123790093
Direct measurement of transverse wakefields in the SLC linac
The transverse wakefields that generate tails in the beam distribution of an off-axis bunch can be viewed as resonant dipole modes in the structure. These same dipole modes were responsible for beam break up of long bunch trains during the early operation of the SLAC linac. This paper describes the excitation of these modes by the single, high-intensity bunches used in SLC operation. Both time and frequency domain measurements were made of the beam induced signals to identify the dipole modes. The amplitude of the measured dipole mode signal is found to be proportional to the bunch's offset in the structure. The utility of this technique for obtaining alignment information of the linac structure is discussed for both the SLC and future linear colliders.
117399426
A Resonant Cavity Approach to Non-Invasive, Pulse-to-Pulse EmittanceMeasurement
We present a resonant cavity approach for non-invasive, pulse-to-pulse, beam emittance measurements of non-circular multi-bunch beams. In a resonant cavity, desired field components can be enhanced up to Q{sub L{lambda}}/{pi}, where Q{sub L{lambda}} is the loaded quality factor of the resonant mode {lambda}, when the cavity resonant mode matches the bunch frequency of a bunch-train beam pulse. In particular, a quad-cavity, with its quadrupole mode (TM{sub 220} for rectangular cavities) at beam operating frequency, rotated 45{sup o} with respect to the beamline, extracts the beam quadrupole moment exclusively, utilizing the symmetry of the cavity and some simple networks to suppress common modes. Six successive beam quadrupole moment measurements, performed at different betatron phases in a linear transport system determine the beam emittance, i.e. the beam size and shape in the beam's phase space, if the beam current and position at these points are known. In the presence of x-y beam coupling, ten measurements are required. One measurement alone provides the rms-beam size of a large aspect ratio beam. The resolution for such a measurement of rms-beam size with the rectangular quad-cavity monitor presented in this article is estimated to be on the order of ten microns. A prototype quad-cavity was fabricated and preliminary beam tests were performed at the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC). Results were mainly limited by beam jitter and uncertainty in the beam position measurement at the cavity location. This motivated the development of a position-emittance integrated monitor.
36965886
A traveling wave accelerator with HOM outcouplers for FELs
The application to FELs (free-electron lasers) of RF electron guns with laser-driven photocathodes has opened the door to developing efficient optical FELs. The next task is to develop accelerator structures which can transport such beams with a minimum of beam degradation. A low-cost approach to this using four 1.26-m constant gradient (CG) TW sections driven in parallel by a SLAC 5045 klystron is suggested. Using CG sections makes the higher order modes incoherent due to the linearly decreasing group velocity along the structure. Together with incorporating higher-order-mode outcouplers, this system is predicted to accelerate 1 nC per micropulse, 0.4 A per macropulse to 75 MeV from an injection energy of 5 MeV. Emittance growth is predicted to be 5 mm-mr.<<ETX>>
17815790
Polarized electron sources for linear colliders
Linear colliders require high peak current beams with low duty factors. Several methods to produce polarized e{sup {minus}} beams for accelerators have been developed. The SLC, the first linear collider, utilizes a photocathode gun with a GaAs cathode. Although photocathode sources are probably the only practical alternative for the next generation of linear colliders, several problems remain to be solved, including high voltage breakdown which poisons the cathode, charge limitations that are associated with the condition of the semiconductor cathode, and a relatively low polarization of {le}5O%. Methods to solve or at least greatly reduce the impact of each of these problems are at hand.
18642583
Application of a Mapping Function Technique to the Design of Damped Detuned Structures and to the Rapid Calculation of Their Wakefields
In order to reduce the dipole wake encountered by the first few bunches accelerated in a multi-bunch NLC scenario the DDS (damped detuned structure) was redesigned such that a much improved Gaussian fall-off occurs in the initial wake-function. From the 9 parameterized model of DDS1 the authors use a mapping function to allow DDS 3 and 4 to be modeled and hence avoid additional and prohibitively time consuming MAFIA runs. The equivalent circuit parameters and geometrical parameters are treated as functions of the synchronous frequency and are readily mapped onto the new synchronous frequencies. The new geometrical parameters form a family where each is associated with the iris diameter.
15840236
Effects of alternating cell misalignments on the DDS
The authors study some effects of cell misalignments in accelerator structures in which each cell is displaced the same amount and direction but with sign which alternates from cell to cell. In particular they study the manifold radiation in a damped detuned structure (DDS1) and wakefield effects in a uniform constant impedance structure. A synchronous wave aliasing phenomenon is observed. In previous treatments the effect of cell misalignment has been modeled by replacing it by beam displacement. Here they compare finite difference simulation of cell misalignment with the beam displacement model. They conclude with discussions about the relevance of the results for general misalignment profiles.
125455835
Design and performance of a pressurized drift tube chamber for the GEM muon system
187375541
Inclusive K*- (890) and anti-K*0 (890) Production in 14.3-GeV/c K- p Interactions
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Channel cross-sections of K−p reactions from 1.26 to 1.84 GeV/c
SummaryWe present the results on total channel cross-sections obtained in the Saclay 180 l HBC exposed to a separated K− beam at Nimrod. The cross-sections for each channel are given at 13 incident K− momenta between 1.26 and 1.84 GeV/c.RiassuntoPresentiamo i risultati sulle sezioni d’urto totali dei canali ottenute a Nimrod nella camera a bolle a idrogeno di 1801 di Saclay esposta a fasci separati di K−. Le sezioni d’urto per ciascun canale sono date per 13 momenti incidenti di K− fra 1.26 e 1.84 GeV/c.РеэюмеМы предлагаем реэультаты по полным канальным поперечным сечениям, полученным в Сакле на 180 литровой водородной пуэырьковой камере, зкспонированной в выделенном К−-пучке. Поперечные сечения для каждого канала приводятся для 13 эначений начальных импульсов K−-меэонов в области от 1.26 до 1.84ГзВ/с.
17714212
The NLC positron source
A baseline design for the NLC positron source based on the existing SLC positron system is described. The proposed NLC source consists of a dedicated S-band electron accelerator, a conventional positron production and capture system utilizing a high-Z target and an adiabatic matching device, and an L-band positron linac. The invariant transverse acceptance of the capture system is 0.06 m/spl middot/rad, ensuring an adequate positron beam intensity for the NLC.
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Evidence for local compensation of transverse momentum in pp collisions at 200 and 300 GeV/c
Evidence is presented for local compensation of transverse momentum in pp collisions at 200 and 300 GeV/c. The data are compared with a model which contains no dynamical transverse-momentum correlations. These data are used to determine a lower bound on the slope of the Pomeranchuk trajectory. (AIP)