Beam-beam compensation in Tevatron: status report

Author

Shiltsev, V. ; Kuznetsov, G. ; Solyak, N. ; Wildman, D. ; Zhang, X.L. ; Alexahin, Yu. ; Bishofberger, K.

Author_Institution

Fermi Nat. Accel. Lab., Batavia, IL, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

154

Abstract

The project of beam-beam compensation (BBC) in the Tevatron using electron beams has passed a successful first step in experimental studies. The first Tevatron electron lens (TEL) has been installed in the Tevatron, commissioned, and demonstrated the theoretically predicted shift of betatron frequencies of a high energy proton beam due to a high current low energy electron beam. After the first series of studies in March-April 2001 (total of 7 shifts), we achieved tuneshifts of 980 GeV protons of about dQ=+0.007 with some 3 A of the electron beam current while the proton lifetime was in the range of 10 hours (some 24 hours at the best). Future work will include diagnostics improvement, beam studies with antiprotons, and fabrication of the 2nd TEL

Keywords

beam handling techniques; colliding beam accelerators; magnetic lenses; particle beam dynamics; particle beam stability; proton accelerators; storage rings; superconducting magnets; Tevatron; Tevatron electron lens; beam-beam compensation; betatron frequencies; proton lifetime; tuneshifts; Electron beams; Fabrication; Frequency; Lenses; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Particle beams; Protons; Solenoids; Structural beams;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.987457

Filename

987457