Victor Smalyuk

Brookhaven National Laboratory

National Synchrotron Light Source II
Bldg. 744, Room 122
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3376
vsmalyuk@bnl.gov

Expertise | Research | Education | Publications

Expertise

• Particle beam diagnostics and data processing.
• Collective effects, impedances, and beam-induced heating.
• Beam instabilities and feedbacks.
• Magnet lattice design and optimization.
• Operation and development of accelerator facilities.

Research Activities

• Study of beam dynamics in the NSLS-II storage ring.
• Study of collective effects and beam instabilities.
• Exploring new operation modes of NSLS-II.
• Improvement of beam diagnostics.
• High-brightness upgrade of NSLS-II.
• Development of the Beam Accumulator Ring for EIC.

Education

• 2011 - Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
• 1999 - Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
• 1992 - M.S. in Physics, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia

Selected Publications

• Smaluk V, Shaftan T, Hidas D (2025) Ultimate brightness of a medium-energy synchrotron light source at operational beam intensity. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 32:595–604. https://doi.org/10.1107/s1600577525002723
• Smaluk V, Bassi G, Blednykh A, Khan A (2021) Combined effect of chromaticity and feedback on transverse head-tail instability. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 24:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.24.054401
• Smaluk V, Li Y, Hidaka Y, Tanabe T, Chubar O, Wiegart L, Blednykh A, Bacha B, Shaftan T (2019) Effect of undulators on magnet lattice and emittance. Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. doi: 10.1103/physrevaccelbeams.22.124001
• Smaluk V, Shaftan T (2019) Realizing low-emittance lattice solutions with Complex Bends. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1350:012044. doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1350/1/012044
• Smaluk V (2018) Impedance computations and beam-based measurements: A problem of discrepancy. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 888:22–30. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.047
• Smaluk V, Yang X, Blednykh A, Tian Y, Ha K (2017) AC orbit bump method of local impedance measurement. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 871:59–62. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2017.07.067
• Smaluk V, Martin I, Fielder R, Bartolini R (2015) Beam-based model of broad-band impedance of the Diamond Light Source. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 18:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.18.064401
• Smaluk V, Fielder R, Blednykh A, et al (2014) Coupling impedance of an in-vacuum undulator: Measurement, simulation, and analytical estimation. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 17:. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.17.074402
• Smaluk V, Sukhanov D, Oreshonok V, et al (2012) Feedback for suppression of single-bunch transverse instability in electron-positron storage rings. Journal of Instrumentation 7:P01007–P01007. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/7/01/p01007
• Smaluk V (2007) Discrete spectral analysis of beam oscillation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 578:306–314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.04.167
• Kiselev V, Smaluk V (2004) Measurement of local impedance by an orbit bump method. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 525:433–438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.077