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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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| THPMS060 | Transport Optics Design and Multi-particle Tracking for the ILC Positron Source | 3124 |
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Funding: U. S. DOE Contract DE-AC02-76SF00515 Undulator-based positron source is adopted as the International Linear Collider baseline design. Complete optics to transport the positron beam having large angular divergence and large energy spread from a thin Ti target to the entrance of the 5 GeV damping ring injection line is developed. Start-to-end multi-particle tracking through the beamline is performed including the optical matching device, capture accelerator system, transport system, superconducting booster linac, spin rotators, and energy compressor. Positron capture efficiency of different schemes (immersed vs shielded target, and flux concentrator vs quarter wave transformation for the optics matching system) is compared. For the scheme of a shielded target and quarter wave transformation, the simulation shows that 15.1% of the positrons from the target are captured within the damping ring 6-D acceptance at the entrance of the damping ring injection line. |
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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. |