Speaker: James Safranek (SSRL)
Program Description
Storage ring light sources have developed to the point that they are truly technological marvels. Lessons learned from first and second generation light sources, such as SPEAR enabled the development of higher-performance third generation machines, such as SPEAR3. Engineering and accelerator physics technology developed at third generation machines will enable the realization of future “ultimate” light source storage rings, such as PEP-X.
I will give an overview of the accelerator physics of storage ring light sources, including a review of the engineering, beam measurement and computer modeling techniques used to precisely control beam position, size, and brightness. I will present the latest advances in the control of nonlinear dynamics, including multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) tracking and beam-based methods of measurement and control.
