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The Layout of the photon collider at the ILC
One of the interaction regions at the linear colliders should be compatible
both with e+e- and gamma-gamma, gamma-electron modes of operation. In this
paper, the differences in requirements and possible design solutions are
discussed.Comment: Talk at LCWS06, Bangalore, India, March 2006, to be published in
Indian Journal of Physics; 3pp, Latex, 1 .eps figur
Ultimate parameters of the photon collider at the ILC
At linear colliders, the e+e- luminosity is limited by beam-collision
effects, which determine the required emittances of beams in damping rings
(DRs). While in gamma-gamma collisions at the photon collider, these effects
are absent, and so smaller emittances are desirable. In present damping rings
designs, nominal DR parameters correspond to those required for e+e-
collisions. In this note, I would like to stress once again that as soon as we
plan the photon-collider mode of ILC operation, the damping-ring emittances are
dictated by the photon-collider requirements--namely, they should be as small
as possible. This can be achieved by adding more wigglers to the DRs; the
incremental cost is easily justified by a considerable potential improvement of
the gamma-gamma luminosity. No expert analysis exists as of yet, but it seems
realistic to obtain a factor five increase of the gamma-gamma luminosity
compared to the ``nominal'' DR design.Comment: Talk at LCWS06, Bangalore, India, March 2006, to be published in
Indian Journal of Physics, 5 pp, Latex, 1 .eps figur
Laser cooling of electron beams for linear colliders
A novel method of electron beam cooling is considered which can be used for
linear colliders. The electron beam is cooled during collision with focused
powerful laser pulse. With reasonable laser parameters (laser flash energy
about 10 J) one can decrease transverse beam emittances by a factor about 10
per one stage. The ultimate transverse emittances are much below those
achievable by other methods. Beam depolarization during cooling is about 5--15
% for one stage. This method is especially useful for photon colliders and
opens new possibilities for e+e- colliders.Comment: 4 pages, Latex, v2 corresponds to the PRL paper with erratum (in
1998) include
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