Tests of Wakefield-Free Steering at ATF2

Charge-dependent effects on the orbit and on the beam size affect the performance of the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF2) in a non-negligible way. Until now small beam sizes have only been achieved running with a beam charge significantly smaller than the nominal value. These detrimental effects on the beam have been attributed to wakefields, in the cavity BPMs, in the multi-Optical Transition Radiation (OTR) systems as well as in other components of the beamline. The successful tests of a Wakefield-free Steering (WFS) algorithm at FACET have encouraged performing tests of the same correction scheme at ATF2. The performance of the algorithm has been simulated in detail, including several realistic imperfection scenarios, including charge-dependent BPMs resolution, and incoming injection error and position jitters, which are described in this paper. Tests of WFS have been performed at ATF2 during December 2014. The results are discussed here.