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Wei-Ping Chai

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High-precision Beam Optics Calculation of the HIAF-BRing Using Measured Fields

The construction of the High Intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) has been completed, with current efforts focused on subsystem commissioning. Beam commissioning is scheduled for autumn 2025, marking a critical milestone in the HIAF project. This paper presents high-precision optics calculations for the Booster Ring (BRing) of HIAF, a key component for achieving stable heavy-ion beam acceleration. Leveraging high-precision magnetic field data, each magnet is divided into hundreds of slices, thus establishing a high-precision sliced optics model for BRing. Detailed calculations of BRing's optics are presented in this work. Critical parameters including tunes and betatron functions of the lattice based on the measured magnetic fields and those of the ideal lattice have been compared. The results highlight the impact of realistic magnetic field on beam dynamics and provide essential insights for accelerator tuning and optimization. These findings serve as a fundamental reference for beam commissioning and long-term operation, ensuring beam stability and performance reproducibility in HIAF.

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A further study on the high-precision optics for HIAF-BRing

The High Intensity heavy ion Accelerator Facility (HIAF) successfully accelerated the 18O6+ beam on October 27, 2025. This paper presents a further simulation study on the high-precision optics, namely sliced optics, of the Booster Ring (BRing) at HIAF based on measured magnetic fields, focusing on three aspects: (1) closed-orbit distortion (COD) and variations in optical parameters induced by errors; (2) closed-orbit correction; (3) dynamic aperture. Specifically, detailed investigations are conducted on COD and optical parameter variations caused by magnet alignment errors and dipole magnet field errors, alongside simulations of closed-orbit correction and detailed calculations of BRing's dynamic aperture. Results show the sliced optics outperforms the original optics in COD control. Without chromaticity correction, its dynamic aperture is superior to the original; after chromaticity correction, it remains comparable. This study provides valuable insights for accelerator tuning and optimization.

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Injection method of barrier bucket supported by off-aligned electron cooling for CRing of HIAF

A new accelerator complex, HIAF (the High Intensity Heavy Ion Accelerator Facility), has been approved in China. It is designed to provide intense primary and radioactive ion beams for research in high energy density physics, nuclear physics, atomic physics as well as other applications. In order to achieve a high intensity of up to 5e11 ppp 238U34+, the Compression Ring (CRing) needs to stack more than 5 bunches transferred from the Booster Ring (BRing). However, the normal bucket to bucket injection scheme can only achieve an intensity gain of 2, so an injection method, fixed barrier bucket (BB) supported by electron cooling, is proposed. To suppress the severe space charge effect during the stacking process, off-alignment is adopted in the cooler to control the transverse emittance. In this paper, simulation and optimization with the BETACOOL program are presented.

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