Abstract:

We report the design, operation, and performance of a high-resolution, low-latency, bunch-by-bunch feedback system for nanobeam stabilization. The system employs novel, ultralow quality-factor cavity beam position monitors (BPMs), a two-stage analog signal down-mixing system, and a digital signal processing and feedback board incorporating a field-programmable gate array. The field-programmable gate array firmware allows for the real-time integration of up to fifteen samples of the BPM waveforms within a measured latency of 232 ns. We show that this real-time sample integration improves significantly the beam position resolution and, consequently, the feedback performance. The best demonstrated real-time beam position resolution was 19 nm, which, as far as we are aware, is the best real-time resolution achieved in any operating BPM system. The feedback was operated in two complementary modes to stabilize the vertical position of the ultrasmall beam produced at the focal point of the ATF2 beamline at KEK. In single-BPM feedback mode, beam stabilization to 50±5 nm was demonstrated. In two-BPM feedback mode, beam stabilization to 41±4 nm was achieved.

Abstract:

A low-latency, bunch-by-bunch feedback system employing high-resolution cavity Beam Position Monitors (BPMs) has been developed and tested at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF2) at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Japan. The feedback system was designed to demonstrate nanometer-level vertical stabilization at the focal point of the ATF2 and can be operated using either a single BPM to provide local beam stabilization, or by using two BPMs to stabilize the beam at an intermediate location. The feedback correction is implemented using a stripline kicker and the feedback calculations are performed on a digital board constructed around a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The feedback performance was tested with trains of two bunches, separated by 280ns, at a charge of ~1nC, where the vertical offset of the first bunch was measured and used to calculate the correction to be applied to the second bunch. The BPMs have been demonstrated to achieve an operational resolution of ~20nm. With the application of single-BPM and two-BPM feedback, beam stabilization of below 50nm and 41nm respectively has been achieved with a latency of 232ns.

Abstract:

The European Committee for Future Accelerators (ECFA) Early-Career Researchers (ECR) Panel was invited by the ECFA Detector R&D Roadmap conveners to collect feedback from the European ECR community. A working group within the ECFA ECR panel held a Townhall Meeting to get first input, and then designed and broadly circulated a detailed survey to gather feedback from the larger ECR community. A total of 473 responses to this survey were received, providing a useful overview of the experiences of ECRs in instrumentation training and related topics. This report summarises the feedback received, and is intended to serve as an input to the ECFA Detector R&D Roadmap process.

Abstract:

The Compact Linear Collider (CLIC) targets a nanometre beam size at the collision point. Realising this beam size requires the generation and transport of ultra-low emittance beams. Dynamic imperfections can deflect the colliding beams, leading to a collision with a relative offset. They can also degrade the emittance of each beam. Both of these effects can significantly impact the luminosity of CLIC. In this paper, we examine a newly considered dynamic imperfection: stray magnetic fields. Measurements of stray magnetic fields in the Large Hadron Collider tunnel are presented and used to develop a statistical model that can be used to realistically generate stray magnetic fields in simulations. The model is used in integrated simulations of CLIC at 380,GeV including mitigation systems for stray magnetic fields to evaluate their impact on luminosity.