Operation of the high brightness LINAC for the Advanced Free-Electron Laser Initiative at Los Alamos
Year: 2002
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Free-electron lasers and high-energy physics accelerators have increased the demand for very high-brightness beam sources. This paper describes the design of an accelerator which has produce beams of 2.1 /spl pi/ mm-mrad at 1 nC and emittances of 3.7 and 6.5 /spl pi/ mm-mrad for 2 and 3 nC, respectively. The accelerator has been operated between 10 and 18 MeV. The beam emittance growth in the accelerator is minimized by using a photoinjector electron source integrated into the design of the linac, a focusing solenoid to correct the emittance growth caused by space charge, and a special design of the coupling slots between accelerator cavities to minimize quadrupole effects.>
Authors: R.L. Sheffield, R.H. Austin, K.D.C. Chan, S.M. Gierman, J.M. Kinross-Wright, S.H. Kong, D.C. Nguyen, S.J. Russel, C.A. Timmer
Institution: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Aerospace Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3023211786