Comparison between measurements and ORBIT code simulations for beam instabilities due to kicker impedance in the 3-GeV RCS of J-PARC

Saha, P. K.; 菖蒲田 義博; 發知 英明; 原田 寛之; 林 直樹; 田村 文彦; 山本 昌亘

Proceedings of 5th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC '14) (Internet), p.1683 - 1685, 2014/07

http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/IPAC2014/papers/tupri051.pdf

Transverse impedance of the extraction kicker magnets is the most dominant beam instability source in the 3-GeV RCS of J-PARC. We made a significant upgrade of the ORBIT code for beam simulations in synchrotrons like J-PARC RCS including a successful implementation of the time dependent impedance in the code. Simulation results are found to quite good in agreement with measurements done for a beam power up to 500 KW. Beam instability occurs when AC chromatic correction is done but no beam instability occurs for a DC chromatic correction. Simulation results for the designed 1 MW shows that instability occurs even for a DC chromatic correction when betatron tunes are kept fixed throughout the acceleration process. It is thus a big concern towards 1 MW goal but simulation also shows that a proper tune manipulation can stabilize the beam. The simulation thus suggests that necessary steps should be taken in order reduce kicker impedance although a proper beam tuning remains as an alternate option.