학술논문

Phase modulation of the bucket stops bunch oscillations at the Fermilab Tevatron
Document Type
article
Author
Source
Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams, Vol 15, Iss 4, p 044401 (2012)
Subject
Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
QC770-798
Language
English
ISSN
1098-4402
Abstract
Bunches in the Tevatron are known to exhibit longitudinal oscillations which persist indefinitely. These oscillations are colloquially called “dancing bunches.” Although the dancing proton bunches do not cause single bunch emittance growth or beam loss at injection, they lead to bunch lengthening at collisions. In Tevatron operations, a longitudinal damper has been built which stops this dance and damps out coupled bunch modes. Recent theoretical work predicts that the dance can also be stopped by an appropriate change in the bunch distribution. This paper describes the Tevatron experiments which support this theory.