10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Advancing to 500 mA: High-Current Ramp-Up and Operational Experience at NSLS-II

THP006
14 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

1401 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Poster Presentation MC2 - Photon Sources and Electron Accelerators THP: Thursday Poster Session

Speaker

Guimei Wang (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

Description

Since the first light in 2014 at 50 mA, NSLS-II has steadily increased beam current, reaching 500 mA in October 2019. Along the way, various challenges were addressed, including RF power consumption, wakefield effects, and unexpected component heating. Key improvements included enhanced temperature monitoring with 600 new sensors, optimized RF spring installation, and the installation of a superconducting wiggler in 2022 to reduce vacuum heating further. As a result, vacuum temperatures now remain below 70°C at 500 mA. Extensive beam studies ensured stability for 29 beamlines, improving signal intensity, signal-to-noise ratio, and sample throughput. NSLS-II successfully operated at 500 mA in August 2023, with increasing high-current operational periods scheduled each year to enhance user experiments.

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Author

Guimei Wang (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

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