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TY - CONF AU - Charles, T.K. AU - Boland, M.J. AU - Dowd, R.T. AU - Paganin, D.M. ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine ED - Kim, Dong Eon ED - Kim, Kyung Sook ED - Ko, In Soo ED - Schaa, Volker RW TI - Electron Trajectory Caustic Formation Resulting in Current Horns present in Bunch Compression J2 - Proc. of IPAC2016, Busan, Korea, May 8-13, 2016 C1 - Busan, Korea T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 7 LA - english AB - Current horns are ubiquitous in Free Electron Laser (FEL) bunch compression. In this paper, we analyse the formation of these current spikes and identify the cause as caustic formation in the electron trajectories. We also present a possible solution to avoid or mitigate the current horns from developing through using optical linearization. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 708 EP - 711 KW - electron KW - FEL KW - linac KW - wakefield KW - simulation DA - 2016/06 PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-95450-147-2 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-MOPOW004 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2016/papers/mopow004.pdf ER -