IPAC'23 - 14th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Specifications for a new electron cooler of the antiproton decelerator at CERN

TUPM027

9 May 2023, 16:30

2h

Sala Mosaici 2

Poster Presentation MC4.A11: Beam Cooling Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Davide Gamba (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

After more than 40 years of operation in different machines, the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) electron cooler (e-cooler) is expected to be replaced by a new one designed at CERN. This new design is primarily driven by the necessity to ensure the reliable operation of the CERN antimatter facility for the next decade and beyond. This will also be the occasion to overcome the known limitations of the present e-cooler, as well as to integrate the most promising recent technologies. In this paper, we review the present AD e-cooling performance and discuss the main effects that have an impact on that performance. We then outline the chosen parameters and the design choices based on studies and experience. Finally, a preliminary analysis of the expected performance of AD with the new e-cooler is presented.