A coupled-bunch instability caused by an electron cloud has been observed in the KEKB LER. The time evolution of the instabilities just after the turning-off the transverse bunch feedback was recorded with several weak solenoid-field conditions, which are used to suppress the vertical blowup of the beam size due to the electron cloud. The mode spectra and their growth rates of the coupled-bunch instabilities were compared with simulations of electrons moving in drift space, a weak solenoid field, and a strong bending field. Mode spectra without a solenoid field support the model where the instability is dominated by the electron clouds in the drift space with a lower secondary yield of photoelectron ${\delta }_{2,\max }=1.0$ rather than 1.5. With the solenoid field, the behavior of unstable modes and the growth rate with the strength of solenoid field also support the simulation with lower secondary emission yield.

• Received 25 August 2005

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.9.012801

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