Author: Sonnad, K.G.
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TUPAC13 Trajectories of Low Energy Electrons in Particle Accelerator Magnetic Structures 475
 
  • E.E. Cowan
    Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA
  • K.G. Sonnad
    Cornell University (CLASSE), Cornell Laboratory for Accelerator-Based Sciences and Education, Ithaca, New York, USA
  • S.A. Veitzer
    Tech-X, Boulder, Colorado, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by DOE Award DE-FC02-08ER41538, NSF Award PHY-0734867, PHY-1068662 and the Lepton Collider R&D Coop Agreement: NSF Award PHY-1002467
Low energy electrons, often referred to as electron clouds are known to cause detrimental effects on positively charged beams. In addition, such low energy electrons can contribute to the heat load of cryogenic systems in particle accelerators. When these particles get trapped in magnetic structures such as quadrupoles, wigglers and undulators, they can further exacerbate such effects. The study aims to better understand the conditions under which such electrons get trapped and for how long. This will be achieved by understanding the dynamics of such particles through perturbation analysis, and numerical tracking using the plasma simulation code Vorpal.