Experimental demonstration of colliding-beam-lifetime improvement by electron lenses

We report the successful application of space-charge forces of a low-energy electron beam for improvement of particle lifetime determined by beam-beam interaction at a high-energy collider. In our experiments, an electron lens, a novel instrument developed for the beam-beam compensation, was set on a 980-GeV proton bunch at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider. The proton-bunch losses due to its interaction with the antiproton beam were reduced by a factor of 2 when the electron lens was operating. We describe the principle of electron lens operation and present experimental results.     

Coulomb effects in polarization transfer in elastic antiproton and proton electron scattering at low energies

The influence of Coulomb distortion on the polarization transfer in elastic proton and antiproton electron scattering at low energies is calculated in a distorted-wave Born approximation. For antiproton electron scattering Coulomb effects reduce substantially the polarization transfer cross-section compared to the plane-wave Born approximation, whereas for proton electron scattering they lead to a dramatic increase for kinetic proton lab energies below about 20keV.     

Prospects for electron cooling of antiprotons at low energies

The motivation of using electron cooling in low-energy antiproton storage rings and the expected cooling performance are discussed. Results obtained recently, during the first operation of electron cooling in LEAR at CERN with a 50 MeV proton beam, are summarized, concerning in particular the equilibrium beam properties, the recombination between cooling electrons and cooled protons, and the deceleartion of acceleration of protons by friction in the electron beam. Conclusions are drawn for the formation of antihydrogen with the cooled antiproton beam, and for the deceleration of antiprotons to energies close to or below 1 MeV.     

合肥储存环电子束流寿命分析

 电子束流寿命是个很重要的指标,直接影响合肥光源的正常运行,为此研究了影响束流寿命的因素,测量了高频腔压、耦合度以及束团长度对电子束流寿命的影响,研究显示合肥储存环的电子束流真空寿命和托歇克寿命相当;并且利用束损系统测量了因托歇克寿命的变化而造成束流损失的相对变化;通过增加耦合度增加束流的垂直发射度,有效地提高了束流的寿命,保证了合肥光源的正常运行。     

合肥储存环电子束流寿命分析

电子束流寿命是个很重要的指标,直接影响合肥光源的正常运行,为此研究了影响束流寿命的因素,测量了高频腔压、耦合度以及束团长度对电子束流寿命的影响,研究显示合肥储存环的电子束流真空寿命和托歇克寿命相当;并且利用束损系统测量了因托歇克寿命的变化而造成束流损失的相对变化;通过增加耦合度增加束流的垂直发射度,有效地提高了束流的寿命,保证了合肥光源的正常运行。     

Beam lifetime measurement and analysis in Indus-2 electron storage ring

In this paper, the beam lifetime measurement and its theoretical analysis are presented using measured vacuum pressure and applied radio frequency (RF) cavity voltage in Indus-2 electron storage ring at 2 GeV beam energy. Experimental studies of the effect of RF cavity voltage and bunched beam filling pattern on beam lifetime are also presented. An equation of stable beam current decay is evolved and this equation closely follows the observed beam current decay pattern. It shows that the beam is stable and the beam current decay is due to the beam–residual gas interaction (vacuum lifetime) and electron–electron interaction within a bunch (Touschek lifetime). The estimated vacuum, Touschek and total beam lifetimes from analytical formulations are also compared with the measured beam lifetime.     

Measurement of the high-energy electron and positron spectrum in the PAMELA experiment

The PAMELA magnetic spectrometer onboard the Resurs DK1 satellite no. 1 was put into (Earth) orbit on June 15, 2006; measurements continue at the present time. The scientific objective of the spectrometer is the study of antiproton, proton, positron, electron and light nucleus fluxes in cosmic rays. In this paper, we present the technique for measuring electron and positron spectra in the energy range from 20 to 800 GeV.     

Spectroscopic study of laser irradiated chromatin

Antiprotonic helium is a metastable three-body neutral atom consisting of an antiproton, a helium nucleus and an electron, which we serendipitously discovered some 20 years ago. The antiproton, which normally annihilates within a few picoseconds when injected into matter, can be “stored” in this system for up to several microseconds, and laser spectroscopy is possible within this time window. From the laser transition frequency, the antiproton-to-electron mass ratio can be deduced to high precision. Recent progress at CERN’s antiproton decelerator (AD) will be discussed.     

Production of low-energy antiprotons

The production, collection and deceleration of antiprotons is reviewed with the aim of establishing guidelines for the design of a simple yet efficient source of stopped antiprotons. A high-energy (20–100 GeV) high-intensity (∼10¹³ protons/pulse) proton accelerator is needed to produce antiprotons in copious numbers. A “passive” conversion-target consisting of a thin iridium rod embedded in graphite, and a magnetic-horn type lens to collect the antiproton flux from the target represent a good compromise between yield and reliability. To transport the flux to low energy a large-acceptance cooling and deceleration ring working up to an energy equal to one-eighth to one-tenth of the primary proton energy is required. Stochastic cooling (at high energy) and electron cooling (at lower energy) are indispensable for providing low-energy beams of useful density. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Electronic stopping power in LiF from first principles

Using time-dependent density-functional theory we calculate from first principles the rate of energy transfer from a moving proton or antiproton to the electrons of an insulating material, LiF. The behavior of the electronic stopping power versus projectile velocity displays an effective threshold velocity of approximately 0.2 a.u. for the proton, consistent with recent experimental observations, and also for the antiproton. The calculated proton/antiproton stopping-power ratio is approximately 2.4 at velocities slightly above the threshold (v approximately 0.4 a.u.), as compared to the experimental value of 2.1. The projectile energy loss mechanism is observed to be extremely local.     

Experimental investigation of ≈130 keV kinetic energy antiprotons annihilation on nuclei

The recent observation of single spins flips with a single proton in a Penning trap opens the way to measure the proton magnetic moment with high precision. Based on this success, which has been achieved with our apparatus at the University of Mainz, we demonstrated recently the first application of the so called double Penning-trap method with a single proton. This is a major step towards a measurement of the proton magnetic moment with ppb precision. To apply this method to a single trapped antiproton our collaboration is currently setting up a companion experiment at the antiproton decelerator of CERN. This effort is recognized as the Baryon Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment (BASE). A comparison of both magnetic moment values will provide a stringent test of CPT invariance with baryons.     

正对撞束束补偿的理论和模拟研究

束束效应是限制对撞机性能提高的重要因素,其限制作用可以通过补偿机制来改善。针对正对撞束束效应,提出两种实现束束补偿的对撞机结构,并对实现束束补偿的原理和需要满足的条件进行分析。提出利用能量回收型直线加速器产生的电子束流进行正对撞束束补偿的方案,并且基于超级质子质子对撞机进行模拟研究,研究了补偿前后束流粒子分布、频移和粒子损失等变化情况。束束补偿可以减小束团内部粒子的频散,减小束流损失,提高束流寿命,可以大幅提高单束团流强,从而提高对撞机亮度。     

Incoherent effects of electron clouds in proton storage rings

Electron clouds in the beam pipe of high-energy proton or positron storage rings can give rise to significant incoherent emittance growth, at densities far below the coherent-instability threshold. We identify two responsible mechanisms: namely, (1) a beam particle periodically crosses a resonance and (2) a beam particle periodically crosses a region of the bunch where its motion is linearly unstable. Formation of halo or beam-core blow up, respectively, are the result. Key ingredients for both processes are synchrotron motion and electron-induced tune shift. The mechanisms considered provide a possible explanation for reduced beam lifetime and emittance growth observed at several operating accelerators. Similar phenomena are likely to occur in other two-stream systems.     

Antiproton cloud compression in the ALPHA apparatus at CERN

We have observed a new mechanism for compression of a non-neutral plasma, where antiprotons embedded in an electron plasma are compressed by a rotating wall drive at a frequency close to the sum of the axial bounce and rotation frequencies. The radius of the antiproton cloud is reduced by up to a factor of 20 and the smallest radius measured is ～ 0.2 mm. When the rotating wall drive is applied to either a pure electron or pure antiproton plasma, no compression is observed in the frequency range of interest. The frequency range over which compression is evident is compared to the sum of the antiproton bounce frequency and the system’s rotation frequency. It is suggested that bounce resonant transport is a likely explanation for the compression of antiproton clouds in this regime.     

离子俘获的线性理论及其应用

从线性理论出发,研究了电子束团在储存环里均匀分布和束团串两种情况下离子俘获的条件;在离子系统里引入Twiss参量,推导出电子束团串俘获离子的阈值流强的公式;并以此讨论北京正负电子对撞机(BEPC)在同步辐射专用运行时观察到的电子束流现象,提出采用束团串运行来克服BEPC中的束流寿命下降.     

Compression of antiproton clouds for antihydrogen trapping

Control of the radial profile of trapped antiproton clouds is critical to trapping antihydrogen. We report the first detailed measurements of the radial manipulation of antiproton clouds, including areal density compressions by factors as large as ten, by manipulating spatially overlapped electron plasmas. We show detailed measurements of the near-axis antiproton radial profile and its relation to that of the electron plasma.     

Bunch length manipulation in a diffraction-limited storage ring

In an electron storage ring,the bunch length can be increased or decreased by using harmonic cavities.Taking the High Energy Photon Source as an example,we test the bunch length manipulation with harmonic cavities in a diffraction-limited storage ring(DLSR).The most important collective effects in a DLSR,intra-beam scattering and Touschek effects,are evaluated for different bunch-length patterns.Our study shows that it is feasible to produce long and short bunches simultaneously in a DLSR,without causing severe emittance growth and reduction in lifetime.     

A Z-Pinch Plasma Lens for Focusing High-Energy Particles in an Accelerator

The high azimuthal magnetic field of a current-carrying plasma column (z-pinch) can be used to collect and focus high-energy charged particles in accelerators. The beam optics and the apparent advantages of such a linear lens compared with conventional focusing devices, such as magnets and magnetic horns, are described. When a plasma lens shall be operated in routine accelerator runs, the physics of the plasma dynamics must be largely understood and the technology has to be mastered. The results of plasma dynamics measurements and of long-term behavior tests with a plasma lens for antiproton collection are reported. The problems of the plasma dynamics control and of the plasma-wall interaction are discussed in view of the envisaged performance for antiproton collection.     

The ratioR i for nondissociative ionization of molecular hydrogen by antiproton/proton impact

The theoretical ratioR _i of antiproton/proton cross sections for nondissociative ionization of hydrogen molecule has been obtained as a function of the impact energyE in the range 30⩽E⩽2500 KeV lab. The required cross sections were computed in the close-coupling formulation of the semiclassical impact parameter theory using a simple one-active electron model for the molecular target. The ratioR _i is important for the analysis of the recent experimental data of Andersen et al. on antiproton scattering and the understanding of the collisional mechanisms in the KeV range.     

Antiproton production in heavy-ion collisions at subthreshold energies

Within the framework of the Lanzhou quantum molecular dynamics model,the deep subthreshold antiproton production in heavy-ion collisions has been investigated thoroughly.The elastic scattering,annihilation and charge exchange reactions associated with antiproton channels are implemented in the model.The attractive antiproton potential extracted from the G-parity transformation of nucleon selfenergies reduces the threshold energies in meson-baryon and baryon-baryon collisions,and consequently enhances the antiproton yields to some extent.The calculated invariant spectra are consistent with the available experimental data.The primordial antiproton yields increase with the mass number of the colliding system.However,annihilation reactions reduce the antiproton production which becomes independent of the colliding partners.Anti-flow phenomena of antiprotons correlated with the mean field potential and annihilation mechanism is found by comparing them with the proton flows.Possible experiments at the high-intensity heavy-ion accelerator facility(HIAF) in China are discussed.