Title :
Underdense plasma lens experiment at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory
Author :
Suk, H. ; Clayton, C.E. ; Hairapetian, G. ; Joshi, C. ; Loh, M. ; Muggli, P. ; Narang, R. ; Pellegrini, C. ; Rosenzweig, J.B. ; Katsouleas, T.C.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
An underdense plasma-lens experiment is planned at the UCLA Neptune Laboratory. For this experiment, a LaB6-based discharge plasma source was developed and tested. Test results of the plasma source show that it can provide satisfactory Ar plasma parameters for underdense plasma lens experiments, i.e., a density in the low 10 12 cm-3 range and a thickness of a few cm. In the plasma chamber a YAG slab and a Cherenkov radiator are placed for electron beam diagnostics so that both time-integrated and time-resolved information will be obtained and compared with the MAGIC code (2 and 1/2 dimensional particle-in-cell) simulations. In this paper, the planned experiment including test results of the plasma source, diagnostics and MAGIC simulation results is presented
Keywords :
argon; electron beam focusing; particle beam diagnostics; plasma density; plasma diagnostics; plasma production; Ar; Ar plasma; LaB6; LaB6-based discharge plasma source; MAGIC code; Neptune Laboratory; PIC simulation; UCLA; YAG; YAl5O12; density; electron beam diagnostics; particle-in-cell simulation; plasma diagnostics; plasma source; underdense plasma-lens; Argon; Fault location; Laboratories; Lenses; Plasma density; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Slabs; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5573-3
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1999.792419
