127 research outputs found
Nonlinear double Compton scattering in the full quantum regime
A detailed analysis of the process of two photon emission by an electron
scattered from a high-intensity laser pulse is presented. The calculations are
performed in the framework of strong-field QED and include exactly the presence
of the laser field, described as a plane wave. We investigate the full quantum
regime of interaction, where photon recoil plays an essential role in the
emission process, and substantially alters the emitted photon spectra as
compared to those in previously-studied regimes. We provide a semiclassical
explanation for such differences, based on the possibility of assigning a
trajectory to the electron in the laser field before and after each quantum
photon emission. Our numerical results indicate the feasibility of
investigating experimentally the full quantum regime of nonlinear double
Compton scattering with already available plasma-based electron accelerator and
laser technology.Comment: 5 pages, 3 figure
Benchmarking of 3D space charge codes using direct phase space measurements from photoemission high voltage DC gun
We present a comparison between space charge calculations and direct
measurements of the transverse phase space for space charge dominated electron
bunches after a high voltage photoemission DC gun followed by an emittance
compensation solenoid magnet. The measurements were performed using a
double-slit setup for a set of parameters such as charge per bunch and the
solenoid current. The data is compared with detailed simulations using 3D space
charge codes GPT and Parmela3D with initial particle distributions created from
the measured transverse and temporal laser profiles. Beam brightness as a
function of beam fraction is calculated for the measured phase space maps and
found to approach the theoretical maximum set by the thermal energy and
accelerating field at the photocathode.Comment: 11 pages, 23 figures. submitted to Phys Rev ST-A
New phase structure of the Nambu -- Jona - Lasinio model at nonzero chemical potential
It is shown that in the Nambu -- Jona - Lasinio model at nonzero chemical
potential there are two different massive phases with spontaneously broken
chiral symmetry. In one of them particle density is identically zero, in
another phase it is not equal to zero. The transition between phases is a phase
transition of the second order.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, no figures
Simulation of the transit-time optical stochastic cooling process in the Cornell Electron Storage Ring
In preparation for a demonstration of optical stochastic cooling in the
Cornell Electron Storage Ring (CESR) we have developed a particle tracking
simulation to study the relevant beam dynamics. Optical radiation emitted in
the pickup undulator gives a momentum kick to that same particle in the kicker
undulator. The optics of the electron bypass from pickup to kicker couples
betatron amplitude and momentum offset to path length so that the momentum kick
reduces emittance and momentum spread. Nearby electrons contribute an
incoherent noise. Layout of the bypass line is presented that accommodates
optics with a range of transverse and longitudinal cooling parameters. The
simulation is used to determine cooling rates and their dependence on bunch and
lattice parameters for bypass optics with distinct emittance and momentum
acceptance
Beam-Breakup Instability Theory for Energy Recovery Linacs
Here we will derive the general theory of the beam-breakup instability in
recirculating linear accelerators, in which the bunches do not have to be at
the same RF phase during each recirculation turn. This is important for the
description of energy recovery linacs (ERLs) where bunches are recirculated at
a decelerating phase of the RF wave and for other recirculator arrangements
where different RF phases are of an advantage. Furthermore it can be used for
the analysis of phase errors of recirculated bunches. It is shown how the
threshold current for a given linac can be computed and a remarkable agreement
with tracking data is demonstrated. The general formulas are then analyzed for
several analytically solvable cases, which show: (a) Why different higher order
modes (HOM) in one cavity do not couple so that the most dangerous modes can be
considered individually. (b) How different HOM frequencies have to be in order
to consider them separately. (c) That no optics can cause the HOMs of two
cavities to cancel. (d) How an optics can avoid the addition of the
instabilities of two cavities. (e) How a HOM in a multiple-turn recirculator
interferes with itself. Furthermore, a simple method to compute the orbit
deviations produced by cavity misalignments has also been introduced. It is
shown that the BBU instability always occurs before the orbit excursion becomes
very large.Comment: 12 pages, 6 figure
Synchrotron radiation representation in phase space
The notion of brightness is efficiently conveyed in geometric optics as
density of rays in phase space. Wigner has introduced his famous distribution
in quantum mechanics as a quasi-probability density of a quantum system in
phase space. Naturally, the same formalism can be used to represent light
including all the wave phenomena. It provides a natural framework for radiation
propagation and optics matching by transferring the familiar `baggage' of
accelerator physics (beta-function, emittance, phase space transforms, etc.) to
synchrotron radiation. This paper details many of the properties of the Wigner
distribution and provides examples of how its use enables physically insightful
description of partially coherent synchrotron radiation in phase space
Phase diagrams for the M2MoO4–Ln2(MoO4)3–Hf(MoO4)2 systems, where M = Li–Cs, Tl and Ln = La–Lu
In this paper, the results of systematic studies of complex molybdate systems M2MoO4–Ln2(MoO4)3–Hf(MoO4)2 (M = Li–Cs, Tl; Ln = La–Lu) are presented. Subsolidus phase diagrams of ternary systems were constructed and new triple molybdates were obtained. The optimum synthesis conditions for poly- and monocrystalline form were determined. According to single-crystal data, the structure of one of the representatives of triple molybdates was determined.In this paper, the results of systematic studies of complex molybdate systems M2MoO4–Ln2(MoO4)3–Hf(MoO4)2 (M = Li–Cs, Tl; Ln = La–Lu) are presented. Subsolidus phase diagrams of ternary systems were constructed and new triple molybdates were obtained. The optimum synthesis conditions for poly- and monocrystalline form were determined. According to single-crystal data, the structure of one of the representatives of triple molybdates was determined
Notes on the Third Law of Thermodynamics.I
We analyze some aspects of the third law of thermodynamics. We first review
both the entropic version (N) and the unattainability version (U) and the
relation occurring between them. Then, we heuristically interpret (N) as a
continuity boundary condition for thermodynamics at the boundary T=0 of the
thermodynamic domain. On a rigorous mathematical footing, we discuss the third
law both in Carath\'eodory's approach and in Gibbs' one. Carath\'eodory's
approach is fundamental in order to understand the nature of the surface T=0.
In fact, in this approach, under suitable mathematical conditions, T=0 appears
as a leaf of the foliation of the thermodynamic manifold associated with the
non-singular integrable Pfaffian form . Being a leaf, it cannot
intersect any other leaf const. of the foliation. We show that (N) is
equivalent to the requirement that T=0 is a leaf. In Gibbs' approach, the
peculiar nature of T=0 appears to be less evident because the existence of the
entropy is a postulate; nevertheless, it is still possible to conclude that the
lowest value of the entropy has to belong to the boundary of the convex set
where the function is defined.Comment: 29 pages, 2 figures; RevTex fil
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