Simulation studies of vacuum system for Indus-2

Abstract

Due to eight fold symmetry of lattice, the 172.4 meters circumference of Indus-2 was divided into eight unit cells. The location of vacuum pumps was restricted by location of more important components like magnets, beam diagnostic components etc. The minimum permissible beam aperture, restricted by apertures of magnets, rendered the vacuum envelope highly conductance limited. Main sources of gas loads viz the outgassing and the photon induced desorption (PID) were also highly location specific, because of location of photon absorbers, and the specific nature of vacuum components. Therefore, the computer simulation of a unit cell was important to have a feel for ultimate results obtained by a particular configuration of pump installation. The vacuum system for a unit cell was studied using electrical equivalent network for the vacuum system. The entire circuit was analyzed by using commercial software used for electronics circuit analysis. Since the synchrotron radiation leads to cleaning effect and the PID yield reduces with accumulated dose of beam current, system's behaviour with beam current was also studied by using computer program obtained from BESSY Berlin. This provided an estimate of dose necessary for achieving the specified operation of UHV system for Indus-2. The calculations also helped in optimizing the initial cleaning of chambers by glow discharge cleaning etc. This paper presents the results obtained by computer simulations of a unit cell of Indus-2, carried out by both the methods.