High-Intensity Studies on the ISIS RCS and their Impact on the Design of ISIS-II

Rafique, H.; Posthuma de Boer, D. W.; Kyle, B.; Cavanagh, H. V.; Adams, D. J.; Warsop, C. M.

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Title	High-Intensity Studies on the ISIS RCS and their Impact on the Design of ISIS-II
Contributors	Dr R. E. Williamson (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.) (Pr.Au.), Dr H. Rafique (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Mr D. W. Posthuma de Boer (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Dr B. Kyle (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Mrs H. V. Cavanagh (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Mr D. J. Adams (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), Dr C. M. Warsop (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.)
Abstract	ISIS is the pulsed spallation neutron and muon source at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in the UK. Operation centres on a rapid cycling proton synchrotron (RCS) that accelerates 3e13 protons per pulse from 70 MeV to 800 MeV at 50 Hz, delivering a mean beam power of 0.2 MW. As a high-intensity machine, research at ISIS is predominantly focused on understanding, minimising and controlling beam-loss, which is central to sustainable machine operation. Knowledge of beam-loss mechanisms then informs the design of future high power accelerators such as ISIS-II. This paper provides an overview of the R&D studies currently underway on the ISIS RCS and how these relate to ongoing work understanding and optimising designs for ISIS-II. In particular, recent extensive investigations into observed head-tail instabilities are summarised.
Organisation	ISIS , ISIS-ACCEL , STFC
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Language	English (EN)

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Paper In Conference Proceedings	In 68th ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams (HB 2023), CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-13 Oct 2023, (2023).		THA1I2.PDF	2023