Plasma compensation effects with relativistic electron beams

Author

Autin, B. ; Sessler, A.M. ; Whittum, D.H.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Berkeley Lab., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

20-23 Mar 1989

Firstpage

1812

Abstract

It is noted that a sufficiently dense plasma can neutralize the current of a high-energy lepton beam propagating through it. An e⁺-e^- linear collider design with this plasma compensation has been studied and it was found that high luminosities can be obtained without going to the nanometer beam sizes being discussed. The consequence of compensation on B-factory design has also been studied. In particular, the eased constraints on spot size and magnet alignment in the case of a linear collider, and the reduction in beam-beam tune shift for a B-factory are noted. One severe limitation on such a plasma-based device which has not been thoroughly examined is the background due to the interaction of the high-energy beams with the plasma ion nuclei

Keywords

beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; electron beams; linear accelerators; plasma devices; plasma-beam interactions; B-factory design; background; beam-beam tune shift; dense plasma; high-energy beams; high-energy lepton beam; linear collider design; magnet alignment; plasma compensation; plasma ion nuclei; plasma-based device; relativistic electron beams; spot size; Colliding beam accelerators; Colliding beam devices; Electron beams; Laboratories; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma devices; Plasma simulation; Positrons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1989. Accelerator Science and Technology., Proceedings of the 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1989.72933

Filename

72933