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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-MOPS007
TitleCharacterisation and mitigation of RF knockout
Authors
  • C. Jolly, A. Letchford, A. Seville, C. Rogers, D. Kelliher, D. Posthuma de Boer, J. Lagrange, S. Machida
    Science and Technology Facilities Council
AbstractBeam stacking is a key advantage of Fixed Field alternating gradient Accelerators (FFAs) for high-intensity applications. During stacking, one beam is stored as a coasting beam at the extraction energy while another, incoming beam is accelerated. However, the beam loss mechanism termed RF knockout can occur during stacking and undermine gains in extracted beam current. The accelerating RF program of the incoming beam can cause cumulative displacements in the stored coasting beam and result in significant beam loss. To ensure that beam stacking is a viable technique to extract highest intensities from an FFA, methods to avoid the loss from RF knockout must be established. This study presents results from a series of experiments at the ISIS proton accelerator to characterise and, crucially, to mitigate RF knockout and ensure successful beam stacking with no loss.
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Conference16th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Date01-06 Jun 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board* Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Online ISBN978-3-95450-248-6
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received27 May 2025
Revised03 June 2025
Accepted04 June 2025
Issued05 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-MOPS007
Pages600-603