Title :
Pulser for the tevatron electron lens gun
Author :
Terechkine, Y. ; Solyak, N. ; Shiltsev, V. ; Saewert, G. ; Pfeffer, H.
Author_Institution :
Fermi Nat. Accelerator Lab., Batavia, IL, USA
Abstract :
To compensate for beam-beam interaction in tevatron, an "electron lens" is considered to be an effective instrument. When a bunch of electrons with energy in the range (10-16) kV is overlapping with a bunch of antiprotons, the resulting focusing force for antiprotons can be adjusted by changing the electron beam current and by profiling its radial distribution. There exist several scenarios of how the system must function. According to one of them, an electron gun that supplies electrons must be fed by voltage pulses that follow with the frequency of antiproton bunches circulating in the tevatron, which is about 2.5 MHz. To provide focusing tailored for each individual antiproton bunch, a modulator of the gun (pulser) must allow pulse-to-pulse voltage change.
Keywords :
electron guns; electron lenses; 10 to 16 kV; antiproton bunch; antiproton bunch frequency; beam-beam interaction; electron beam current; gun modulator; pulse-to-pulse voltage change; pulser; radial distribution; tevatron electron lens gun; Colliding beam devices; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Instruments; Lenses; Particle beams; Protons; Pulse modulation; Radio frequency; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 2004 and 2004 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8586-1
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.2004.1433601