Tune optimization of modern light sources
How to find suitable working points plays an important role in the optimization of the third-generation light sources. Different methods of frequency map analysis, super-periodic structural resonance analysis, and single resonance approach are applied to study the effects of various resonances on the beam dynamics for different working points, trying to find some general strategies of tune optimization. Several guidelines for tune choosing are given at the end of this paper.

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.

title: Recent studies on beam-photoelectron instability in BEPC
abstract: An experiment investigating the photoelectron instability has been performed in BEPC at IHEP, China. The betatron oscillation of each bunch was observed and recorded by a single pass beam position monitor system which has a capability to measure the transverse position of every bunch over 16000 turns. The effect of an octupole magnet on the instability was also studied. This paper describes results of those observations and analyses.

title: BEAM INSTABILITIY STUDIES OF BEPC AND BEPCII
abstract: BEPC has been well operated for more than 15 years, and it will be upgraded to a double ring electron positron collider in the existing tunnel, namely BEPCII. This paper describes the recent studies on beam instabilities for the improvement of BEPC performance as well as for BEPCII. The instabilities caused by impedance and twostream effects are investigated. The experimental and simulation results are reported.

title: PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE BEPCII IMPEDANCE
abstract: This paper summarizes the preliminary results on the impedance study of BEPCII, which is the upgrade of Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC). Focus is on the longitudinal broadband impedance, which may lead to bunch lengthening and microwave instability. With the impedance of its main generating vacuum components being investigated, a primary impedance budget is obtained. The estimated impedance is below the impedance threshold of microwave instability.

title: THE PROPOSED EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON BEAM-PHOTOELECTRON INTERACTIONS IN BEPC
abstract: A vertical collective effect suspected as photoelectron instability (PEI) has been observed at Photon Factory (PF) of KEK in recent years. This phenomena may impose a limitation on the performance of the proposed B-Factories or T-c Factories. An experiment has been planned to test it using positron beam at Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) in 1996 under the cooperation between IHEP and KEK. Preliminary simulation results have shown that the PEI may occur in BEPC on the total beam current level of 40 mA over more than 20 bunches. The instrumentation for observation of PEI is jointly prepared by both sides of IHEP and KEK. The machine study has been scheduled and the experiment will progress under the conditions of the best machine performance.

title: Charmed strange mesons experimental results
abstract: Two new states in the charm strange sector, DsJ*(2317)+ and DsJ(2460)+, have recently been discovered at e+e− collider experiments. The new states are first observed in the dominant Ds+π0 and Ds*+π0 modes respectively and are very narrow. They are consistent with 0+ and 1+ P‐wave cs mesons. The DsJ(2460)+ meson is also observed in Ds+γ and Ds+π+π− modes. A review of the discoveries and possible explanations is given.

title: Search for a $W^\prime$ or Techni-$\rho$ Decaying into $WZ$ in $pp$ Collisions at $\sqrt{s}=7$ TeV
abstract: A search is performed in pp collisions at √s=7  TeV for exotic particles decaying via WZ to final states with electrons and muons. The data sample corresponds to an integrated luminosity of approximately 5  fb^(-1). No significant excess is observed in the data above the expected standard model background. Upper bounds at 95% confidence level are set on the production cross section of the W′ boson described by the sequential standard model and on the W′ WZ coupling. W′ bosons with masses below 1143 GeV are excluded. Limits are also set in the context of low-scale technicolor models, under a range of assumptions concerning the model parameters.

title: T2K neutrino flux prediction
abstract: The Tokai-to-Kamioka (T2K) experiment studies neutrino oscillations using an off-axis muon neutrino beam with a peak energy of about 0.6 GeV that originates at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex accelerator facility. Interactions of the neutrinos are observed at near detectors placed at 280 m from the production target and at the far detector—Super-Kamiokande—located 295 km away. The flux prediction is an essential part of the successful prediction of neutrino interaction rates at the T2K detectors and is an important input to T2K neutrino oscillation and cross section measurements. A FLUKA and GEANT3-based simulation models the physical processes involved in the neutrino production, from the interaction of primary beam protons in the T2K target, to the decay of hadrons and muons that produce neutrinos. The simulation uses proton beam monitor measurements as inputs. The modeling of hadronic interactions is reweighted using thin target hadron production data, including recent charged pion and kaon measurements from the NA61/SHINE experiment. For the first T2K analyses the uncertainties on the flux prediction are evaluated to be below 15% near the flux peak. The uncertainty on the ratio of the flux predictions at the far and near detectors is less than 2% near the flux peak.

title: The Measurement of Tune and Phase Space at HLS
abstract: Tune and phase space online monitor at the electronic storage ring of Hefei Light Source (HLS) has been implemented by using Turn-by-turn Beam Position Monitor System (TBT System). In this paper, we compare a number of methods employed to compute tune and deals with choosing the best fitting method for our online tune computing. We can compute and display tune online, at the same time, record beam tracks on the transverse phase space by using turn-by-turn beam position data at two differently-located beam-position-monitor electrodes. With these instruments we can precisely and attractive study machine instabilities.

title: Minimization of Primary Electron Beam Radius at the Positron Production Target
abstract: To have a high positron yield, it is extremely important to minimize the primary electron beam radius at the positron production target. Various effects on electron beam blow-up have been analyzed. By comparing the measured beam radius with simulation, result at current BEPC positron source,some concrete effects on beam blow-up have been described. A design study on minimizing the electron beam radius at BEPC-II positron source is given, and the ways to reach this goal have been summarized.