Realizing novel accelerator concepts in an X-band photo-injector
- Resource Type
- Technical Report
- Authors
- Source
- Subject
- 42 ENGINEERING ACCELERATORS
BRIGHTNESS
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
ELECTRON BEAMS
FABRICATION
GEOMETRY
LIGHT SOURCES
PERFORMANCE
SIMULATION
TESTING
- Language
- English
In this project we propose to investigate the use of novel accelerator structure cell geometry to enhance the performance of X-band photo-injectors. Making novel accelerator concepts possible involves fabrication and testing of components to ensure that the performance predicted by simulation is robustly achievable. This work is important because photo-injectors are increasingly used to provide high brightness electron beams for light sources, pushing their performance to the limits, but also requiring them to be user-facility stable. Careful investigation in both computer simulation and design, and low power testing of piece parts will enable the successful fabrication of an advanced X-band photo-injector.