ACTIVE LONGITUDINAL PAINTING FOR THE H-CHARGE EXCHANGE INJECTION OF THE LINAC4 BEAM INTO THE PS BOOSTER

Linac4 will provide 160 MeV H- to the PS Booster synchrotron. The H-beam will be injected by charge exchange injection allowing injecting several times into the same volumes of phase space. Thus, a large number of turns can be injected with high efficiencies and â€ﾜpainting” in order to shape the initial particle distribution for optimum performance becomes possible. In particular, a chopper makes longitudinal painting possible in addition to painting in transverse phase spaces. The slow synchrotron motion in the PS Booster implies an active longitudinal painting scheme, where the Linac4 output energy is modulated. Several active longitudinal painting schemes are presented. One scheme, based on a triangular Linac energy modulation, is proposed for the PS Booster H- injection with Linac4.