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Wijethunga, S. A.K.

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Geant4-based Analysis of Faraday Cup Performance for PIP-II Laser Wire Scanner System

The Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II) accelerator upgrade at Fermilab marks a significant advancement in high-energy physics research. This initiative aims to enhance Fermilab's accelerator complex by replacing the existing linear accelerator (linac) with a warm front end (WFE) capable of accelerating H- beams up to 2.1 MeV. Subsequently, a superconducting linac (SCL), that further accelerates these beams up to 800 MeV. To accurately measure the transverse beam profile, traditional wire scanners will be utilized in the WFE section, while Laser wire scanners will be implemented along the SCL. The Faraday cup for the Laser wire scanners has been designed using the GEANT4 simulation toolkit. This poster presents a detailed analysis of its performance along the SCL, focusing on electron absorption, secondary electron emission, backscattering, etc.

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Electron cloud simulations in the Fermilab booster

As part of Fermilab's Proton Improvement Plan-II (PIP-II),the Fermilab Booster synchrotron will operate at a higherintensity, increasing from 4.5 x 10^12 to 6.7 x 10^12 protons per pulse (ppp). A potential challenge for achievinghigh intensity performance arises from rapid transverse instabilities induced by electron cloud (EC). This researchpresents EC simulations using PyECLOUD, which is anadvanced computational tool that incorporates measurements of the secondary electron yield (SEY) from theBooster's combined function magnet material. By systematically varying beam parameters in PyECLOUD, such asbunch structure, SEY, bunch length, and intensity, it becomes possible to forecast the impact of EC effects on thebeam stability of the PIP-II era Booster.

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