Velocity bunching in travelling wave accelerator with low acceleration gradient

We present the analytical and simulated results of our study of the influence of the acceleration gradient in the velocity bunching process, which is a bunch compression scheme that uses a travelling wave accelerating structure as a compressor. Our study shows that the bunch compression application with low acceleration gradient is more tolerant to phase jitter and more successful in obtaining a compressed electron beam with symmetrical longitudinal distribution and low energy spread. We also present a transverse emittance compensation scheme to compensate the emittance growth caused by the increase of the space charge force in the compressing process, which is easy to adjust for different compression factors.     

磁压缩器中相干同步辐射对束团品质的影响

在进行束团压缩时,相干同步辐射导致束团能量再分配,这会引入一定类型的非线性,目前普遍认为该非线性会导致束团发射度的急剧增加.本文通过模拟计算发现该结论只在一定条件下成立,同时还发现相干同步辐射引入固定类型的非线性,在特定参数下,该非线性能在一定程度上抵消束团原有的非线性,最终可能对束团品质有改善作用.     

粒子束团状态对测量束流发射度及能量的影响

为了验证国产质子注入器的参数是否满足需求,注入器团队设计了束流测量系统用于测量国产质子直线注入器束流的流强、发射度、能量以及能散等关键指标。此测量系统包含了采用变聚焦法测量发散度、采用分析磁铁测量束流能量和能散的主要功能。利用束流输运线设计软件Tracewin(版本2.11.4.1)进行了系统束线的物理设计,对束测系统测量质子束流的发散度和能量的精度进行了模拟计算。由于经过RFQ-(APF)DTL加速后的粒子束团为“拖尾”的非理想粒子束团,需要针对非理想束团对束测系统测量发射度和能量产生的影响进行分析。通过对模拟计算结果的分析,发现相对于测量理想粒子束团的结果非理想粒子束团对束测系统测量发射度精度影响较大;非理想粒子束团对束测系统测量能量精度影响较小。     

Transverse dynamics of space charge dominated beam during bunching

In this paper we present a technique to optimize the transport parameters for transverse matching of the space charge dominated beams in the presence of bunching. The increase in the current within the specified bunch width during the transport is obtained from the disc model and is included in the optimization method. A 2D particle in cell (PIC) code is then developed to study the details transverse dynamics of the bunch taking into account the effect of longitudinal compression by reweighting the charge and mass of macroparticles. The evolution of rms beam size obtained using PIC simulation agrees well with the results obtained by solving beam envelope equation. The PIC simulation shows emittance growth during bunching induced by the space charge effect for nonuniform distribution. The growth in the emittance increases with the nonlinearity of distribution and peaks near the time focus.     

Charged particles bunch–accelerator extraction window matching

The criterion for matching the charged particle bunch with the accelerator beam extraction window, which consists in minimizing the emittance of the accelerated beam extracted through a metal foil, is derived using the distribution function for moving particles scattered on foil nuclei. A technique for constructing the phase portrait of the scattered bunch and the criterion for minimizing its area (emittance) are presented. The formula relating the emittances of incident and scattered bunches and the ellipse equation describing the phase portrait of the matched bunch are derived.     

Halo formation and emittance growth of positron beams in plasmas

An ultrarelativistic 28.5 GeV, 700-microm-long positron bunch is focused near the entrance of a 1.4-m-long plasma with a density n(e) between approximately equal to 10(13) and approximately equal to 5 x 10(14) cm(-3). Partial neutralization of the bunch space charge by the mobile plasma electrons results in a reduction in transverse size by a factor of approximately equal to 3 in the high emittance plane of the beam approximately equal to 1 m downstream from the plasma exit. As n(e) increases, the formation of a beam halo containing approximately 40% of the total charge is observed, indicating that the plasma focusing force is nonlinear. Numerical simulations confirm these observations. The bunch with an incoming transverse size ratio of approximately 3 and emittance ratio of approximately 5 suffers emittance growth and exits the plasma with approximately equal sizes and emittances.     

Achievement of ultralow emittance beam in the accelerator test facility damping ring

For high luminosity in electron-positron linear colliders, it is essential to generate low vertical emittance beams. We report on the smallest vertical emittance achieved in single-bunch-mode operation of the Accelerator Test Facility, which satisfies the requirement of the x-band linear collider. The emittances were measured with a laser-wire beam-profile monitor installed in the damping ring. The bunch length and the momentum spread of the beam were also recorded under the same conditions. The smallest vertical rms emittance measured at low intensity is 4 pm at a beam energy of 1.3 GeV, which corresponds to the normalized emittance of 1.0x1.0(-8) m. It increases by a factor of 1.5 for a bunch intensity of 10(10) electrons. The measured data agreed to the calculation of intrabeam scattering within much better than a factor of 2.     

北京大学DC-SC光阴极注入器的升级设计

 基于直流电子枪-超导加速腔（DC-SC）光阴极注入器样机的初步实验结果，北京大学提出了新的注入器的改进设计。新注入器核心结构包括皮尔斯枪和3+1/2超导腔。文章给出了它们的详细结构参数，然后采用程序，对注入器的束流动力学进行了模拟。结果发现：新注入器可以提供具有高束流品质、高平均流强的电子束，束团的电荷量100 pC，横向发射度低于2 mm·mrad,脉宽5 ps,rms束斑可达0.5 mm，重复频率81.25 MHz；也可以提供电荷量为300 pC低重复频率的高峰值流强的电子束，其横向发射度小于3 mm·mrad,脉宽约为9 ps，以满足北京大学自由电子激光（PKU-FEL）实验平台的要求。     

Ultrarelativistic-positron-beam transport through meter-scale plasmas

We report on the first study of the dynamic transverse forces imparted to an ultrarelativistic positron beam by a long plasma in the underdense regime. Focusing of the 28.5 GeV beam is observed from time-resolved beam profiles after the 1.4 m plasma. The strength of the imparted force varies along the approximately 12 ps full length of the bunch as well as with plasma density. Computer simulations substantiate the longitudinal aberration seen in the data and reveal mechanisms for emittance degradation.     

Wakefield Effects on the BEPCII Injector Linac

The high current and short bunch of the electron beam in the BEPCII injector linac cause the wakefield effects on the beam performance dilution. These wakefield effects on longitudinal and transverse beam dynamics are systematically studied with analysis and numerical beam modeling, including the single bunch short-range wake effects and the multi-bunch long-range wake effects on beam energy, energy spread, emittance, orbit offset and primary electron beam spot size on the positron production target. The measures to effectively cure these wake effects are also studied.     

HIAF-BRing束团合并过程中的束流负载效应模拟

强流重离子加速器HIAF-BRing在加速完成后进行束团合并,为研究BRing中的束流负载效应对束团合并的影响,对238U35+束流进行了粒子跟踪模拟。模拟结果显示,在束团合并过程中,束流负载效应引起束团长度和束团中心位置的振荡,导致束流动量分散和束团长度的增长。束团合并过程中尾场电压以及不同束团间尾场的耦合导致的势阱畸变,是引起束团长度和束团中心振荡及束流发射度增长的原因。为了降低束流负载效应的影响,采用多谐波前馈系统进行补偿,达到了补偿束团合并过程中的束流负载效应的目的,从而确保了BRing中引出束流的品质,同时根据模拟结果确定了前馈系统需要覆盖的频率范围和需要补偿的最大尾场电压。     

BEPCII直线注入器的尾场效应

BEPCII直线注入器中的强流、短束团的尾场效应将损害束流的性能.用分析解和数值模拟计算的方法,系统地研究了尾场对纵向和径向束流动力学的影响,包括单束团的短程尾场和多束团的长程尾场对束流能量、能散、发射度、轨道和初级电子束在正电子产生靶上束斑尺寸的影响等.研究了有效抑制这些尾场效应的措施     

Physical design of FEL injector based on the performance-enhanced EC-ITC RF gun

To meet the requirements of high performance THz-FEL (Free Electron Laser), a compact scheme of FEL injector was proposed. A thermionic cathode was chosen to emit electrons instead of a photo-cathode with its complex structure and high cost. The effective bunch charge was improved to ～200 pC by adopting an enhanced EC-ITC (External Cathode Independently Tunable Cells) RF gun to extract micro-bunches; back bombardment effects were almost eliminated as well. Constant gradient accelerator structures were designed to improve energy to ～14 MeV, while the focusing system was applied for emittance suppressing and bunch state maintenance. The physical design and beam dynamics of the key components for the FEL injector were analyzed. Furthermore, start-to-end simulations with multi-pulses were performed using homemade MATLAB and Parmela. The results show that continual high brightness electron bunches with a low energy spread and emittance could be obtained stably.     

Preserving high multibunch luminosity in linear colliders

An analytic theory of cumulative multibunch beam breakup in linear colliders is developed. Included is a linear variation of transverse focusing across the bunch train as might be applied, e.g., by chirping the radio frequency power sources or by using radio frequency quadrupole magnets. The focusing variation saturates the exponential growth of the beam breakup and establishes an algebraic decay of the transverse bunch displacement versus bunch number. A closed-form expression for the transverse bunch displacement is developed. It is used to quantify the total normalized emittance and thereby isolate the region of parameter space corresponding to high multibunch luminosity.     

高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中发射度补偿

空间电荷效应是引起发射度增长的主要因素,特别是在高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中。分析了高压直流连续波光阴极注入器中线性空间电荷力的特点及其对电子束横向发射度的影响,并从理论上解析地研究了螺线管发射度补偿的原理及特点。最后利用Parmela程序对中国工程物理研究院高压直流连续波光阴极注入器的发射度补偿作了模拟计算。结果表明,束团电荷量为80 pC的电子束在350 keV高压直流电子枪出口处的横向归一化发射度为5.14 mmmrad,经过螺线管补偿后,其最小横向发射度变为1.27 mmmrad。电子束的发射度得到了很好的补偿。     

Incoherent effects of electron clouds in proton storage rings

Electron clouds in the beam pipe of high-energy proton or positron storage rings can give rise to significant incoherent emittance growth, at densities far below the coherent-instability threshold. We identify two responsible mechanisms: namely, (1) a beam particle periodically crosses a resonance and (2) a beam particle periodically crosses a region of the bunch where its motion is linearly unstable. Formation of halo or beam-core blow up, respectively, are the result. Key ingredients for both processes are synchrotron motion and electron-induced tune shift. The mechanisms considered provide a possible explanation for reduced beam lifetime and emittance growth observed at several operating accelerators. Similar phenomena are likely to occur in other two-stream systems.     

上海软X射线自由电子激光装置束流分配系统设计

束流分配系统是自由电子激光装置中至关重要的一部分,它可以将直线加速器产生的电子束团分配至不同的波荡器中。提出了一种基于上海软X射线自由电子激光装置的束流分配系统设计方案。针对该方案,详细介绍了三维从头至尾的束团跟踪模拟以及在传输过程中的束流动力学分析,模拟结果表明,该束流分配系统设计可以保证束流发射度增长小于8%,同时可以保证峰值电流、能散以及束团长度在经过该分配系统时未受到破坏。此外,针对束团在直线加速器中的微束团不稳定性和抖动也进行了分析。     

基于紧聚焦超高斯激光脉冲的大电量低发散度电子束产生

在激光尾场加速中,光学注入是一种有效的可控电子注入机制。然而,低电量、大发散度的电子束特性无法满足实际应用的需要。为获得大电量、高品质电子束提出采用紧聚焦的超高斯激光作为注入脉冲的新型注入方案。研究发现,相比于普通高斯激光,紧聚焦的超高斯激光不仅能够将电子束发散度降低近一个数量级,而且能够保持电子束电荷量不变。通过哈密顿理论模型证实,离轴电子是发散度的主要来源,而紧聚焦的超高斯激光极大地限制了离轴电子的注入,因此有效地降低了电子束的发散度。     

Uncoupled achromatic condition of a dog-leg system with the presence of RF cavities

To merge the beam from either of the two injectors to the main linac, a dog-leg system will be employed in the second Medium Energy Beam Transport(MEBT2) line of the China ADS driving accelerator. The achromatic condition has to be guaranteed to avoid beam center excursion against energy jitter. RF cavities were found to be indispensable to control the bunch length growth in the dog-leg system of MEBT2. The full uncoupling between transverse and longitudinal plane is desired to minimize the growth of projected rms emittances. The uncoupled achromatic condition of this dogleg system with the presence of RF bunching cavities will be deduced using the transfer matrices method. It is found that, to fulfill the uncoupling condition, the distance between the bunching cavities is uniquely determined by the maximum energy gain of the RF cavities. The theoretical analysis is verified by the simulation code TraceWin. The space charge effect on the uncoupled achromatic condition and the beam emittance growth will also be discussed.