Possibility for ultra-bright electron beam acceleration in dielectric wakefield accelerators

We describe a conceptual proposal to combine the Dielectric Wakefield Accelerator (DWA) with the Emittance Exchanger (EEX) to demonstrate a high-brightness DWA with a gradient of above 100 MV/m and less than 0.1% induced energy spread in the accelerated beam. We currently evaluate the DWA concept as...

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Published in:AIP conference proceedings 2012-12, Vol.1507 (1)
Main Authors: Simakov, Evgenya I., Carlsten, Bruce E., Shchegolkov, Dmitry Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCELERATION
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM PROFILES
BRIGHTNESS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
GEV RANGE
LANL
PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS
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Summary:We describe a conceptual proposal to combine the Dielectric Wakefield Accelerator (DWA) with the Emittance Exchanger (EEX) to demonstrate a high-brightness DWA with a gradient of above 100 MV/m and less than 0.1% induced energy spread in the accelerated beam. We currently evaluate the DWA concept as a performance upgrade for the future LANL signature facility MaRIE with the goal of significantly reducing the electron beam energy spread. The preconceptual design for MaRIE is underway at LANL, with the design of the electron linear accelerator being one of the main research goals. Although generally the baseline design needs to be conservative and rely on existing technology, any future upgrade would immediately call for looking into the advanced accelerator concepts capable of boosting the electron beam energy up by a few GeV in a very short distance without degrading the beam's quality. Scoping studies have identified large induced energy spreads as the major cause of beam quality degradation in high-gradient advanced accelerators for free-electron lasers. We describe simulations demonstrating that trapezoidal bunch shapes can be used in a DWA to greatly reduce the induced beam energy spread, and, in doing so, also preserve the beam brightness at levels never previously achieved. This concept has the potential to advance DWA technology to a level that would make it suitable for the upgrades of the proposed Los Alamos MaRIE signature facility.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4773771