Design of the Cockcroft Beamline: Adjustable Transport of Laser Wakefield Electrons to an Undulator

Kay Dewhurst, Hywel Owen, Marieke De Loos, Bas Van Der Geer, Bruno Muratori, Enrico Brunetti, Mark Wiggins, Dino A. Jaroszynski

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Abstract

The Cockcroft Beamline is being designed to transport 1 GeV electrons from a laser wakefield accelerator (LWFA) to an undulator at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) in Glasgow, UK. To demonstrate undulator radiation in the X-ray spectral region and potentially free electron laser (FEL) gain, electrons should be transported between the LWFA and the undulators with high fidelity. In this paper we present the design of an adjustable beam line to transport LWFA electrons to the undulator for a range of energies, from 0.5 GeV to 1 GeV, while preserving the electron beam properties and matching the undulator-beam coupling.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Place of PublicationGeneva, Switzerland
PublisherJACoW
Pages3749-3752
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-95450-208-0
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2019
Event10th International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC 2019 - Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 19 May 201924 May 2019
Conference number: 10
http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/ipac2019/

Conference

Conference10th International Particle Accelerator Conference IPAC 2019
Abbreviated titleIPAC 2019
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period19/05/1924/05/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • beam line
  • laser wakefield
  • LWFA
  • undulator
  • X-ray
  • radiation
  • electron
  • transfer line
  • Beam transport

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