Study of beam synchronization at JLEIC

V. S. Morozov, Ya S. Derbenev, J. Guo, A. Hutton, Y. Zhang

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Abstract

The ion collider ring of Jefferson Lab's Electron-Ion Collider (JLEIC) accommodates a wide range of ion energies, from 20 to 100 GeV for protons or from 8 to 40 GeV per nucleon for lead ions. In this medium energy range, ions are not fully relativistic, which means values of their relativistic beta are slightly below 1, leading to an energy dependence of revolution time of the collider ring. On the other hand, electrons with energy 3 GeV and above are already ultra-relativistic such that their speeds are effectively equal to the speed of light. The difference in speeds of colliding electrons and ions in JLEIC, when translated into a path-length difference necessary to maintain the same timing between electron and ion bunches, is quite large. In this paper, we explore schemes for synchronizing the electron and ion bunches at a collision point as the ion energy is varied.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference
PublisherJoint Accelerator Conferences Website (JACoW)
Pages2463-2465
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9783954501472
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event7th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2016 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: May 8 2016May 13 2016

Publication series

NameIPAC 2016 - Proceedings of the 7th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Conference

Conference7th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2016
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period05/8/1605/13/16

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