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SLC and the Sawtooth (from grad student’s perspective)

SLC and the Sawtooth (from grad student’s perspective). Boris Podobedov NSLS Robert H.Siemann Symposium July 7, 2009. Background. I graduated from Moscow Inst. of Physics & Technology, MS in Physics, summer of 1993 I enrolled in Stanford Ph.D. program in Appl. Phys., fall 1993

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SLC and the Sawtooth (from grad student’s perspective)

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  1. SLC and the Sawtooth (from grad student’s perspective) Boris Podobedov NSLS Robert H.Siemann Symposium July 7, 2009

  2. Background • I graduated from Moscow Inst. of Physics & Technology, MS in Physics, summer of 1993 • I enrolled in Stanford Ph.D. program in Appl. Phys., fall 1993 • I knew nothing about accelerators or acc. physics • In October 1993 I met Bob Siemann … • I became the first grad student of Bob at Stanford/SLAC • I spent 6 years working on my PhD under Bob’s guidance • These were truly exciting times to be here • SLC operations and the mystery of the saw-tooth instability • ARDB formation, rapid growth, expansion into new research areas • Great people and creative and stimulating environment

  3. Professor AP 324: Introduction to Accelerator Physics

  4. First Paper Together

  5. Saw-tooth Instability History

  6. Instability after Vacuum Chamber Replacement • Mysteries remained: • Effect on the beam • Effect on SLC, if any • Instability mechanism and cause At Bob’s suggestion this became a topic of my PhD

  7. Detecting Instability Signals Clearly a better diagnostics was needed

  8. Accelerator Physics Through Building Your Own Diagnostics

  9. New Diagnostics Works Out We finally got the t-domain instability signal. We could now combine it with the streak camera

  10. Saw-Tooth Instability: Main Results • Recover complete phase-space picture • Unstable mode contains ~3% of the beam • Detector signals correlated with SLC beam downstream

  11. PhD Thesis Writing • Bob strongly believed that thesis writing is essential part of graduate education • Writing required many iterations • Huge effort from Bob

  12. What Those Theses Meant for Bob

  13. Graduation and Beyond • I moved to BNL in Sept 1999 • We kept in touch discussing topics ranging from PRST-AB to his grad. students, and of course, Science • My last meeting with Bob was on my SLAC visit in Feb 2007 … Graduation ceremony, July 1999

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