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| WEPMS086 | Design of a 26 GHz Wakefield Power Extractor | 2535 |
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| High frequency, high output power, and high efficiency RF sources have compelling applications in accelerators for high energy physics. The 26 GHz RF power extractor proposed in this paper provides a practical approach for generating high power RF in this particular frequency range. The extractor is designed to couple out RF power generated from the high charge electron bunch train at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility traversing dielectric loaded or corrugated waveguides. In this paper we evaluate two different techniques for extracting the beam energy at the AWA: one is based on a completely metallic corrugated waveguide and coupler; and the other is based on a dielectric lined circular waveguide and coupler. Designs for both RF power extractors will be presented including parameter optimization, the electromagnetic modeling of structures and RF couplers, and the analysis of beam dynamics. | ||
| WEPMS087 | Conceptual Design of an L-Band Recirculating Superconducting Traveling Wave Accelerating Structure | 2538 |
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Funding: This research is supported by the US Department of Energy We describe a conceptual design for a superconducting traveling wave accelerator for the ILC. The RF feedback system plus phase shifter can redirect the accelerating wave that passed through the STWA section back to the input of the accelerating structure. In this paper, the STWA cell shape optimization, coupler cell design and rat race ring coupler in the feedback loop are presented. The STWA cell shape is similar to the LL cavity with a 60 mm disk diameter. A 9-cell STWA operates at the mode with group velocity as low as 0.0106 c. Both the ratio of peak electric field and magnetic field to the axial electric field are smaller than in the TESLA 9-cell cavity. The STWA structure has more cells per unit length than a TESLA structure but provides an accelerating gradient higher than a TESLA structure, consequently reducing the cost. The designed rat race directional coupler with four ports has ?3 dB direct coupling coefficients, 16.5 MHz bandwidth between ?30 dB isolations and 1.1 MHz bandwidth between ?30 dB reflection coefficients. Effects of the mechanical tolerances are also discussed. |
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| THPMN085 | Proposed Dark Current Studies at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility | 2904 |
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Funding: US Department of Energy A study of breakdown mechanism has been initiated at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator Facility (AWA). Breakdown may include several factors such as local field enhancement, explosive electron emission, Ohmic heating, tensile stress produced by electric field, and others. The AWA is building a dedicated facility to test various models for breakdown mechanisms and to determine the roles of different factors in the breakdown. An imaging system is being put together to identify single emitters on the cathode surface. This will allow us to study dark current properties in the gun. We also plan to trigger breakdown events with a high-powered laser at various wavelengths (IR to UV). Another experimental idea follows from the recent work on a Schottky-enabled photoemission in an RF photoinjector that allows us to determine in situ the field enhancement factor on a cathode surface. Monitoring the field enhancement factor before and after can shed some light on a modification of metal surface after the breakdown. |
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| THPMN086 | Metamaterial-loaded Waveguides for Accelerator Applications | 2906 |
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Funding: US Department of Energy National Science Foundation grant # 0237162 Metamaterials (MTM) are artificial periodic structures made of small elements and designed to obtain specific electromagnetic properties. As long as the periodicity and the size of the elements are much smaller than the wavelength of interest, an artificial structure can be described by a permittivity and permeability, just like natural materials. Metamaterials can be customized to have the permittivity and permeability desired for a particular application. Waveguides loaded with metamaterials are of interest because the metamaterials can change the dispersion relation of the waveguide significantly. Slow backward waves, for example, can be produced in a LHM-loaded waveguide without corrugations. In this paper we present theoretical studies and computer modeling of waveguides loaded with 2D anisotropic metamaterials, including the dispersion relation for a MTM-loaded waveguide. The dispersion relation of a MTM-loaded waveguide has several interesting frequency bands which are described. It is shown theoretically that dipole mode suppression may be possible. Therefore, metamaterials can be used to suppress wakefields in accelerating structures. |
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| THPMN087 | Simulations of the Rotating Positron Target in the Presence of OMD Field | 2909 |
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Funding: US Department of Energy For an ILC undulator-based positron source target configuration, a strong optical matching device (OMD) field is needed inside the target to increase the positron yield (by more than 40%)[1]. It is also required that the positron target is constantly rotated to reduce thermal and radiation damage. We report on a simulation of the rotating metal target wheel under a strong magnetic field. By rearranging Maxwell?s equations for a rotating frame and using FEMLAB, we have solved the detailed magnetic field distribution and eddy current of a rotating metal disk in magnetic field, and so the required power to drive the target wheel. In order to validate the simulation process, we have compared our results with previous experimental data [2] and found they are in very good agreement, but differ from previous approximate models [3]. Here we give detailed results on the proposed ILC target system, such as induced magnetic field (dipole and higher orders), eddy current distribution and the driving force requirements. The effect of these higher order fields on the positron beam dynamics is also considered. |
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| THPMN088 | C-Band High Power RF Generation and Extraction Using a Dielectric Loaded Waveguide | 2912 |
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Funding: Department of Energy
We report on the fabrication, simulation, and high-power testing of a C-band RF power extractor recently conducted at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) facility. Dielectric loaded accelerating (DLA) structures can be used for high-power RF generation [*,**] when a high-current electron beam passes through a DLA structure and loses energy into the modes of the structure due to self-wakefields. The AWA generates high charge (up to 100nC), short bunch length (1.5mm~2.5mm) electron beams, which is ideal for high-power RF generation. The generated RF power can be subsequently extracted with a properly designed extraction coupler in order to accelerate a second beam, or for other high power purposes. In this paper, the detailed design of a 7.8 GHz DLA power extractor, MAFIA simulations, and results of the high-power test are presented. Simulation predictions of an 79 MW, 2.2 ns long RF pulse (generated by a single 100 nC electron bunch) and a longer RF pulse of the same power (obtained from a 35 nC periodic bunch train) will be compared to experimental results.
* W. Gai, et al, Experimental Demonstration of Two Beam Acceleration Using Dielectric Step-up Transformer, PAC01, pp.1880-1882.** D. Yu, et al, 21GHz Ceramic RF Power Extractor, AAC02, pp.484-505. |
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| THPMN090 | Systematic Study of Undulator Based ILC Positron Source: Production and Capture | 2918 |
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| A systematic study of the positron production and capture systems for the undulator-based ILC positron source has been performed. Various undulator parameters, such as k and λ, were considered. Our model starts from the electron beam production of the polarized photons in the undulator section, photon transport and collimation in the drift section, and photon interaction on the target (titanium or tungsten). Next, our model transports the produced polarized positrons from the target, through the tapered capturing magnet, and through the normal conducting linac to several hundred MeV. Finally, the captured positrons meeting the damping ring emittance and energy spread requirements are accelerated up to 5 GeV using the standard ILC superconducting cavities. We will present parametric studies for the different scenarios (e.g. 60% polarization vs. unpolarized; target immersed in magnetic field vs. non-immersed) currently under consideration and report on the capturing yield and polarizations achieved for each. | ||
| THPMN091 | Study on High Flux Accelerator Based Slow Positrons Source | 2921 |
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| This work represents a new direction in the development of linac-based high intense slow positron source. The approach is to use RF cavities to decelerate positrons (to ~100 keV) which are produced from a high-energy electron (~10 MeV) beam irradiating a heavy-metal target. In this paper, we present simulation works on the technique to decelerate the positrons to energies where techniques such as penning traps, DC deceleration or moderation can be done with high efficiency. Present techniques for decelerating positrons by thermalizing them in tungsten moderator have an efficiency of 10-3 to 10-5 slow positrons per high energy positron, so even modest success in decelerating and trapping positrons can lead to an increase in the production of low-energy positrons. The challenging aspect of this work is the broad energy and angular distribution of the positrons produced by pair-production in the heavy-metal target. We have explored the use of an adiabatic-matching device and a pillbox RF cavity and have obtained promising results. | ||
| THPMN092 | Design and Prototyping of the AMD for the ILC | 2924 |
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The Adiabatic Matching Device (AMD), a tapered magnetic field with initial on-axis magnetic field up to 5 Tesla, is required in ILC positron capturing optics. An option of using a pulsed normal conducting structure based on flux concentrator technique can be used to generate high magnetic field*. By choosing the AMD geometry appropriately, one can shape the on-axis magnetic field profile by varying the inner shape of a flux concentrator. In this paper, we present an equivalent circuit model of a pulsed flux concentrator based on frequency domain analysis. The analysis shows a very good agreement with the experiment results from reference*. We have also constructed a prototype flux concentrator based on the circuit model, and experimental results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the model. Using the equivalent circuit model, a flux concentrator based AMD is designed for ILC positron matching. The beam capturing simulation results using the designed AMD are presented in this paper.
* H. Brechna, D. A. Hill and B. M. Bally, "150 KOe Liquid Nitrogen Cooled Flux Concentrator Magnet", Rev. Sci. Instr., 36 1529,1965. |
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| THPMS074 | High Transformer Ratios in Collinear Wakefield Accelerators | 3154 |
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Funding: DOE SBIR Phase II, DE-FG02-02ER83418. Based on our previous experiment that successfully demonstrated wakefield transformer ratio enhancement in a 13.625 GHz dielectric-loaded collinear wakefield accelerator using the ramped bunch train technique, we present here a redesigned experimental scheme for even higher enhancement of the efficiency of this accelerator. Design of a collinear wakefield device with a transformer ratio R>>2, is presented. Using a ramped bunch train (RBT) rather than a single drive bunch, the enhanced transformer ratio (ETR) technique is able to increase the transformer ratio R above the ordinary limit of 2. To match the wavelength of the fundamental mode of the wakefield with the bunch length (σz=2 mm) of the new Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) drive gun, where the experiment will be performed, a 26.625 GHz dielectric based accelerating structure is required. This transformer ratio enhancement technique based on our dielectric-loaded waveguide design will result in a compact, high efficiency accelerating structure for future wakefield accelerators. |
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| THPMS075 | High Power Testing of a Fused Quartz-based Dielectric-loaded Accelerating Structure | 3157 |
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| We report on the most recent results from a series of high power tests being carried out on RF-driven dielectric-loaded accelerating (DLA) structures. The purpose of these tests is to determine the viability of the DLA as a traveling-wave accelerator and is a collaborative effort between Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). In this paper, we report on the recent high power tests of a fused quartz-based DLA structure that was carried out at incident powers of up to 12 MW at NRL and 37 MW at SLAC. We report experimental details of the RF conditioning process and make comparison of our multipactor model to the experiment, including tests of geometrical scaling laws and the time evolution of multipactor. Finally, we discuss future plans for the program including a planned test of new quartz-based DLA with a different geometry to both reach higher accelerating gradients and to continue the parametric study of multipactor. | ||
| THPMS077 | Progress towards Development of a Diamond-Based Cylindrical Dielectric Accelerating Structure | 3163 |
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Funding: This research is supported by the US Department of Energy In this talk, we present our recent developments on a high gradient diamond-based cylindrical dielectric loaded accelerator (DLA). The final goal of this research is to achieve a record accelerating gradient (~ 600 MV/m) in a demonstration of the structure at high power and with accelerated beam. We discuss here a new technology for the development of cylindrical diamond-based waveguides and the design, fabrication and high power testing of a cylindrical diamond-based DLA accelerating structure. The electrical and mechanical properties of diamond make it an ideal candidate material for use in dielectric accelerators: high RF breakdown level, extremely low dielectric losses and the highest thermoconductive coefficient available. Multipacting of the CVD diamond can be suppressed by diamond surface dehydrogenation. A plasma supported Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) technology to produce low loss high quality cylindrical diamond layers is presented. Special attention is devoted to the numerical optimization of the coupling section, where the surface magnetic and electric fields are minimized relative to the accelerating gradient and within known metal surface breakdown limits. |
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| THPMS078 | Status of the Microwave PASER Experiment | 3166 |
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Funding: Work supported by US Department of Energy The PASER is a new method for particle acceleration, in which energy from an active medium is transferred to a charged particle beam. The effect is similar to the action of a maser or laser with the stimulated emission of radiation being produced by the virtual photons in the electromagnetic field of the beam. We are developing a demonstration PASER device operating at X-band, based on the availability of a new class of active materials that exhibit photoinduced electron spin polarization. We will report on the status of active material development and measurements, numerical simulations, and preparations for microwave PASER experiments at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator facility. |
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| THPMS096 | Development of a Dielectric-Loaded Test Accelerator | 3211 |
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Funding: Work supported by DoE and ONR.
A joint project is underway by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), in collaboration with the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), to develop a compact X-band accelerator for testing dielectric-loaded accelerator (DLA) structures.* The accelerator will use a 5-MeV injector previously developed by the Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, and will accommodate test structures up to 0.5 m in length. Both the injector and the structures will be powered by an 11.4-GHz magnicon amplifier that can produce 25 MW, 200-ns output pulses at up to 10 Hz. The injector will require ~5 MW of rf power, leaving ~20 MW to power the test structures. This paper will present a progress report on the construction and commissioning of the test accelerator, which will be located in a concrete bunker in the Magnicon Facility at NRL.
* S. H. Gold et al., Proc. PAC 2005. |
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| FRPMN117 | Pepper-pot Based Emittance Measurements of the AWA Photoinjector | 4393 |
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| The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) RF photocathode gun is a 1.5 cell, L-band, RF photocathode gun operating at 80 MV/m, with an emittance compensating solenoid, and a magnesium photocathode and generates an 8 MeV, 1 nC - 100 nC beam. In this paper, we report on a parametric set of measurements to characterize the transverse trace space of the 1 nC electron beam directly out of the gun. The entire experiment is simulated with PARMELA, from the photocathode, through the pepper pot, and to the imaging screen. The transverse trace-space is sampled with a 2-D pepper pot which allows for simultaneous, single-shot measurements, of both the x and y distributions. A series of pepper pots were available during the experiment to increase the dynamic range of emittance measurements. Realistic particle distributions are used for the simulations and are derived from actual laser profiles, which were captured from a virtual cathode and generated with MATLAB-based particle generator. We report both the second moment (emittance) and the detailed phase space distribution over a gun launch phase range of approximately 50 degrees. | ||
| FRPMS034 | Optical Diffraction-Dielectric Foil Radiation Interferometry Diagnostic for Low Energy Electron Beams | 4012 |
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Funding: ONR and the DOD/Joint Technology Office
We have developed a new optical diffraction radiation (ODR) - dielectric foil radiation interferometer to measure the divergence of the low energy (8 - 14 MeV) ANL - Advanced Wakefield Accelerator electron beam. The interferometer employs an electro-formed micromesh first foil, which overcomes the inherent scattering limitation in the solid first foil of a conventional OTR interferometer, and an optically transparent second foil. The interference of forward directed ODR from the mesh and optical radiation from the dielectric foil is observed in transmission. This geometry allows a small gap between the foils (1 - 2 mm), which is required to observe fringes from two foils at low beam energies. Our measurements indicate that a single Gaussian distribution is sufficient to fit the data.
correspondance email: shkvar@umd.edu |
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| FRPMS094 | Beam Breakup Instabilities in Dielectric Structures | 4300 |
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Funding: This research is supported by the US Department of Energy We report on the experimental and numerical investigation of beam breakup (BBU) effects in dielectric structures resulting from parasitic wakefields. The experimental program focuses on measurements of BBU in a number of wakefield devices: (a) a 26 GHz power extraction structure; (b) a high gradient dielectric wakefield accelerator; (c) a wakefield structure driven by a high current ramped bunch train for multibunch BBU studies. New beam diagnostics will provide methods for studying parasitic wakefields that are currently unavailable at the AWA facility. The numerical part of this research is based on a particle-Green's function based beam breakup code we are developing that allows rapid, efficient simulation of beam breakup effects in advanced linear accelerators. The goal of this work is to be able to compare the accurate numerical results obtained from the new BBU code with the results of the detailed experimental measurements. An external focusing system for the control of the beam in the presence of strong transverse wakefields is considered. |