Title: DESTABILISING EFFECT OF LINEAR COUPLING IN THE HERA PROTON RING
Abstract: Since the first start-up of HERA in 1992, a transverse coherent has appeared from time to time at the beginning of the acceleration ramp. In this process, the emittance is blown up and the beam is partially or completely lost. Although the was found to be of the head-tail type, and the chromaticity and linear coupling between the transverse planes was recognized as essential for the to occur, the driving mechanism was never clarified. An explanation of the phenomenon is presented in this paper using the Landau damping theory. It is predicted that a too strong coupling can be detrimental since it may shift the coherent tune outside the incoherent spectrum and thus prevent Landau damping. Due to these features, the name coupled head-tail instability is suggested for this in the HERA proton ring.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-06-12
Language: en
Type: article
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