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SLAC-PUB-7955
Recent Luminosity Improvements at the SLC

Abstract

The luminosity of the SLAC Linear Collider (SLC) has been increased by more than a factor of three during the 1997-98 run. Improved alignment and emittance tuning techniques throughout the accelerator resulted in minimal emittance growth from the damping rings to the final focus. In particular, a revised strategy for wakefield cancellation using precision beam size measurements at the entrance of the final focus proved effective for optimizing emittance. The final focus lattice was modified to provide stronger demagnification near the interaction point and to remove residual higher-order aberrations. Beam sizes as small as 1.5 by 0.65 microns were achieved at full beam intensity of 4 X 10¹⁰ particles per pulse. With these parameters, the mutual focusing of the beams in collision becomes significant, resulting in a further increae in the luminosity. Recorded SLD event rates confirmed the theoretical calculations of the disruption enhancement which was typically 50 to 100%.

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