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Zgadzaj R, Welch J, Cao Y, Amorim LD, Cheng A, Gaikwad A, Iapozzutto P, Kumar P, Litvinenko VN, Petrushina I, Samulyak R, Vafaei-Najafabadi N, Joshi C, Zhang C, Babzien M, Fedurin M, Kupfer R, Kusche K, Palmer MA, Pogorelsky IV, Polyanskiy MN, Swinson C, Downer MC. Plasma electron acceleration driven by a long-wave-infrared laser. Nat Commun 2024; 15:4037. [PMID: 38740793 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48413-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2023] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024] Open
Abstract
Laser-driven plasma accelerators provide tabletop sources of relativistic electron bunches and femtosecond x-ray pulses, but usually require petawatt-class solid-state-laser pulses of wavelength λL ~ 1 μm. Longer-λL lasers can potentially accelerate higher-quality bunches, since they require less power to drive larger wakes in less dense plasma. Here, we report on a self-injecting plasma accelerator driven by a long-wave-infrared laser: a chirped-pulse-amplified CO2 laser (λL ≈ 10 μm). Through optical scattering experiments, we observed wakes that 4-ps CO2 pulses with < 1/2 terawatt (TW) peak power drove in hydrogen plasma of electron density down to 4 × 1017 cm-3 (1/100 atmospheric density) via a self-modulation (SM) instability. Shorter, more powerful CO2 pulses drove wakes in plasma down to 3 × 1016 cm-3 that captured and accelerated plasma electrons to relativistic energy. Collimated quasi-monoenergetic features in the electron output marked the onset of a transition from SM to bubble-regime acceleration, portending future higher-quality accelerators driven by yet shorter, more powerful pulses.
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- R Zgadzaj
- University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway C1600, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway C1600, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway C1600, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
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- University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 90024, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway C1600, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.
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Wang E, Litvinenko VN, Pinayev I, Gaowei M, Skaritka J, Belomestnykh S, Ben-Zvi I, Brutus JC, Jing Y, Biswas J, Ma J, Narayan G, Petrushina I, Rahman O, Xin T, Rao T, Severino F, Shih K, Smith K, Wang G, Wu Y. Long lifetime of bialkali photocathodes operating in high gradient superconducting radio frequency gun. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4477. [PMID: 33627743 PMCID: PMC7904862 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83997-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
High brightness, high charge electron beams are critical for a number of advanced accelerator applications. The initial emittance of the electron beam, which is determined by the mean transverse energy (MTE) and laser spot size, is one of the most important parameters determining the beam quality. The bialkali photocathodes illuminated by a visible laser have the advantages of high quantum efficiency (QE) and low MTE. Furthermore, Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) guns can operate in the continuous wave (CW) mode at high accelerating gradients, e.g. with significant reduction of the laser spot size at the photocathode. Combining the bialkali photocathode with the SRF gun enables generation of high charge, high brightness, and possibly high average current electron beams. However, integrating the high QE semiconductor photocathode into the SRF guns has been challenging. In this article, we report on the development of bialkali photocathodes for successful operation in the SRF gun with months-long lifetime while delivering CW beams with nano-coulomb charge per bunch. This achievement opens a new era for high charge, high brightness CW electron beams.
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- E Wang
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA.,Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL, 60510, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Instrumentation Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, 11973, USA.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, 11794, USA
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Pinayev I, Jing Y, Kayran D, Litvinenko VN, Ma J, Mihara K, Petrushina I, Shih K, Wang G, Wu YH. Using solenoid as multipurpose tool for measuring beam parameters. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:013301. [PMID: 33514218 DOI: 10.1063/5.0015618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Solenoids are frequently used for focusing low-energy beams. In this paper, we show how they can serve as multipurpose diagnostics tools to measure various beam parameters, including energy, emittance, the second moments of the transverse distribution, and the beam position and angle with respect to the solenoid's axis. The energy measurement is based on rotation of the plane of the transverse motion, as opposed to generating dispersion with a dipole. Measurement of the beam trajectory with respect to the solenoid axis is done by analyzing the beam orbit downstream of the solenoid while varying its current. The second moments are calculated by analyzing the beam image on a profile monitor while accounting for the beam rotation caused by the solenoid. We describe in detail the corresponding procedures and the experimental results of these measurements.
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- Igor Pinayev
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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Petrushina I, Litvinenko VN, Jing Y, Ma J, Pinayev I, Shih K, Wang G, Wu YH, Altinbas Z, Brutus JC, Belomestnykh S, Di Lieto A, Inacker P, Jamilkowski J, Mahler G, Mapes M, Miller T, Narayan G, Paniccia M, Roser T, Severino F, Skaritka J, Smart L, Smith K, Soria V, Than Y, Tuozzolo J, Wang E, Xiao B, Xin T, Ben-Zvi I, Boulware C, Grimm T, Mihara K, Kayran D, Rao T. High-Brightness Continuous-Wave Electron Beams from Superconducting Radio-Frequency Photoemission Gun. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:244801. [PMID: 32639812 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.244801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Continuous-wave photoinjectors operating at high accelerating gradients promise to revolutionize many areas of science and applications. They can establish the basis for a new generation of monochromatic x-ray free electron lasers, high-brightness hadron beams, or a new generation of microchip production. In this Letter we report on the record-performing superconducting rf electron gun with CsK_{2}Sb photocathode. The gun is generating high charge electron bunches (up to 10 nC/bunch) and low transverse emittances, while operating for months with a single photocathode. This achievement opens a new era in generating high-power beams with a very high average brightness.
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- I Petrushina
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois 60510, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Niowave Inc., Lansing, Michigan 48906, USA
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- Niowave Inc., Lansing, Michigan 48906, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Collider-Accelerator Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Xin T, Brutus JC, Belomestnykh SA, Ben-Zvi I, Boulware CH, Grimm TL, Hayes T, Litvinenko VN, Mernick K, Narayan G, Orfin P, Pinayev I, Rao T, Severino F, Skaritka J, Smith K, Than R, Tuozzolo J, Wang E, Xiao B, Xie H, Zaltsman A. Design of a high-bunch-charge 112-MHz superconducting RF photoemission electron source. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:093303. [PMID: 27782552 DOI: 10.1063/1.4962682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
High-bunch-charge photoemission electron-sources operating in a continuous wave (CW) mode are required for many advanced applications of particle accelerators, such as electron coolers for hadron beams, electron-ion colliders, and free-electron lasers. Superconducting RF (SRF) has several advantages over other electron-gun technologies in CW mode as it offers higher acceleration rate and potentially can generate higher bunch charges and average beam currents. A 112 MHz SRF electron photoinjector (gun) was developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory to produce high-brightness and high-bunch-charge bunches for the coherent electron cooling proof-of-principle experiment. The gun utilizes a quarter-wave resonator geometry for assuring beam dynamics and uses high quantum efficiency multi-alkali photocathodes for generating electrons.
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- T Xin
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Niowave, Inc., Lansing, Michigan 48906, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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- Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA
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Litvinenko VN, Derbenev YS. Litvinenko and Derbenev reply. Phys Rev Lett 2013; 110:269504. [PMID: 23848932 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.110.269504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cooling intense high-energy hadron beams poses a major challenge for modern accelerator physics. The synchrotron radiation emitted from such beams is feeble; even in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) operating with 7 TeV protons, the longitudinal damping time is about 13 hours. None of the traditional cooling methods seem able to cool LHC-class protons beams. In this Letter, we present a novel method of coherent electron cooling based on a high-gain free-electron laser (FEL). This technique could be critical for reaching high luminosities in hadron and electron-hadron colliders.
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De Ninno G, Allaria E, Coreno M, Chowdhury S, Curbis F, Danailov MB, Diviacco B, Ferianis M, Karantzoulis E, Longhi EC, Pinayev IV, Spezzani C, Trovò M, Litvinenko VN. Self-induced harmonic generation in a storage-ring free-electron laser. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 100:104801. [PMID: 18352194 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.104801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Coherent radiation from a relativistic electron beam is a valuable way to overcome the present limitations of conventional lasers and synchrotron radiation light sources. The typical scheme has electrons, directly from a linac, in a single-pass interaction with a laser pulse in the presence of a static undulator magnetic field. We demonstrate that a storage-ring free-electron laser can also achieve harmonic generation (down to 36.5 nm), presenting both experimental and theoretical results, and offer a reliable interpretation of the peculiar underlying physical processes involved.
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Fedotov AV, Gålnander B, Litvinenko VN, Lofnes T, Sidorin A, Smirnov A, Ziemann V. Experimental studies of the magnetized friction force. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2006; 73:066503. [PMID: 16906990 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.73.066503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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High-energy electron cooling, presently considered as an essential tool for several applications in high-energy and nuclear physics, requires an accurate description of the friction force which ions experience by passing through an electron beam. Present low-energy electron coolers can be used for a detailed study of the friction force. In addition, parameters of a low-energy cooler can be chosen in a manner to reproduce regimes expected in future high-energy operation. Here, we report a set of dedicated experiments in CELSIUS aimed at a detailed study of the magnetized friction force. Some results of the accurate comparison of experimental data with the friction force formulas are presented.
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- A V Fedotov
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Pietralla N, Berant Z, Litvinenko VN, Hartman S, Mikhailov FF, Pinayev IV, Swift G, Ahmed MW, Kelley JH, Nelson SO, Prior R, Sabourov K, Tonchev AP, Weller HR. Parity measurements of nuclear levels using a free-electron-laser generated gamma-ray beam. Phys Rev Lett 2002; 88:012502. [PMID: 11800940 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.88.012502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The quality and intensity of gamma rays at the High Intensity gamma-ray Source are shown to make nuclear resonance fluorescence studies possible at a new level of precision and efficiency. First experiments have been carried out using an intense (10(7) gamma/s) beam of 100% linearly polarized, nearly monoenergetic, gamma rays on the semimagic nucleus (138)Ba. Negative parity quantum numbers have been assigned to 18 dipole excitations of (138)Ba between 5.5 MeV and 6.5 MeV from azimuthal gamma-intensity asymmetries.
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- N Pietralla
- A.W. Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Radiotherapy utilizes photons for treating cancer. Historically these photons have been produced by the bremsstrahlung process. In this paper we introduce Compton backscattering as an alternate method of photon production for cancer treatment. Compton backscattering is a well-established method to produce high-energy photons (gamma rays) for nuclear physics experiments. Compton backscattering involves the collision of a low-energy (eV) photon with a high-energy (hundreds of MeV) electron. It is shown that the photons scattered in the direction opposite to the direction of the initial photon (backscattered) will have the energy desired for photon beam therapy. The output of Compton backscattering is a high-energy photon beam (gamma-ray beam), which is well collimated and has minimal low-energy components. Such gamma beams may be used for conventional high-energy photon treatments, production of radionuclides, and generation of positrons and neutrons. The theoretical basis for this process is reviewed and Monte Carlo calculations of dose profiles for peak energies of 7, 15, and 30 MeV are presented. The potential advantages of the Compton process and its future role in radiotherapy will be discussed.
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- K J Weeks
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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