17–22 May 2026
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Ultralow-Alpha Operation with three Families of Sextupoles at the KARA Ring

WEP5018
20 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC5.D01: Beam Optics Lattices, Correction Schemes, Transport Poster session

Speaker

Patrick Schreiber (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Description

For more than two decades, the Karlsruhe Research Accelerator (KARA) — KIT’s synchrotron radiation source and accelerator test facility — has been routinely operated in short-pulse mode, which involves reducing the momentum compaction factor. Recent advancements, such as enhanced stability provided by new magnet power supplies, have enabled us to surpass previous limitations in achieving extremely small momentum compaction factors. Based on lattice simulations and the introduction of a single additional sextupole magnet we successfully suppressed the longitudinal chromaticity, allowing the “zero-current” bunch length at KARA to be reduced from the previous 2 ps to below 1 ps. We further report on characterization measurements of this improved operating mode.

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Author

Dr Johannes Steinmann (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Co-authors

Akira Mochihashi (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Dr Alexander Papash (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Anke-Susanne Mueller (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Marcel Schuh (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) Patrick Schreiber (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

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