The development of plasma lenses for linear colliders

Author

Norem, J. ; Cole, B. ; Gai, W. ; Mtingwa, S. ; Rosenzweig, J. ; Simpson, J. ; Schoessow, P. ; Cline, D. ; Katsouleas, T. ; Nantista, C. ; Rajagopalan, S. ; Gundersen, M. ; Figueroa, H. ; Kirkman, G.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

20-23 Mar 1989

Firstpage

627

Abstract

The plasma lens can, in principle, raise the luminosity of a linear collider with minimal interaction with the accelerator systems; nevertheless, the short focal length lens design interacts strongly with the design of the particle detector at the interaction point. The authors have considered a number options of using the lens and have begun to test plasma focusing experimentally. They briefly review constraints on use of the lens and its proposed operating modes, and then describe tests of a prototype valve/nozzle system and experimental tests of focusing

Keywords

beam handling equipment; beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; linear accelerators; plasma focus; accelerator systems; linear colliders; luminosity; operating modes; particle detector; plasma focusing; plasma lenses; prototype valve/nozzle system; Jitter; Laboratories; Lenses; Optical design; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; System testing; Valves;

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.1989.73203

Filename

73203