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TUPP112 |
Study of a C-Band TW Electron Gun for SwissFEL |
686 |
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- M. Schaer, A. Citterio, P. Craievich, L. Stingelin, R. Zennaro
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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For a future upgrade of the SwissFEL facility, the replacement of the S-band standing wave electron gun by a C-band standing wave, or traveling wave gun is investigated. The full model of the C-band TW gun is calculated with HFSS and is characterized by an almost vanishing group velocity in the first cell to increase the field at the cathode. ASTRA simulations predict that in the case of the C-band SW gun, a two times higher peak current of ~ 40 A can be generated while still preserving the low slice emittance of ~ 0.2 um at 200 pC, due to the higher electric field on cathode and improved magnetic focusing. This would help to halve the overall beam compression factor, relax the phase stability requirement of S- and X-band systems operated off-crest for compression and decrease the gain curve in theμbunch instability. Compared to the SW gun, a TW gun provides a more homogeneous acceleration and does not require any circulator. In this study, the preliminary RF design and beam performance of a C-band TW gun is presented and compared to a pure C-band SW gun presently under design at Paul Scherrer Institut and to the operating S-band SW gun.
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THPP114 |
The SwissFEL RF Gun: Manufacturing and Proof of Precision by Field Profile Measurements |
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- U. Ellenberger, H. Blumer, M. Kleeb, L. Paly, M. Probst
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- M. Bopp, A. Citterio, H. Fitze, J.-Y. Raguin, A. Scherer, L. Stingelin
PSI, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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The high brightness electron source for SwissFEL is an in-house built 2.6 cell normal-conducting RF gun which is scaled to the RF frequency of 2'998.8 MHz. The RF gun is capable of operating at 100 Hz repetition rate and produces electron bunches at the exit of the RF gun of an energy of 7 MeV. Key features of the RF gun are described and how they have been implemented in the manufacturing process. RF field measurements of the RF gun are presented to account for the mechanical precision reached after manufacturing. The RF gun has been thoroughly tested in the SwissFEL injector test facility.
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