17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Efficient design of an 8-conductor nonlinear kicker for HALF using a python-based toolchain

TUP7707
19 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Tuesday baguette: BF19
Poster Presentation MC7.T16: Pulsed Technology (magnet and power supplies) Poster session

Speaker

Weibo Hu (University of Science and Technology of China)

Description

An 8-conductor nonlinear kicker (NLK) is proposed for the Hefei Advanced Light Facility (HALF) injection system. Its design is highly sensitive to conductor positions and must accommodate a vacuum chamber. This study develops an automated toolchain combining Opera-2D and Python with Bayesian optimization (Optuna) to search for feasible conductor configurations under strict magnetic and spatial constraints. A feasible design was obtained within 40 iterations, greatly improving R\&D efficiency and offering a generalized approach for nonlinear magnet optimization in fourth-generation light sources.

Paper status Resubmitted proceeding files received and assigned to an editor. Accepted.

Author

Weibo Hu (University of Science and Technology of China)

Co-authors

Feng-lei Shang (University of Science and Technology of China) Lei Shang (National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory) Dr Wenbin Song (University of Science and Technology of China) Xiao Ding (University of Science and Technology of China)

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