Witness gun for the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator

Author

Power, J. ; Simpson, J. ; Chojnacki, E.

Author_Institution

Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

17-20 May 1993

Firstpage

3061

Abstract

In order to probe the wakefields of the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator (AWA) a beam of medium energy (4-6 MeV) and relatively low charge (100 pC-1 nC) is needed. Two options for a witness gun meeting these specifications are currently under study. The first is a conventional iris loaded multicell gun. The second is a dielectric-lined cylindrical cavity operating in a pure TM_01n mode. Since a more accurate probing of the wakefields can be obtained by improving the witness beam quality, this factor of merit will determine which gun is better suited for the experiment. It is thought that a brighter beam may be obtained using the dielectric gun. Since the dielectric gun will operate in a single accelerating mode, higher order modes will not be present. This in turn may lead to a slower emittance growth. This potential benefit comes at the cost of a lower cavity Q and dielectric charging considerations. Details of design, bench test and simulation results will be presented

Keywords

collective accelerators; dielectric resonators; electron guns; 1.3 GHz; 4 to 6 MeV; Argonne Wakefield Accelerator; Mark IV gun; TM_01n mode; cavity Q factor; design; dielectric charging; dielectric gun; dielectric-lined cylindrical cavity; emittance growth; higher order modes; iris loaded multicell gun; simulation; test; witness gun; Acceleration; Copper; Dielectrics; Guns; Iris; Laboratories; Probes; Structural beams; Testing; Waveguide discontinuities;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1203-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1993.309552

Filename

309552