Simulations of the BNL/SLAC/UCLA 1.6 cell emittance compensated photocathode RF gun low energy beam line

Author

Palmer, D.T. ; Miller, H. ; Winick, H. ; Wang, X.J. ; Batchelor, K. ; Woodle, M. ; Ben-Zvi, I.

Author_Institution

Linear Accel. Center, Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1995

fDate

1-5 May 1995

Firstpage

2432

Abstract

A dedicated low energy (2 to 10 MeV) experimental beam line is now under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratories Accelerator Test Facility (BNL/ATF) for photocathode RF gun testing and photoemission experiments. The design of the experimental line, using the 1.6 cell photocathode RF gun developed by the BNL/SLAC/UCLA RF gun collaboration is presented. Detailed beam dynamics simulations were performed for the 1.6 cell RF gun injector using a solenoidal emittance compensation technique. An experimental program for testing the 1.6 cell RF gun is presented. This program includes beam loading caused by dark current, higher order mode field measurements, integrated and slice emittance measurements using a pepper-pot and RF kicker cavity

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; accelerator cavities; electron accelerators; electron guns; particle beam diagnostics; particle beam dynamics; particle beam injection; photocathodes; ATF; Accelerator Test Facility; BNL/SLAC/UCLA 1.6 cell emittance compensated RF gun; RF gun injector; RF kicker cavity; beam dynamics simulations; beam loading; dark current; higher order mode field measurements; integrated emittance measurements; low energy beam line; pepper-pot cavity; photocathode RF gun; photoemission; slice emittance measurements; solenoidal emittance compensation; Cathodes; Current measurement; Laboratories; Life estimation; Particle beams; Photoelectricity; Radio frequency; Structural beams; Test facilities; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.505574

Filename

505574