Publication Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
Conference Name
52nd ICFA Advanced Beam Dynamics Workshop on High-Intensity and High-Brightness Hadron Beams
Conference Location
Beijing, China
Conference Sponsor
International Committee for Future Accelerators
Conference Date
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Abstract
The Spallation Neutron Source accumulator ring was designed to allow independent control of the transverse beam distribution in each plane. However, at high beam intensities, nonlinear space charge forces can strongly influence the final beam distribution and compromise our ability to independently control the transverse distributions. In this study we investigate the evolution of the beam at intensities of up to ~8x10^13 ppp through both simulation and experiment. Specifically, we analyze the evolution of the beam distribution for beams with different transverse aspect ratios and tune splits. We present preliminary results of simulations of our experiments.
