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CESR Parameters

Several primary operating parameters of CESR are shown below.

Basic CESR Parameters

Operating Energy 4.7 - 5.6 GeV / Beam
Circumference 768.43 m, Trev = 2.56 usec, Harmonic# = 1281
Bending Radius
(number x length)
87.89 m (62 x 6.57 m, 2 x 1.64 m, 2 x 3.29 m)
31.65 m (8 x 3.24 m)
140.63 m (4 x 2.95 m)
34.82 m (2 x 3.18 m)
58.60 m (4 x 6.57 m)
Wigglers 2 each (for synchrotron radiation users)
B(pk)=1.2 T, poles=24, period=19.6 cm, K=22
Cell Length No standard cell, each quadrupole is individually optimized.
Tunes QX = 10.53, QY = 9.61, QS = 0.052


Horiz. beam emittance 0.2-0.3 mm-mrad @ 5.3 GeV (with wigglers)
Energy width (sigE/E0) 0.71 x 10-3 @ 5.3 GeV (with wigglers)
Bunch length (sigma) 2.0 cm (with wigglers)
Beta functions at I.P. Beta V = 1.9 cm, Beta H = 1.25 m


Injector 150/300 MeV linac, 4-8 GeV synchrotron, (2.3 usec pulse width)


Syn. Rad. Loss 1.2 MeV/turn @ 5.3 GeV (with wigglers)
RF Frequency 499.765 MHz
RF Complement 2 RF regions, each with 2 x 5-cell cavities
Total RF voltage 5 MV operating, 6 MV available


A working description (MAD format) of the CESR Optics is available as a plain text file.

CESR Luminosity Performance

These figures are the highest values measured during normal High Energy Physics running with a beam energy of 5.3 GeV. They did not necessarily occur simultaneously.

Peak luminosity 1.25 x 1033 /cm2/sec
Best integrated luminosity 73 /pb per day (April 2001)
1520 /pb per month (Dec 2000)
6350 /pb per year (2000)
Beam current 365 mA/beam, 36 bunches/beam
(2 beams (e+/e-) each with 9 trains of 5 bunches)
Beam-beam parameter (xi) 0.062 vert., 0.025 horiz.

Performance Plots:

CESR Reference papers

Several conference papers treat CESR design and operation:

  • M. Tigner, IEEE NS-24, 1849 (1977) CESR - An Electron Positron Colliding Beam Facility at Cornell
  • R. Littauer, IEEE NS-32, 1610 (1985) Multibunch Operation of CESR
  • S. Herb, J. Kirchgessner IEEE 87CH2387-9, 130 (1987) Operation of CESR with Permanent Magnet Interaction Region Quadrupoles
  • D. Rubin, Proc. of IEEE/APS Particle Accelerator Conference, (1995) CESR Status and Plans (600kB ps)