Conceptual Design of the Argonne 6-GeV Synchrotron Light Source
The Argonne National Laboratory Synchrotron Light Source Storage Ring is designed to have a natural emittance of 6.5 × 10-9 m for circulating 6-GeV positrons. Thirty of the 32 long straight sections, each 6.5-m long, will be available for synchrotron light insertion devices. A circulating positron current of 300 mA can be injected in about 8 min. from a booster synchrotron operating with a repetition time of 1.2 sec. The booster synchrotron will contain two different rf systems. The lower frequency system (38.97 MHz) will accept positrons from a 360-MeV linac and will accelerate them to 2.25 GeV. The higher frequency system (350.76 MHz) will accelerate the positrons to 6 GeV. The positrons will be produced from a 300-MeV electron beam on a tungsten target. A conceptual layout is shown in Fig. 1. Related papers on the Argonne Synchrotron Light Source may be found in references 1-3.
Control System Features of the Argonne 6 GeV Synchrotron Light Source
As accelerators become more complex, their control systems are presented with an ever-increasing amount of data, precision, and parameter relationship complexity. Fortunately, the commercial proliferation of CAE workstations, the ever-increasing capability of microprocessors, and the advances made in multicomputer communication will enable accelerator control systems to keep pace with these needs.
Beam Steering at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory
Instability of the vertical synchrotron beam position in the experimental lines at SSRL has motivated the continuing development of its steering control system. Recent improvements have increased its ability to compensate for long term position drift and to suppress low frequency beam oscillation induced by ground motion. A description of the new system and an analysis of its performance is presented.