A Recirculating Linac as a Candidate for the UK New Light Source

Authors: Peter Williams (ASTeC) , Deepa Angal-kalinin (ASTeC) , James Jones (ASTeC) , Bruno Muratori (ASTeC) , Susan Smith (ASTeC) , R Bartolini (Diamond Light Source) , Hywel Owen (University of Manchester) , J Rowland (Diamond Light Source) , Ian Martin (Diamond Light Source)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Conference Paper
Conference: 23rd Particle Accelerator Conference
Peer Reviewed: No

State: Published (Approved)
Published: May 2009

Abstract: A design for a free electron laser driver which utilises 1.3 GHz superconducting CW accelerating structures is studied. The machine will deliver longitudinally compressed electron bunches with repetition rates of 1 kHz with a possibility to increase up to 1 MHz. Tracking is performed from an NC RF photocathode gun, accelerating and compressing in three stages to obtain peak current greater than 1 kA at 2.2 GeV. This is achieved through injection at 200 MeV, then recirculating twice in a 1 GeV main linac. The optics design, optimisation procedures and start to end modelling of this system are presented.

Subject Areas: Physics


Technical Areas: Accelerator Physics

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