Underdense plasma lens experiment at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory

Author

Suk, H. ; Clayton, C.E. ; Hairapetian, G. ; Joshi, C. ; Loh, M. ; Muggli, P. ; Narang, R. ; Pellegrini, C. ; Rosenzweig, J.B. ; Katsouleas, T.C.

Author_Institution

California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

3708

Abstract

An underdense plasma-lens experiment is planned at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory. For this experiment, a LaB₆-based discharge plasma source was developed and tested. Test results of the plasma source show that it can provide satisfactory Ar plasma parameters for underdense plasma lens experiments, i.e., a density in the low 10 ¹² cm^-3 range and a thickness of a few cm. In the plasma chamber a YAG slab and a Cherenkov radiator are placed for electron beam diagnostics so that both time-integrated and time-resolved information will be obtained and compared with the MAGIC code (2 and 1/2 dimensional particle-in-cell) simulations. In this paper, the planned experiment including test results of the plasma source, diagnostics and MAGIC simulation results is presented

Keywords

argon; electron beam focusing; particle beam diagnostics; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma production; Ar; Ar plasma; LaB₆; LaB₆-based discharge plasma source; MAGIC code; Neptune Laboratory; PIC simulation; UCLA; YAG; YAl5O12; density; electron beam diagnostics; particle-in-cell simulation; plasma diagnostics; plasma source; underdense plasma-lens; Argon; Fault location; Laboratories; Lenses; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Slabs; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.792419

Filename

792419