Monitoring system for a synthesizer at SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and obtained results

Abstract

Beam orbit distortion in all dispersive sections was observed in the SPring-8 storage ring during beam commissioning. In order to confirm the stability of the radio frequency (RF) synthesizer, a monitoring system was developed. The system consists of a frequency counter referenced to a global positioning system (GPS) receiver. With this system, the output of the synthesizer, which uses an external 10MHz-Rubidium atomic clock with the time accuracy of Δt/t=10−12, is correctly monitored with 11 digits absolute accuracy, verifying that the synthesizer works well. Measurement of the circumference of the SPring-8 storage ring reveals the effect of tidal forces and seasonal temperature variations on beam orbit. To maintain the center axis of photon radiation in experimental beam lines, a beam energy correction is carried out. The frequency of the RF synthesizer is changed every 5min with 10-digit accuracy. This corresponds to an energy accuracy of ΔE/E=1.16×10−6. The monitoring system for the synthesizer and obtained results are described.