• DocumentCode
    2891157
  • Title

    Low emittance electron beams for the RHIC electron cooler

  • Author

    Kewisch, Jörg ; Chang, Xiangyun

  • Author_Institution
    Brookhaven Nat. Lab., Upton
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    25-29 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    3187
  • Lastpage
    3189
  • Abstract
    An electron cooler, based on an energy recovery linac (ERL) is under development for the relativistic heavy ion collider (RHIC) at Brookhaven National Laboratory. This will be the first electron cooler operating at high energy with bunched beams. In order to achieve sufficient cooling of the ion beams the electron have to have a charge of 5 nC and a normalized emittance less than 4 mu. This paper presents the progress in optimizing the injector and the emittance improvements from shaping the charge distribution in the bunch.
  • Keywords
    cooling; electron accelerators; electron beams; ion accelerators; ion beams; particle beam bunching; particle beam injection; storage rings; synchrotrons; Brookhaven National Laboratory; RHIC; Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider; bunched beams; charge distribution; electron cooler; injector; ion beams; low emittance electron beams; Acceleration; Cathodes; Design optimization; Electron beams; Electron emission; Laboratories; Linear particle accelerator; Merging; Solenoids; Space charge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Particle Accelerator Conference, 2007. PAC. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0916-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PAC.2007.4440710
  • Filename
    4440710