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In the collider run II, the Tevatron operates with 36 high intensity bunches of 980 GeV protons and antiprotons. Particles not captured by the Tevatron rf system pose a threat since they can quench the superconducting magnets during acceleration or at beam abort. We describe the main mechanisms for the origination of this uncaptured beam, and present measurements of its main parameters by means of a newly developed diagnostics system. The Tevatron electron lens is effectively used in the collider run II operation to remove uncaptured beam and keep its intensity in the abort gaps at a safe level.

We report the successful application of space-charge forces of a low-energy electron beam for improvement of particle lifetime determined by beam-beam interaction at a high-energy collider. In our experiments, an electron lens, a novel instrument developed for the beam-beam compensation, was set on a 980-GeV proton bunch at the Fermilab Tevatron proton-antiproton collider. The proton-bunch losses due to its interaction with the antiproton beam were reduced by a factor of 2 when the electron lens was operating. We describe the principle of electron lens operation and present experimental results.

The Tevatron in Collider Run II (2001–present) is operating with 6 times more bunches, many times higher beam intensities and luminosities than in Run I (1992–1995). Electromagnetic long-range and head-on interactions of high intensity proton and antiproton beams have been significant sources of beam loss and lifetime limitations. We present observations of the beam-beam phenomena in the Tevatron and results of relevant beam studies. We analyze the data and various methods employed in operations, predict the performance for planned luminosity upgrades, and discuss ways to improve it.

The beam-beam interaction in the Tevatron collider sets limits on bunch intensity and luminosity. These limits are caused by a tune spread in each bunch which is mostly due to head-on collisions, but there is also a bunch-to-bunch tune spread due to parasitic collisions in multibunch operation. We propose to compensate these effects with the use of a countertraveling electron beam, and we present general considerations and physics limitations of this technique.

This article is devoted to stability analysis of the antiproton beam interacting with an electron beam in an “electron lens” setup for beam-beam compensation in the Tevatron collider. Electron space charge forces cause transverse “head-tail” coupling within antiproton bunch which may lead to a transverse mode coupling instability (TMCI). We present a theory, analytical studies, and numerical simulations of this effect. An estimate of threshold longitudinal magnetic field necessary to avoid the instability is given. Dependence of the threshold on electron and antiproton beam parameters is studied.

This article is devoted to electron beam distortions in the “electron compressor” setup for beam-beam compensation in the Tevatron collider. The effects of electron space charge force and the interaction of the electron beam with the impacting elliptical antiproton beam are studied. We make an estimate of the longitudinal magnetic field necessary to keep the electron beam distortions low.

This article presents results of wideband seismic measurements at the Fermilab site, namely, in the tunnel of the Tevatron and on the surface nearby, as well as in two deep tunnels in the Illinois dolomite, thought to be a possible geological environment of the Fermilab future accelerators.