Operation stability improvement for synchrotron light sources by tune feedback system

Ten Insert Devices (IDs) had been installed in the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) storage ring. The ID gaps were repeatedly adjusted for the scientific experiments during the user time. The residual quadrupole errors beyond the ID feedforward disturbed the beam optics, including the betatron tune deviations that spoiled machine performance and brightness stability. A tune feedback system was developed and implemented in the SSRF storage ring to resolve the deterioration. The tune stability of ±0.001 in 2 weeks was reached. Another important function of this feedback system is finding out slow drift in the power supplies of dipole or quadrupole by observing the correction current changes in the feedback. To prove this feedback’s feasibility, we compared variations of the beam parameters, including the injection efficiency, the beam life-time, the horizontal beam size and the beta-beatings.