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TUP007 | High Fidelity Start-to-end Numerical Particle Simulations and Performance Studies for LCLS-II | 342 |
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High fidelity numerical particle simulations that leverage a number of accelerator and FEL codes have been used to analyze the LCLS-II FEL performance. Together, the physics models that are included in these codes have been crucial in identifying, understanding, and mitigating a number of potential hazards that can adversely affect the FEL performance, some of which are discussed in papers submitted to this conference[*, **]. Here, we present a broad overview of the LCLS-II FEL performance, based on these start-to-end simulations, for both the soft X-ray and hard X-ray undulators including both SASE and self-seeded operational modes.
* M. Venturini, et al., The microbunching instability and LCLS-II lattice design: lessons learned, FEL'15 ** Z. Zhang, et al., Microbunching-induced sidebands in a seeded free-electron laser, FEL'15 |
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TUP066 | Benchmark of ELEGANT and IMPACT | 505 |
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The beam dynamics codes ELEGANT and IMAPCT have many users. We use these two codes for the design of LCLSII. Both codes use a 1D model for the coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) in bend magnets. In addition, IMPACT has a 3D space-charge model, while ELEGANT uses a 1D model. To compare the two codes, especially the space-charge effects, we systematically benchmark the two codes with different physics aspects: wakefields, CSR and space-charge forces. | ||
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TUP067 | Effect of Hot Ions in LCLC-II | 508 |
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The ions in a linac, such as ERL, draw more attention recently. LCLSII has a long linac with 1MHz repetition rate. The ions, in general, are not deeply trapped due to the long bunch spacing. The effect of ion thermal energy becomes important in this regime. The beam dynamics with ions are studied numerically. There is a linear growth in amplitude, but not exponential growth as traditional fast ion instability. This instability set a maximum bunch-train length to limit the beam amplitude to fractional beam σ. Theoretical works are also done to compare the simulations. We also extend our works to different regimes where the motions of ions from stable to unstable. | ||
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TUP070 | Energy Jitter Minimization at LCLS | 523 |
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The energy jitters of the electron beam can affects the FEL in self-seeded modes if the jitter is large compared to the FEL parameter. We work in multiple ways to reduce the jitters, including hardware improvement, optimization linac set-up. This paper discusses the optimization of linac set-up. The solutions always suggest that we can largely reduce the energy jitter from a weak compression at BC1 and a stronger compression at BC2. Meanwhile a low beam energy at BC2 also reduce the energy jitter, which is confirmed by the experiment. The results can be explained by a simple model. Experimental results are also presented, demonstrating better than 20% and 40% relative energy jitter reduction for 13.6 and 4 GeV linac operation, respectively. | ||
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TUP071 | A FAST Particle Tracking Code | 530 |
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This paper presents a fast particle tracking (FPT) code for linac beam dynamics. It includes wake fields, coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) and longitudinal space charge. We systematically benchmark the FPT with ELEGANT with different physics aspects: pure optics, wakefields, CSR and space-charge forces | ||
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TUP072 | Cathode Ion Bombardment in LCLS and LCLS-II RF Gun | 534 |
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This paper studies the ions bombardment on the cathode in the LCLS and LCLS-II gun. APEX gun is used here for LCLS-II, which will be operate at 1 MHz repetition rate. Therefore, It is important to estimate the ion bombardment. One specific PIC code is used track arbitrary particles (ions and electron here) in arbitrary 2D/3D electromagnetic field and solenoid field to estimate the possibility of ion bombardment. The LCLS gun has 1.6 cells while the LCLS-II gun (APEX gun) is a half-cell gun. The frequencies of the two guns are also quite different. These characters make the ion dynamics quite differently. We estimated the bombardment for various ion species and studied the effects RF pulse shape and RF phase | ||
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WEP025 | Effect of Microbunching on Seeding Schemes for LCLS-II | 639 |
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Funding: This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. External seeding and self-seeding schemes are particularly sensitive to distortions and fluctuations in the electron beam profile. Wakefields and the microbunching instability are important sources of such imperfections. Even at modest levels, their influence can degrade the spectrum and decrease the output brightness. These effects are evaluated for seeded FELs at the soft X-ray beam line of LCLS-II. FEL simulations are performed in GENESIS based on various realistic electron distributions obtained using the IMPACT tracking code. The sensitivity depends on both the seeding scheme and the output wavelength. |
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WEP070 | Start-to-End Simulation of the LCLS-II Beam Delivery System with Real Number of Electrons | 714 |
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The LCLS-II as a next generation high repetition rate FEL based X-ray light source will enable significant scientific discoveries. In this paper, we report on the progress in the design of the accelerator beam delivery system through start-to-end simulations. We will present simulation results for three cases, 20 pC, 100 pC and 300 pC that are transported through the hard X-ray line and the soft X-ray line for FEL radiation. | ||
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