Author: Ferrario, M.
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MOIOB02 Optimizing RF Linacs as Drivers for Inverse Compton Sources: the ELI-NP Case 16
 
  • C. Vaccarezza, D. Alesini, M. Bellaveglia, R. Boni, E. Chiadroni, G. Di Pirro, M. Ferrario, A. Gallo, G. Gatti, A. Ghigo, B. Spataro, P. Tomassini
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • A. Bacci, D.T. Palmer, V. Petrillo, A.R. Rossi, L. Serafini
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milano, Italy
  • A. Cianchi
    Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy
  • I.V. Drebot
    Universita' degli Studi di Milano e INFN, Milano, Italy
  • A. Giribono, A. Mostacci, L. Palumbo
    Rome University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy
  • C. Ronsivalle
    ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma), Italy
 
  The design guide-lines of RF Linacs to fulfill the requirements of high spectral density Inverse Compton Sources for the photo-nuclear science are mostly mutuated from the expertise coming from high brightness electron Linacs driving X-ray FEL's. The main difference is the quest for maximum phase space density (instead of peak brightness), but many common issues and techniques are exploited, in order to achieve an optimum design and lay-out for the machine. A relevant example in this field is the design of the hybrid C-band multi-bunch RF Linacs for the ELI-NP Gamma Beam System, aiming at improving by two orders of magnitude the present state of the art in spectral density available for the gamma-ray beam produced.  
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TUPP110 Quasi Nonlinear Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiments 680
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  • S.K. Barber, G. Andonian, B.D. O'Shea, J.B. Rosenzweig, Y. Sakai, O. Williams
    UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
  • M. Ferrario
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • P. Muggli
    MPI, Muenchen, Germany
 
  It is generally agreed that the best way forward for beam driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) is in the nonlinear or blowout regime. In this regime the expulsion of the plasma electrons from the beam occupied region produces a linear transverse focusing effect and position independent longitudinal accelerating fields, which can, in principle, produce high quality beams accelerated over many meters. However, certain aspects of a linear plasma response can be advantageous, such as the possibility for resonant excitation of wakefields through the use of pulse trains. Exploiting advantages of both linear and nonlinear PWFA may be achievable through the use of low emittance and tightly focused beams with relatively small charge. In this case the beam density can be greater than that of the ambient plasma while simultaneously having a smaller total charge than the plasma electrons contained in a cubic plasma skin depth allowing for blowout in the region of the beam while simultaneously maintaining a quasi linear response in the bulk plasma. Recent experiments at BNL have been aimed at probing various salient aspects of this regime and are presented here.