Author: Palacios Serrano, G.G.
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MOPAB324 High Voltage Design and Evaluation of Wien Filters for the CEBAF 200 keV Injector Upgrade 1000
 
  • G.G. Palacios Serrano, P.A. Adderley, J.F. Benesch, D.B. Bullard, J.M. Grames, C. Hernandez-Garcia, A.S. Hofler, D. Machie, M. Poelker, M.L. Stutzman, R. Suleiman
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  • H. Baumgart, G.G. Palacios Serrano
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  
  Funding: This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract DE-AC05-06OR23177.
High-energy nuclear physics experiments at the Jefferson Lab Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) require highly spin-polarization electron beams, produced from strained super-lattice GaAs photocathodes, activated to negative electron affinity in a photogun operating at 130 kV dc. A pair of Wien filter spin rotators in the injector defines the orientation of the electron beam polarization at the end station target. An upgrade of the CEBAF injector to better support the upcoming MOLLER experiment requires increasing the electron beam energy to 200 keV, to reduce unwanted helicity correlated intensity and position systematics and provide precise control of the polarization orientation. Our contribution describes design, fabrication and testing of the high voltage system to upgrade the Wien spin rotator to be compatible with the 200 keV beam. This required Solidworks modeling, CST and Opera electro- and magnetostatic simulations, upgrading HV vacuum feedthroughs, and assembly techniques for improving electrode alignment. The electric and magnetic fields required by the Wien condition and the successful HV characterization under vacuum conditions are also presented. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-MOPAB324  
About • paper received ※ 19 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 24 May 2021       issue date ※ 29 August 2021  
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WEPAB092 Redesign of the Jefferson Lab -300 kV DC Photo-Gun for High Bunch Charge Operations 2802
 
  • S.A.K. Wijethunga, J.R. Delayen, G.A. Krafft, G.G. Palacios Serrano
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • J.F. Benesch, J.R. Delayen, C. Hernandez-Garcia, G.A. Krafft, M.A. Mamun, M. Poelker, R. Suleiman
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  
  Funding: The U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract DE-AC05-06OR23177, JSA initiatives fund program and Laboratory Directed Research and Development program.
Production of high bunch charge beams for the Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) is a challenging task. High bunch charge (a few nC) electron beam studies at Jefferson Lab using an inverted insulator DC high voltage photo-gun showed evidence of space charge limitations starting at 0.3 nC, limiting the maximum delivered bunch charge to 0.7 nC for beam at -225 kV, 75 ps (FWHM) pulse width, and 1.64 mm (rms) laser spot size. The low extracted charge is due to the modest longitudinal electric field (Ez) at the photocathode leading to beam loss at the anode and downstream beam pipe. To reach the few nC high bunch charge goal, and to correct the beam deflection exerted by the non-symmetric nature of the inverted insulator photo-gun the existing photo-gun was modified. This contribution discusses the electrostatic design of the modified photo-gun obtained using CST Studio Suite’s electromagnetic field solver. Beam dynamics simulations performed using General Particle Tracer (GPT) with the resulting electrostatic field map obtained from the modified electrodes confirmed the validity of the new design. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB092  
About • paper received ※ 20 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 02 June 2021       issue date ※ 17 August 2021  
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WEPAB104 Improving the Operational Lifetime of the CEBAF Photo-Gun by Anode Biasing 2840
 
  • J.T. Yoskowitz, G.A. Krafft, G.G. Palacios Serrano, S.A.K. Wijethunga
    ODU, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  • J.M. Grames, J. Hansknecht, C. Hernandez-Garcia, M. Poelker, M.L. Stutzman, R. Suleiman
    JLab, Newport News, Virginia, USA
  • S.B. van der Geer
    Pulsar Physics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
  
  Funding: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Physics under contract DE-AC05-06OR23177.
The operating lifetime of GaAs-based photocathodes in DC high voltage electron photo-guns is dominated by the ionization rate of residual beamline gas molecules. In this work, experiments were performed to quantify the improvement in photocathode charge lifetime by biasing the photo-gun anode with a positive voltage, which repels ions generated downstream of the anode. The photo-cathode charge lifetime improved by almost a factor of two when the anode was biased compared to the usual grounded configuration. Simulations were performed using the particle tracking code General Particle Tracer (GPT) with a new custom element. The simulation results showed that both the number and energy of ions play a role in the pattern of QE degradation. The experiment results and conclusions supported by GPT simulations will be presented. 		 
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2021-WEPAB104  
About • paper received ※ 20 May 2021       paper accepted ※ 02 June 2021       issue date ※ 18 August 2021  
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