Numerical Studies on Locally Damped Structures
In the JLC/NLC X-band linear collider, it is essential to reduce the long-range dipole wakefields in the accelerator structure to prevent beam break up (BBU) and emittance degradation. The two methods of reducing the long-range wakefields are detuning and damping. Detuning reduces the wakefields rapidly as the dipole modes de-cohere but, with a finite number of modes, the wakefield will grow again as the modes re-cohere. In contrast, damping suppresses the wakefields at a longer distance. There are two principal damping schemes: synchronous damping using HOM manifolds such as that used in the RDDS1 structure and local damping similar to that used in the CLIC structure. In a locally damped scheme, one can obtain almost any Q value, however, the damping can have significant effects on the accelerating mode. In this paper, we present a medium local-damping scheme where the wakefields are controlled to meet the BBU requirement while minimizing the degradations of the fundamental rf parameters. We will address the load design and pulse heating issues associated with the medium damping scheme.
Progress with the JLC/NLC X-Band Linear Collider Design
An electron/positron linear collider with a center-of-mass energy between 0.5 and 1 TeV would be an important complement to the physics program of the LHC in the next decade. The Next Linear Collider (NLC) is being designed by a US collaboration (FNAL, LBNL, LLNL, and SLAC) which is working closely with the Japanese collaboration that is designing the Japanese Linear Collider (JLC). This paper will discuss the technical difficulties encountered as well as the changes that have been made to the NLC design over the last year. These changes include improvements to the X-band rf system as well as modifications to the beam delivery system. The net effect has been to reduce the length of the collider from about 32 km to 25 km and to reduce the number of klystrons and modulators by a factor of two. Together these lead to significant cost savings.
Far-field dispersal modeling for fuel-air-explosive devices
A computer model for simulating the explosive dispersal of a fuel agent in the far-field regime is described and is applied to a wide variety of initial conditions to judge their effect upon the resulting fuel/air cloud. This work was directed toward modeling the dispersal process associated with Fuel-Air-Explosives devices. The far-field dispersal regime is taken to be that time after the initial burster charge detonation in which the shock forces no longer dominate the flow field and initial canister and fuel mass breakup has occurred. The model was applied to a low vapor pressure fuel, a high vapor pressure fuel and a solid fuel. A strong dependence of the final cloud characteristics upon the initial droplet size distribution was demonstrated. The predicted fuel-air clouds were highly non-uniform in concentration. 18 refs., 86 figs., 4 tabs.