Bernard Kosciuk | Searcharxiv

arXiv2026

Design and optimization of the NSLS-II lattice with complex bend replacement

The demand for brighter photon beams has driven the development of diffraction-limited storage rings with ultralow electron beam emittance. A complex bend (CB) lattice was recently proposed as an approach for the future NSLS-II upgrade. As a step toward this upgrade, NSLS-II plans to replace two existing electromagnetic dipoles with permanent-magnet CBs, providing the first experimental demonstration of the CB concept in a storage ring. This paper presents the linear optics design, nonlinear optimization, and machine error evaluation of the modified NSLS-II lattice. The optimized lattice provides sufficient dynamic and momentum apertures for off-axis injection and routine operation and can be corrected with the existing NSLS-II correction scheme. Scraper measurements near the planned CB installation location validate the beam aperture requirements used in the CB design.

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arXiv2024

Dedicated beam position monitor pair for model-independent lattice characterization at NSLS-II

This paper reports recent lattice characterization results obtained at the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) storage ring, conducted without reliance on a lattice model. A pair of beam position monitors (BPMs) with bunch-by-bunch (B$\times$B) resolution, were recently installed in a section of the storage ring free of magnetic fields. The new BPM pair measured the beam, or bunch's transverse Poincaré map precisely after the beam was excited. Linear one-turn-matrices (OTM) were then derived, and from these, the 4-dimensional coupled Twiss parameters were extracted at the locations of the BPM pair. By normalizing beam oscillation amplitudes with the Twiss parameters, the global action-variables were obtained. These action-variables facilitated the measurement of the local Twiss parameters observed by other BPMs independent on lattice model. This method is general, and particularly useful in certain scenarios such as a round beam mode in a diffraction-limited light source ring. We applied it to assess both weakly and strongly coupled lattices at the NSLS-II ring. Through analysis of the strongly coupled lattice, the quadrupole tilt errors were estimated to be less than 400 \siμrad. Utilizing the BPMs' B$\times$B resolution, for the first time we observed the variations of the linear lattice along a long bunch-train.

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