The SLAC linac as used in the SLC collider

Author

Seeman, J.T. ; Abrams, G. ; Adolphsen, C. ; Atwood, W. ; Bane, K.L.F. ; Iverson, R. ; Jacobsen, R. ; Himel, T.M. ; Jobe, R.K. ; Lavine, T.L. ; Lee, M. ; McCormick, D. ; Morton, P. ; Pitthan, R. ; Rackelmann, A. ; Ross, M. ; Ruth, R. ; Sheppard, J. ; Smith

Author_Institution

Stanford Linear Accel. Center, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

20-23 Mar 1989

Firstpage

983

Abstract

The linac of the SLAC (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) Linear Collider (SLC) must accelerate three high-intensity bunches on each linac pulse from 1.2 GeV to 50 GeV with minimal increase of small transverse emittance. The procedures and adjustments used to obtain this goal are outlined. Some of the accelerator parameters and components which interact are the beam energy, transverse position, component alignment, RF manipulation, feedback system, quadrupole lattice, BNS damping, energy spectra, phase space matching, collimation, instrumentation, and modeling. The method to bring these interdependent parameters collectively into specification has evolved over several years. The sequence which is sued to turn on the linac from a cold start and produce acceptable beams for the final focus and collisions is reviewed. Approximate time estimates for the various activities are given

Keywords

electron accelerators; linear accelerators; 50 GeV; BNS damping; RF manipulation; SLAC linac; SLC collider; accelerator parameters; beam energy; collimation; component alignment; energy spectra; feedback system; high-intensity bunches; instrumentation; modeling; phase space matching; quadrupole lattice; transverse emittance; transverse position; Acceleration; Colliding beam accelerators; Collimators; Damping; Feedback; Lattices; Linear accelerators; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1989. Accelerator Science and Technology., Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1989.73322

Filename

73322