linac at DESY have demonstrated that the higher order modes (HOMs) induced in superconducting cavities can be used to provide a variety of beam and cavity diagnostics. The centers of the cavities can be determined from the beam orbit which produces minimum power in the dipole HOM modes. The phase and amplitude of the dipole modes can be used as a high resolution beam position monitor. For most superconducting accelerators, the existing HOM couplers provide the necessary signals, and the downmix and digitizing electronics are straightforward, similar to those for a conventional BPM.