119275688
Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes in Spin-flip Radio Galaxies
Numerical relativity simulations predict that coalescence of supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries leads not only to a spin flip but also to a recoiling of the merger remnant SMBHs. In the literature, X-shaped radio sources are popularly suggested to be candidates for SMBH mergers with spin flip of jet-ejecting SMBHs. Here we investigate the spectral and spatial observational signatures of the recoiling SMBHs in radio sources undergoing black hole spin flip. Our results show that SMBHs in most spin-flip radio sources have mass ratio q {approx}> 0.3 with a minimum possible value q{sub min} {approx_equal} 0.05. For major mergers, the remnant SMBHs can get a kick velocity as high as 2100 km s{sup -1} in the direction within an angle {approx}< 40 Degree-Sign relative to the spin axes of remnant SMBHs, implying that recoiling quasars are biased to be with high Doppler-shifted broad emission lines while recoiling radio galaxies are biased to large apparent spatial off-center displacements. We also calculate the distribution functions of line-of-sight velocity and apparent spatial off-center displacements for spin-flip radio sources with different apparent jet reorientation angles. Our results show that the larger the apparent jet reorientation angle is, the larger the Doppler-shifting recoiling velocity andmore » apparent spatial off-center displacement will be. We investigate the effects of recoiling velocity on the dust torus in spin-flip radio sources and suggest that recoiling of SMBHs would lead to 'dust-poor' active galactic nuclei. Finally, we collect a sample of 19 X-shaped radio objects and for each object give the probability of detecting the predicted signatures of recoiling SMBH.« less
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FEL Polarization Control Studies on Dalian Coherent Light Source
The polarization switch of a free-electron laser (FEL) is of great importance to the user scientific community. In this paper, we investigate the generation of controllable polarization FEL from two well-known approaches for Dalian coherent light source, i.e., crossed planar undulator and elliptical permanent undulator. In order to perform a fair comparative study, a one-dimensional time-dependent FEL code has been developed, in which the imperfection effects of an elliptical permanent undulator are taken into account. Comprehensive simulation results indicate that the residual beam energy chirp and the intrinsic FEL gain may contribute to the degradation of the polarization performance for the crossed planar undulator. And the elliptical permanent undulator is not very sensitive to the undulator errors and beam imperfections. Meanwhile, with proper configurations of the main planar undulators and additional elliptical permanent undulator section, circular polarized FEL with pulse energy exceeds 100 μJ could be achieved at Dalian coherent light source.
26749894
Compensating the electron beam energy spread by the natural transverse gradient of laser undulator in all-optical x-ray light sources.
All-optical ideas provide a potential to dramatically cut off the size and cost of x-ray light sources to the university-laboratory scale, with the combination of the laser-plasma accelerator and the laser undulator. However, the large longitudinal energy spread of the electron beam from laser-plasma accelerator may hinder the way to high brightness of these all-optical light sources. In this paper, the beam energy spread effect is proposed to be significantly compensated by the natural transverse gradient of a laser undulator when properly transverse-dispersing the electron beam. Theoretical analysis and numerical simulations on conventional laser-Compton scattering sources and high-gain all-optical x-ray free-electron lasers with the electron beams from laser-plasma accelerators are presented.
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Polarization control proposal for Shanghai deep ultraviolet free electron laser
In this paper, a fully coherent radiation option with controllable polarization is proposed for the Shanghai deep ultraviolet free electron laser (FEL) test facility. Intensive start-to-end simulation suggests that the two crossed planar undulators which generate the horizontal and vertical linear polarized FEL, should be placed as close as possible for avoiding the polarization performance degradation of the final combined FEL radiation. With the existence of the phase-shifter between the two crossed radiators. Fourier-Transform-Limited output radiation with 100 nJ order pulse energy, 5 Ps full pulse length and circular polarization degree above 90% could be achieved. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
119272921
Single-shot measurement of free-electron laser polarization at SDUV-FEL
In this paper, a division-of-amplitude photopolarimeter (DOAP) for measuring the polarization state of a free-electron laser (FEL) pulse is described. The incident FEL beam is divided into four separate beams, and four Stokes parameters can be measured in a single-shot. In the crossed-planar undulators experiment at the Shanghai deep ultraviolet FEL test facility, this DOAP instrument constructed in house responsed accurately and timely while the polarization-state of fully coherent FEL pulses were switched, which is helpful for confirming the crossed-planar undulators technique for short-wavelength FELs.
118693453
Nonintersecting Brownian motions on the unit circle. Part I: noncritical cases
55611808
Measurement of Short Bunches
In recent years, there has been increasing interest in short electron bunches for different applications such as short wavelength FELs, linear colliders, and advanced accelerators such as laser or plasma wakefield accelerators. One would like to meet various requirements such as high peak current, low momentum spread, high luminosity, small ratio of bunch length to plasma wavelength, and accurate timing. Meanwhile, recent development and advances in RF photoinjectors and various bunching schemes make it possible to generate very short electron bunches. Measuring the longitudinal profile and monitoring bunch length are critical to understand the bunching process and longitudinal beam dynamics, and to commission and operate such short bunch machines. In this paper, several commonly used measurement techniques for subpicosecond bunches and their relative advantages and disadvantages are discussed. As examples, bunch length related measurements at Jefferson lab are presented. At Jefferson Lab, bunch lengths s short as 84 fs have been systematically measured using a zero-phasing technique. A highly sensitive Coherent Synchrotron Radiation (CSR) detector has been developed to noninvasively monitor bunch length for low charge bunches. Phase transfer function measurements provide a means of correcting RF phase drifts and reproducing RF phases to within a couple of tenths ofmore » a degree. The measurement results are in excellent agreement with simulations. A comprehensive bunch length control scheme is presented.« less
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INFLUENCE OF THE MAGNETIC COUPLING PROCESS ON ADVECTION-DOMINATED ACCRETION FLOWS AROUND BLACK HOLES
A large-scale closed magnetic field can transfer angular momentum and energy between a black hole (BH) and its surrounding accretion flow. We investigate the effects of this magnetic coupling (MC) process on the dynamics of a hot accretion flow (e. g., an advection-dominated accretion flow). The energy and angular momentum fluxes transported by the magnetic field are derived with an equivalent-circuit approach. For a rapidly rotating BH, it is found that the radial velocity and the electron temperature of the accretion flow decrease, whereas the ion temperature and the surface density increase. The significance of the MC effects depends on the value of the viscosity parameter alpha. The effects are obvious for alpha = 0.3 but nearly ignorable for alpha = 0.1. For a BH with specific angular momentum a(*) = 0.9 and alpha = 0.3, we find that for reasonable parameters the radiative efficiency of a hot accretion flow can be increased by similar to 30%.
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Collective Effects in Lepton Ring of ERHIC
The lepton ring of eRHIC is being designed to provide intense, highly polarized electron and positron beams at 5-10 GeV energy range for the high luminosity lepton-hadron collisions. In this paper the estimates of major beam instabilities in the lepton storage ring are presented. Besides conventional impedance-driven instablities the fast beam-ion instability and electron cloud effects are major concerns. The studies suggest that those instbilities would not limit the performance of the lepton ring of eRHIC.
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Synchronization of Femtosecond Pulses
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PHASE-MODULATION SLED OPERATION MODE AT ELETTRA
FERMI@Elettra is the soft X-ray, fourth generation light source facility at the Elettra Laboratory in Trieste, Italy. It is based on a seeded FEL, driven by a normal conducting linac that is presently expected to operate at 1.5 GeV. The former 6.15 m long linac sections used in the injector system of the Elettra Laboratory storage ring have been upgraded for use in FERMI@Elettra project. Those sections are backward travelling wave structures, equipped with SLED systems. The high peak field built up during conventional SLED operation brings to breakdown problems inside the sections that prevented from reaching the expected gradients. To lower the peak field phase-modulation of the SLED drive power has been implemented. A description of the phase modulation of the drive power and the results achieved is reported in the following paper.