The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator high current photocathode gun and drive linac

Author

Schoessow, P. ; Chojnacki, E. ; Cox, G. ; Gai, W. ; Ho, C. ; Konecny, R. ; Power, J. ; Rosing, M. ; Simpson, J. ; Barov, N. ; Conde, M.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

1-5 May 1995

Firstpage

976

Abstract

The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) is a new facility for advanced accelerator research. A major component of the AWA is its drive linac, consisting of a unique high current short pulse L-band photocathode based gun and special standing wave preaccelerator designed to produce 100 nC, 30 ps electron bunches at 20 MeV. Commissioning on the drive linac is now underway. We report on our initial operating experience with this novel machine, including bunch length and emittance measurements

Keywords

beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; electron guns; electron sources; particle beam diagnostics; particle sources; photocathodes; wakefield accelerators; 20 MeV; 30 ps; AWA; Argonne Wakefield Accelerator; bunch length measurements; drive linac; electron bunches; emittance measurements; high current photocathode gun; high current short pulse L-band photocathode; initial operating experience; standing wave preaccelerator; Acceleration; Cathodes; Current measurement; Electron beams; Laser beams; Laser theory; Laser tuning; Linear particle accelerator; Solenoids; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2934-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1995.505100

Filename

505100