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Title	Operational Performance of a Bunch by Bunch Digital Damper in the Fermilab Main Injector
Author(s)	Adamson, Philip ; Ashmanskas, Bill ; Foster, G W ; Hansen, Sten ; Kang, Hyejoo ; Marchionni, Alberto ; Nicklaus, Dennis J ; Semenov, Alexei ; Wildman, David
Affiliation	(Fermilab, Batavia, Illinois; UCL, London) ; (Stanford University, Stanford, Califormia)
Publication	2005
In:	21st IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, Knoxville, TN, USA, 16 - 20 May 2005, pp.1440
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Abstract	We have implemented a transverse and longitudinal bunch by bunch digital damper system in the Fermilab Main Injector, using a single digital board for all 3 coordinates. The system has been commissioned over the last year, and is now operational in all MI cycles, damping beam bunched at both 53MHz and 2.5MHz. We describe the performance of this system both for collider operations and high-intensity running for the NuMI project.