Bunch Tracing by Bunch by Bunch Measurement System in HLS
In this paper, we introduce a bunch tracing system which is based on a bunch-by-bunch (BxB) measurement system in Hefei Light Source (HLS), and present the analysis of the experiment results. Using an in-phase gate signal and a double balance mixer to control an external trigger of ADC, we test the reliability of the BxB system. By this system, we can trace all marked bunches in a set time slot or in manual burst mode. We can record all bunches’ data during the injection, ramping, wiggler excitation and normal operation, and provide a powerful facility for machine study.

title: The TAOS Project Stellar Variability I. Detection of Low-Amplitude delta Scuti Stars
abstract: We analyzed data accumulated during 2005 and 2006 by the Taiwan-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) in order to detect short-period variable stars (periods of <∼ 1 hour) such as δ Scuti. TAOS is designed for the detection of stellar occultation by small-size Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) and is operating four 50cm telescopes at an effective cadence of 5Hz. The four telescopes simultaneously monitor the same patch of the sky in order to reduce false positives. To detect short-period variables, we used the Fast Fourier Transform algorithm (FFT) inasmuch as the data points in TAOS light-curves are evenly spaced. Using FFT, we found 41 short-period variables with amplitudes smaller than a few hundredths of a magnitude and periods of about an hour, which suggest that they are low-amplitude δ Scuti stars (LADS). The light-curves of TAOS δ Scuti stars are accessible online at the Time Series Center website (http://timemachine.iic.harvard.edu).  (stars: variables:) δ Sct; surveys; methods : data analysis

title: First Results From The Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS)
abstract: Results from the first 2 years of data from the Taiwanese-American Occultation Survey (TAOS) are presented. Stars have been monitored photometrically at 4 or 5 Hz to search for occultations by small (~3 km) Kuiper Belt objects (KBOs). No statistically significant events were found, allowing us to present an upper bound to the size distribution of KBOs with diameters 0.5 km < D < 28 km.

title: Beam instabilities measurement and cures at HLS
abstract: In Hefei light source (HLS), coupled-bunch instabilities are major limiting factors in achieving higher beam intensity while maintaining good beam quality. To Measure and suppress beam instabilities, turn-by-turn (TBT) measurement and bunch-by-bunch(BxB) measurement & feedback system are under commission [1][2]. The design of the two systems and primary experiment results is presented. Measurement and detail analysing results in injection status will also be shown.

title: SOME PROPERTIES OF THIN GAP GAS CHAMBERS
abstract: The operation of a thin gap multiwire chamber with a CO2/n-pentane mixture is described for different wire diameters, gap distances and cathode material.

title: HLS Turn-by-Turn System and its Application
abstract: Measurement principles and analysis of Turn-by-Turn beam position monitor system at Hefei Light Source (HLS) are presented in this paper. In emphases, several typical applications are presented here, which include the commissioning of upgraded injection system on HLS storage, monitoring of transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν transientν and damping time of storage ring, beam instability in injection, as well as experiments of low frequency feedback system. Precise analyses of experimental results offer some conclusions, which are consistent with theoretical expectations. The system plays an important role in study of beam instability and improvement of machine performance.

title: SPEAR3 BOOSTER RF SYSTEM UPGRADE: PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION OF RESOURCES *
abstract: The SPEAR2 accelerator system originally had 3 RF stations (2 for storage ring, 1 Booster) operating at 358.5 MHz. SPEAR3 now operates at 476.3 MHz with the PEPII type RF system, while the Booster RF frequency remains unchanged. For top-off operation, the Booster injects single 3.0 GeV electron bunches into SPEAR3 at 10 Hz every 5 minutes to replenish lost charge. Due to the frequency mismatch between SPEAR3 and the Booster, only one SPEAR3 bucket can injected per shot limiting injection rate and overall system flexibility. The aging high-power RF subsystems of the Booster pose a reliability issue as well. In order to remove these constraints, studies are underway to replace the Booster RF system using the PEP-II type RF system as a baseline. The new Booster RF system will be tuned to 475.036 MHz, and phase-locked to the SPEAR3 RF system. The project calls for ramping the Booster cavity gap voltage to 0.80 MV at 10 Hz, each with a 40 ms acceleration interval. With very low beam loading and low average RF power, there are many subsystems that can be operationally simplified. In this paper we present the results of analysis leading to a new Booster RF system.

title: A Limit Relation between Black Hole Mass and H? Width: Testing Super-Eddington Accretion in Active Galactic Nuclei
abstract: We show that there is a limit relation between the black hole mass (MBH) and the width at half-maximum (υFWHM) of Hβ for active galactic nuclei (AGNs) with super-Eddington accretion rates. When a black hole has a super-Eddington accretion rate, the empirical relation derived from reverberation mapping can be applied in two possible ways. First, it reduces to a relation between the black hole mass and the size of the broad-line region because of photon-trapping effects inside the accretion disk. For the empirical reverberation relation of Kaspi et al., we obtain the limit relation MBH = (2.9–12.6) × 106 [vFWHM/(103 km s-1)]6.67M⊙, called the Eddington limit. Second, the Eddington limit luminosity will be relaxed if the trapped photons can escape from the magnetized super-Eddington accretion disk via the photon bubble instability, and the size of the broad-line region will be enlarged according to the empirical reverberation relation, leading to a relatively narrow Hβ width. We call this the Begelman limit. Using this limit relation, we searched 164 AGNs for super-Eddington accretion. We find that most of them are well confined by the Eddington limit relation—that is, most have sub-Eddington accretion rates—but there are a handful of objects located between the Eddington and Begelman limit lines; they may be candidate super-Eddington accretors in a hybrid structure of photon trapping and photon bubble instability. The maximum Hβ width is in the range (3.0–3.8) × 10 3 km s-1 for the most massive black holes with super-Eddington accretion rates among AGNs. We suggest that the FWHM(Hβ)-MBH relation is a reliable and convenient method to test whether a source is super-Eddington and useful to probe the structure of the super-Eddington accretion process.

title: Two extreme double-peaked line emitters in the sloan digital sky survey
abstract: Double-peaked Balmer lines have been observed in about 150 active galactic nuclei and were interpreted preferentially as emission from relativistic accretion disks. We report the discovery of extreme double-peaked lines in SDSS J0942+0900 and SDSS J1417+6141. The FWHM of the Hα line, 40,600 km s-1, in the first object is almost twice as large as the broadest previously known. By comparing the line profile with accretion disk models, we find that most of the line flux is emitted from a narrow annulus around 100rg in SDSS J0942+0900, and from a disk with radii between 100rg and 400rg in SDSS J1417+6141. This is the first time that an accretion disk at radii below 100rg has been directly probed through optical emission lines. A certain asymmetry in the disk is required for both objects. Another, much weaker, broad Hα component (Wλ ~ 20 A and FWHM ~ 4000 km s-1) is also detected in both objects. Both objects show weak radio emission and strong high-ionization narrow lines.

title: The upgrade of HLS linac control system
abstract: The linac control system of Hefei Light Source (HLS) was initially build in late 1980's, and a concerted effort has been put forth to upgrade it to a new, distributed one based on EPICS. Industrial PC based hardware is widely used as not only IOC but also front-end controller. Besides industrial PC, PLC and single-chip microcomputer are also used as front-end controllers in some subsystems. The software for industrial PC based front-end controller is developed based on vxWorks real-time operating system. The software for PLC and single-chip microcomputer are written with ladder software package and assemble language respectively. PC with Linux operating system and SUN workstation with Solaris operating system are used as operator interfaces. High level control is made up of some EPICS tools and Tcl/Tk scripts.

title: Electron cloud instability studies in the Beijing Electron Positron Collider
abstract: The electron cloud instability (ECI) in the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) was studied systematically with experiments and simulations in recent years. Several electron cloud detectors have been installed into the BEPC storage ring to measure the electron yield. The effects of solenoid, the clearing electrode, the chromaticity, and the octupole on ECI have been investigated in BEPC experimentally. To evaluate the ECI in BEPCII, the upgrade project of BEPC, a computer code has been developed to simulate the electron density in the antechamber under different conditions, as well as the progress of the single bunch and coupled-bunch instabilities caused by the electron cloud. The experimental and simulation results, as well as the activities, are reported in this paper.