33 research outputs found
Transverse phase space tomography in the CLARA accelerator test facility using image compression and machine learning
We describe a novel technique, based on image compression and machine
learning, for transverse phase space tomography in two degrees of freedom in an
accelerator beamline. The technique has been used in the CLARA accelerator test
facility at Daresbury Laboratory: results from the machine learning method are
compared with those from a conventional tomography algorithm (algebraic
reconstruction), applied to the same data. The use of machine learning allows
reconstruction of the 4D phase space distribution of the beam to be carried out
much more rapidly than using conventional tomography algorithms, and also
enables the use of image compression to reduce significantly the size of the
data sets involved in the analysis. Results from the machine learning technique
are at least as good as those from the algebraic reconstruction tomography in
characterising the beam behaviour, in terms of the variation of the beam size
in response to variation of the quadrupole strengths
Electron Sources for Future Lightsources, Summary and Conclusions for the Activities during FLS 2012
This paper summarizes the discussions, presentations, and activity of the
Future Light Sources Workshop 2012 (FLS 2012) working group dedicated to
Electron Sources. The focus of the working group was to discuss concepts and
technologies that might enable much higher peak and average brightness from
electron beam sources. Furthermore the working group was asked to consider
methods to greatly improve the robustness of operation and lower the costs of
providing electrons.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figures, summary paper from working group Future Light
Sources 2012 Workshop at Newport News, Virginia, USA
(http://www.jlab.org/conferences/FLS2012/
Electron injector based on thermionic RF modulated electron gun for particle accelerator applications
In this article, the design and simulation of an electron injector based on a thermionic RF-modulated electron gun for particle accelerator applications is presented. The electron gun is based on a gridded thermionic cathode with the geometry based on a Pierce-type configuration. Both theory and numerical simulation were used to explore the relationship between the bunch length and the charge. The reasons for the pulse widening were also analyzed. The beam dynamics simulations showed that a minimum pulselength of 106 ps could be achieved with a bunch charge of 33 pC when the driving RF frequency was 1.5 GHz. The average transverse emittance was about 17 mm·mrad from the particle-in-cell simulations. Operating at a higher RF frequency did not significantly reduce the micro pulselength