Author: Elizarov, A.
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MOPD17 Nonlinear effects in FEL theory and their role in coherent electron cooling 77
 
  • A. Elizarov
    SUNY SB, Stony Brook, New York, USA
  • V. Litvinenko
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  The novel cooling technique, the coherent electron cooling [1] relies on the amplification of the interaction between hadrons and electrons by an FEL. The linearity of the amplification process is essential for operation of such cooler. In this paper we propose a theoretical method of taking into account nonlinear effects in computation of evolution of charge perturbation in an FEL. This will allow to explore the limits of the FEL gain with special attention to the smearing of the phase caused by nonlinear and saturation effects.
[1] V. N. Litvinenko, Y. S. Derbenev, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 114801 (2009).