Exploring ultra-low β* values in ATF2 - R&D Programme proposal

D. Angal-Kalinin , S. Bai (1, 2) , P. Bambade (1) , H. Braun (3) , J.P. Delahaye (3) , J. Gao (2) , Y. Honda (4) , J. Jones , S. Kuroda (4) , T. Okugi (4) , Y. Renier (1) , A. Scarfe , D. Schulte (3) , A. Seryi (5) , T. Tauchi (4) , R. Tomás (3) , J. Urakawa (4) , D. Wang (2) , G. White (1, 5) , M. Woodley (5) , X.W. Zhu (2) , F. Zimmermann (3)

1 LAL - Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire
2 IHEP - Institute of High Energy Physics
3 CERN - European Organization for Nuclear Research
4 High energy accelerator research organization - KEK
5 SLAC - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

We propose to explore the beam sizes and performance of the ATF2 Final Focus System for reduced IP beta functions up to a factor between 2 and 4 below its design. The results will demonstrate the feasibility of the system in a chromaticity regime of interest for CLIC and ILC.

Domaines: Physique des accélérateurs [physics.acc-ph]; Instrumentations et Détecteurs [physics.ins-det]

D. Angal-Kalinin, S. Bai, P. Bambade, H. Braun, J.P. Delahaye, et al.. Exploring ultra-low β* values in ATF2 - R&D Programme proposal. 2008, pp.1-6. ⟨in2p3-00308662⟩