Single Bunch Stability in PEP-II LER

The note describes results of studies of the single bunch stability in the low energy ring (LER) of the PEP-II B-factory. Simulations describe the potential well distortion (PWD) obtained by numerical solution of the Haiisinski equation and results on the beam stability obtained with the code TRISIM. Both longitudinal and transverse wake fields are taken into account. Preliminary estimates indicate that single bunch in the LER of the PEP-II B-factory has to be stable, both longitudinally and transversely, at the maximum design bunch current 1.8 mA (beam current 3A). However, realistic wakes of the machine has been constructed only recently using results of the extensive numerical simulations of the vacuum components of the ring. Additional to that, the code TRISIM, a simulation program for single-bunch collective effects written by one of the authors (G. S.), became recently available. This allows us to study beam stability in a more reliable way than it is possible analytically.