IPAC2016 - List of Authors (Williams, P.H.)

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THPOW019	Beam Characterisation and Machine Developments at VELA	3975
	D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, F. Jackson, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.L. Militsyn, B.D. Muratori, T.C.Q. Noakes, M.D. Roper, Y.M. Saveliev, D.J. Scott, R.J. Smith, E.W. Snedden, P.H. Williams STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom S.D. Barrett, C.P. Topping, A. Wolski The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom C.S. Edmonds, F. Jackson, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.D. Muratori, Y.M. Saveliev, D.J. Scott, C.P. Topping, P.H. Williams, A. Wolski Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	An overview is presented of developments on VELA (Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator), an RF photo-injector with two user stations at Daresbury Laboratory. Numerous commissioning, machine development, beam characterisation and user experiments have been completed in the past year. A new beamline and a dedicated multiuser station have been commissioned and the first experiments performed. A number of measures have been taken to improve the stability of machine by mitigating a phase drift, laser beam transport drift and a coherent ~1 Hz beam oscillation. The 6D phase space of the electron beam has been characterised through quad scans, transverse tomography and with a transverse deflecting cavity.
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MOPOW037	Developments in the CLARA FEL Test Facility Accelerator Design and Simulations	797
	P.H. Williams, D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, J.A. Clarke, F. Jackson, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.L. Militsyn, N. Thompson STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom R.B. Appleby UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom B. Kyle University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
	We present recent developments in the accelerator design of CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications), the proposed UK FEL test facility at Daresbury Laboratory. In order to prioritise FEL schemes requiring the shortest electron bunches, the layout has changed significantly to enable compression at higher energy. Four proposed modes of operation are defined and tracked from cathode to FEL using ASTRA. Supplementing these baseline mode definitions with CSR-enabled codes (such as CSRTRACK) where appropriate is in progress. The FEL layout is re-optimised to include shorter undulators with delay chicanes between each radiator.
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TUPOW028	Comparison of Model vs. Reality for VELA	1810
	M.S. Toplis, J.W. McKenzie, B.D. Muratori, D.J. Scott, P.H. Williams STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
	The Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator (VELA) is a facility designed to provide a high quality electron beam for accelerator systems development, as well as industrial and scientific applications. Currently, the RF gun can deliver short bunches, of the order of 100 fs to a few ps, with a charge of up to 250 pC, at the longer bunch lengths, and up to 4.5 MeV/c beam momentum. A model for the injector has been developed in ASTRA, together with a suite of scripts to create scans of the available parameters around an empirically found arbitrarily optimal working point. The space of parameters consists of everything that can be changed in the control room, and ranges from bunch charge to laser spot size on the cathode, together with all magnet settings where and if necessary. The various scans facilitate the task of identifying where exactly the accelerator is in terms of parameters and trends. Initial comparisons of screen images are made between the model and reality. Ultimately, the goal of the model is to robustly and repeatably establish a desired operating setup on a daily basis from an unknown switch on condition.
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Beam Characterisation and Machine Developments at VELA

3975

D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, F. Jackson, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.L. Militsyn, B.D. Muratori, T.C.Q. Noakes, M.D. Roper, Y.M. Saveliev, D.J. Scott, R.J. Smith, E.W. Snedden, P.H. Williams
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
S.D. Barrett, C.P. Topping, A. Wolski
The University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
C.S. Edmonds, F. Jackson, S.P. Jamison, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.D. Muratori, Y.M. Saveliev, D.J. Scott, C.P. Topping, P.H. Williams, A. Wolski
Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

An overview is presented of developments on VELA (Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator), an RF photo-injector with two user stations at Daresbury Laboratory. Numerous commissioning, machine development, beam characterisation and user experiments have been completed in the past year. A new beamline and a dedicated multiuser station have been commissioned and the first experiments performed. A number of measures have been taken to improve the stability of machine by mitigating a phase drift, laser beam transport drift and a coherent ~1 Hz beam oscillation. The 6D phase space of the electron beam has been characterised through quad scans, transverse tomography and with a transverse deflecting cavity.

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MOPOW037

Developments in the CLARA FEL Test Facility Accelerator Design and Simulations

797

P.H. Williams, D. Angal-Kalinin, A.D. Brynes, J.A. Clarke, F. Jackson, J.K. Jones, J.W. McKenzie, B.L. Militsyn, N. Thompson
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
R.B. Appleby
UMAN, Manchester, United Kingdom
B. Kyle
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

We present recent developments in the accelerator design of CLARA (Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications), the proposed UK FEL test facility at Daresbury Laboratory. In order to prioritise FEL schemes requiring the shortest electron bunches, the layout has changed significantly to enable compression at higher energy. Four proposed modes of operation are defined and tracked from cathode to FEL using ASTRA. Supplementing these baseline mode definitions with CSR-enabled codes (such as CSRTRACK) where appropriate is in progress. The FEL layout is re-optimised to include shorter undulators with delay chicanes between each radiator.

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TUPOW028

Comparison of Model vs. Reality for VELA

1810

M.S. Toplis, J.W. McKenzie, B.D. Muratori, D.J. Scott, P.H. Williams
STFC/DL/ASTeC, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom

The Versatile Electron Linear Accelerator (VELA) is a facility designed to provide a high quality electron beam for accelerator systems development, as well as industrial and scientific applications. Currently, the RF gun can deliver short bunches, of the order of 100 fs to a few ps, with a charge of up to 250 pC, at the longer bunch lengths, and up to 4.5 MeV/c beam momentum. A model for the injector has been developed in ASTRA, together with a suite of scripts to create scans of the available parameters around an empirically found arbitrarily optimal working point. The space of parameters consists of everything that can be changed in the control room, and ranges from bunch charge to laser spot size on the cathode, together with all magnet settings where and if necessary. The various scans facilitate the task of identifying where exactly the accelerator is in terms of parameters and trends. Initial comparisons of screen images are made between the model and reality. Ultimately, the goal of the model is to robustly and repeatably establish a desired operating setup on a daily basis from an unknown switch on condition.

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