Optimization of the beam line characteristics by means of a genetic algorithm

Author

Bacci, A. ; Petrillo, V. ; Rossi, A.R. ; Serafini, L.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Milano, Milan

fYear

2007

fDate

25-29 June 2007

Firstpage

3295

Lastpage

3297

Abstract

The optimization of the optics in a LINAC requires a very demanding tuning of the involved parameters, particularly in the case of high brightness electron beams applied to the production of X-ray in a Thomson back-scattering source. The relationship between the parameters is nonlinear and it is not possible to treat them as independent variables, causing the impossibility of setting them handily. A genetic algorithm is a powerful tool able to circumvent this difficulty. We have applied the genetic algorithm to the case SPARC/PLASMONX to perform the optimization of the beam line parameters necessary to produce a high brilliance X-ray beam in a back scattering Thomson experiment [ 1 ] .

Keywords

X-ray production; genetic algorithms; linear accelerators; particle beam bunching; particle beam dynamics; LINAC; SPARC-PLASMONX; Thomson back-scattering source; X-ray production; beam dynamics; beam line characteristics; electron beams; electron bunch; genetic algorithm; optics; optimization; Brightness; Electron beams; Electron optics; Genetic algorithms; Linear particle accelerator; Nonlinear optics; Optical scattering; Optical tuning; Production; Scattering parameters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0916-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2007.4440403

Filename

4440403