Coherent-synchrotron-radiation-free longitudinal shaping of a high-charge electron bunch based on velocity modulation

• Published in: Physical review. Accelerators and beams 2024-09, Vol.27 (9), p.092801, Article 092801
• Main Authors: Song, Zhi, Zhou, Shiyu, Hua, Jianfei, Du, Yingchao, Li, Fei, Peng, Bo, Lu, Wei, Wang, Zhen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 2469-9888; 2469-9888
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.092801

Beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) is a promising technique to generate high-energy electron bunches for future electron-positron colliders. Longitudinal shaping of high-charge drive beam is highly desired for achieving high-transformer ratio and loading high-charge witness beam. However, the existing shaping schemes either focused on relatively low-charge bunch shaping or accompanied with significant charge-loss rate (typically over 50%). In this paper, a coherent-synchrotron-radiation-free shaping scheme based on velocity modulation is proposed to generate a high-charge beam with a linearly ramped profile. A > 10 kA -peak-current shaped beam containing > 50 nC charge with a low charge-loss rate is demonstrated by a start-to-end simulation, and the tunabilities of the beam charge and the peak current, and the robustness of the proposed shaping scheme are also discussed. When loaded by a 3 nC witness beam, a > GV / m accelerating electric field with a transformer ratio larger than 4 can be achieved in a uniform plasma for the shaped drive beam, providing the possibility of high-transformer-ratio PWFA for a high-charge beam.