Extremely low vertical-emittance beam in the accelerator test facility at KEK

Electron beams with the lowest, normalized transverse emittance recorded so far were produced and confirmed in single-bunch-mode operation of the Accelerator Test Facility at KEK. We established a tuning method of the damping ring which achieves a small vertical dispersion and small x-y orbit coupling. The vertical emittance was less than 1% of the horizontal emittance. At the zero-intensity limit, the vertical normalized emittance was less than 2.8 x 10(-8) rad m at beam energy 1.3 GeV. At high intensity, strong effects of intrabeam scattering were observed, which had been expected in view of the extremely high particle density due to the small transverse emittance.     

Propagation of a beam halo in accelerator test facility 2 at KEK

The beam halo is a major issue for interaction region (IR) backgrounds at many colliders, for example, future linear colliders, B factories, and also it is an important problem at ATF2. In this paper, we report on the halo propagation along the ATF2 beam line with realistic apertures, the nonlinear optics influence on the increasing number of halo particles input is analyzed, and the transmitted halo particles distribution just before the last BPM is then described, the results from which will benefit the Compton recoil electrons measurement.     

Surface-roughness wakefield measurements at brookhaven accelerator test facility

An experiment has been carried out at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility to investigate the effect of a surface-roughness wakefield in narrow beam tubes with artificially created bumps. The measurements show that the synchronous modes decay significantly due to the randomization of the roughness pattern. It is pointed out that this decay mechanism has not been investigated in the previous experiment at DESY and the investigators' conclusion does not apply for surface-roughness wakefields in real surfaces.     

Schottky-enabled photoemission in a rf accelerator photoinjector: possible generation of ultralow transverse thermal-emittance electron beam

We present a clear signature of the Schottky effect in a rf photoinjector using photons with energy lower than the Mg cathode work function. This signature is manifested by the shift in the rf phase angle for the onset of the detection of photoelectrons via single-photon absorption and allows for a reasonable estimate of the field enhancement factor. This is a viable method to generate an electron beam with very low thermal emittance and thus, a high brightness beam.     

Beam-size measurement with optical diffraction radiation at KEK accelerator test facility

An experiment on the investigation of optical diffraction radiation (ODR) from a slit target as a possible tool for noninvasive electron beam-size diagnostics has been performed at the KEK accelerator test facility. The experimental setup has been installed at the diagnostics section of the extraction line. We have performed the first incoherent ODR observation from a slit target. The measured angular distributions are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical expectation. The beam-size effect onto the ODR angular pattern has been observed. Moreover, the sensitivity to the beam size as small as 14 microm has been achieved.     

束流发射度对太赫兹微电真空折叠波导行波管性能的影响

采用理论分析与数值模拟相结合的方法,分别对140,220和345 GHz折叠波导行波管中的束流发射度的影响因素及其对直流导通率的影响进行了分析,总结了发射度随频率、结构参数和电子束参数的变化规律。研究发现,在太赫兹频段束流发射度直接决定着聚焦磁场的选取设计, 是表征太赫兹频段束流品质的一个重要参量。     

束流发射度对太赫兹微电真空折叠波导行波管性能的影响

采用理论分析与数值模拟相结合的方法,分别对140,220和345 GHz折叠波导行波管中的束流发射度的影响因素及其对直流导通率的影响进行了分析,总结了发射度随频率、结构参数和电子束参数的变化规律。研究发现,在太赫兹频段束流发射度直接决定着聚焦磁场的选取设计, 是表征太赫兹频段束流品质的一个重要参量。     

Development of high intensity beam emittance measurement unit

Three sets of High Intensity Beam Emittance Measurement Units (HIBEMUs) are being developed at Peking University. They are HIBEMU-2 (slit-wire type, one direction), HIBEMU-3 (Allison scanner type, one direction) and HIBEMU-4 (slit-wire type, two directions). For HIBEMU-2 and HIBEMU-3, more recent work has been done on software redesign in order to measure beam emittance and to draw phase diagram more efficiently and precisely. Software for control and data processing of them were developed in Labveiw environment, trying to improve calculation rationality and to offer user-friendly interface. Mechanical modification was also done for HIBEMU-3, mainly concentrating on the protection of Faraday cups from being overheated by the high intensity beam and also from interference of secondary electrons. This paper will also cover the mechanical structure as well as the software development of HIBEMU-4, which is a two-direction emittance scanner newly designed and manufactured for the high energy beam transport (HEBT) of Peking University Neutron Imaging FaciliTY (PKUNIFTY). At the end of this paper, comparison and analysis of the three HIBEMUs are given to draw forth better design of the future emittance measurement facility.

     

Evolutionary genetic optimization of the injector beam dynamics for the ERL test facility at IHEP

The energy recovery linac test facility （ERL-TF）, a compact ERL-FEL （free electron laser） two-purpose machine, has been proposed at the Institute of High Energy Physics, Beijing. As one important component of the ERL-TF, the photo-injector was designed and preliminarily optimized. In this paper an evolutionary genetic method, non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm II, is applied to optimize the injector beam dynamics, especially in the high-charge operation mode. Study shows that using an incident laser with rms transverse size of 1-1.2 ram, the normalized emittance of the electron beam can be kept below 1 mm.mrad at the end of the injector. This work, together with the previous optimization of the low-charge operation mode by using the iterative scan method, provides guidance and confidence for future construction and commissioning of the ERL-TF injector.     

Evolutionary genetic optimization of the injector beam dynamics for the ERL test facility at IHEP

The energy recovery linac test facility(ERL-TF),a compact ERL-FEL(free electron laser)two-purpose machine,has been proposed at the Institute of High Energy Physics,Beijing.As one important component of the ERL-TF,the photo-injector was designed and preliminarily optimized.In this paper an evolutionary genetic method,non-dominated sorting genetic algorithmⅡ,is applied to optimize the injector beam dynamics,especially in the highcharge operation mode.Study shows that using an incident laser with rms transverse size of 1-1.2 mm,the normalized emittance of the electron beam can be kept below 1 mm·mrad at the end of the injector.This work,together with the previous optimization of the low-charge operation mode by using the iterative scan method,provides guidance and confidence for future construction and commissioning of the ERL-TF injector.     

束流发射度对质子照相色差模糊的影响

分析了质子照相过程中发射度的增长过程。开展了照相系统设计,针对设计的照相系统,采用理论分析和蒙特卡罗计算的方法,具体分析了各个发射度增长因素的影响程度。分析结果表明：对于高能质子照相,加速器的引出发射度对系统的色差模糊的影响可以忽略,但对于中能质子照相,加速器的引出发射度不可忽略。可通过提高加速器引出系统的聚焦能力和减小散束器的厚度来减小发射度影响。     

Simulation study on the emittance compensation of off-axis emitted beam in RF photoinjector

To make full use of the photocathode material and improve its quantum efficiency lifetime, it can be necessary to operate the laser away from the cathode center in photoinjectors. In RF guns, the off-axis emitted beam will see a time-dependent RF effect, which would generate a significant growth in transverse emittance. It has been demonstrated that such an emittance growth can be almost completely compensated by orienting the beam on a proper orbit in the downstream RF cavities along the injector [1]. In this paper we analyze in detail the simulation techniques used in reference [1] and the issues associated with them. The optimization of photoinjector systems involving off-axis beams is a challenging problem. To solve this problem, one needs advanced simulation tools including both genetic algorithms and an efficient algorithm for 3D space charge. In this paper, we report on simulation studies where the two codes ASTRA and IMPACT-T are used jointly to overcome these challenges, in order to optimize a system designed to compensate for the emittance growth in a beam emitted off axis.     

束流发射度对质子照相色差模糊的影响

分析了质子照相过程中发射度的增长过程。开展了照相系统设计,针对设计的照相系统,采用理论分析和蒙特卡罗计算的方法,具体分析了各个发射度增长因素的影响程度。分析结果表明:对于高能质子照相,加速器的引出发射度对系统的色差模糊的影响可以忽略,但对于中能质子照相,加速器的引出发射度不可忽略。可通过提高加速器引出系统的聚焦能力和减小散束器的厚度来减小发射度影响。     

Progress in the beam commissioning of separated function RFQ accelerator

Separated Function RFQ (SFRFQ) was proposed as a post accelerator of RFQ to accelerate heavy ions at low frequency. It introduces gap accelerating in the quadrupole electrodes, and therefore it has higher accelerating efficiency than the conventional RFQ accelerator. The first SFRFQ prototype cavity has been specially designed and constructed as a post accelerator to accelerate O+ beam from 1.03 MeV to 1.64 MeV. Based on accomplishment of low power measurement and high power test, the beam commissioning was carried out to verify its feasibility. The measured energy gain per cell of SFRFQ is 45 keV, which is about 60% higher than that of Peking University Integral Split Ring (ISR) RFQ.     

The liquid-lithium target at the soreq applied research accelerator facility

The European Physical Journal A - In stars, the fusion of $$^{22}$$ Ne and $$^4$$ He may produce either $$^{25}$$ Mg, with the emission of a neutron, or $$^{26}$$ Mg and a $$\gamma $$ ray. At high...     

Space-charge driven emittance growth in a 3D mismatched anisotropic beam

We investigate the phenomenon of space-charge driven emittance growth in a three-dimensional mismatched anisotropic charged particle beam with relevance to high-intensity linear accelerators. The final emittance growth can be understood as a superposition of the contributions from the mismatch-induced halo formation and from the anisotropy-induced energy exchange. The averaged emittance growth per degree of freedom is bounded from above by the so-called "free energy limit" extended by the contributions from energy exchange. The partition of the growth into longitudinal or transverse is, however, a strong function of the tune ratio including the possibility that an initially equipartitioned beam is even driven substantially away from equipartition. The growth of the beam halo extent is dominated by the effect of mismatch, whereas anisotropy itself generates practically no halo.     

Non-Liouvillian carbon nucleus accumulation at the ITEP storage accelerator facility

Physical start-up of the new heavy-ion storage accelerator facility has been successfully performed at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics. Carbon nuclei with an energy of 200 MeV/n are accumulated in the storage ring of the 10-GeV U-10 proton synchrotron, which is converted into an ion accumulator. The accumulation is accomplished using solid-target charge exchange of C⁴⁺ ions that are accelerated in the UK booster synchrotron. Thus, non-Liouvillian carbon nucleus accumulation is accomplished experimentally. Our immediate goal is to raise the amount of accumulated nuclei to 2 × 10¹², which corresponds to the possibilities of the available facility configuration.     

Direct measurement of the double emittance minimum in the beam dynamics of the sparc high-brightness photoinjector

In this Letter we report the first experimental observation of the double emittance minimum effect in the beam dynamics of high-brightness electron beam generation by photoinjectors; this effect, as predicted by the theory, is crucial in achieving minimum emittance in photoinjectors aiming at producing electron beams for short wavelength single-pass free electron lasers. The experiment described in this Letter was performed at the SPARC photoinjector site, during the first stage of commissioning of the SPARC project. The experiment was made possible by a newly conceived device, called an emittance meter, which allows a detailed and unprecedented study of the emittance compensation process as the beam propagates along the beam pipe.