Observation of spontaneous emitted X-ray betatron radiation in beam-plasma interactions

Author

Wang, Shuoqin ; Clayton, C.E. ; Blue, B.E. ; Dodd, E.S. ; Huang, C.-K. ; Marsh, K.A. ; Mori, W.B. ; Joshi, C. ; Lee, S. ; Muggli, P. ; Katsouleas, T. ; Decker, F.J. ; Hogan, M.J. ; Iverson, R.H. ; Riamondi, P. ; Walz, D. ; Siemann, R. ; Assmann, R.

Author_Institution

UCLA, CA, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

3999

Abstract

An experiment is being carried out at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) to see if an ion channel can wiggle a beam of ultra-relativistic electrons to produce X-ray radiation. The goal is to create an intense source of undulator radiation using a plasma wiggler in the 1-10 keV range and also to determine the suitability of such an electrostatic wiggler to create a coherent beam of X-rays via the ion channel laser mechanisml. Here we give some of the scaling laws for the power and frequency distribution of the spontaneous emission from sending an electron beam through such an ion channel. Some initial experimental observations are also presented

Keywords

X-ray production; undulator radiation; 1 to 10 keV; SLAC; beam-plasma interactions; ion channel; scaling laws; spontaneous X-ray betatron radiation; ultra-relativistic electrons; undulator radiation; Electron beams; Electrostatics; Laser beams; Linear accelerators; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Undulators; X-ray lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 2001. PAC 2001. Proceedings of the 2001

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7191-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.2001.988324

Filename

988324