Performance simulations of a phase stabilization system prototype for CTF3

The CLIC drive beam provides RF power for acceleration of the main beam, and hence thedrive beam's longitudinal phase tolerances are very tight. A feedforward chicane consistingof four electromagnetic kickers is proposed as a correction system for the phase errors,which should allow loosening of the tolerances. A prototype of such a chicane systemdeveloped by CERN, INFN and the University of Oxford, is planned to be installed at CTF3 in2012. The present paper summarizes the parameters of the planned phase correction systemand presents simulations, which are used to make predictions of the performance of such afeedforward system at CTF3. Copyright © 2012 by IEEE