The NLC L-Band Bunch Compressor
The first stage bunch compressor in the NLC injector complex compresses the e+/e- beams from a bunch length of 5 mm rms to 0.5 mm rms at the beam energy of 2 GeV. To obtain this compression ratio, the compressor rf section operates with an rf frequency of 1.4 GHz and a voltage of about 140 MV while a magnetic wiggler is used to generate an R{sub 56} = 0.5 m. The bunch compressor is designed to operate with a beam from the damping ring that has a bunch spacing slew of 20ps across the bunch train due to the transient loading in the damping rings. The compressor RF section is required to produce a specific energy profile along the bunch train so that the bunch spacing can be corrected in the compressor bending section. Further, the 1-amp beam heavily loads the compressor linac and beam loading compensation is essential to prevent a phase variation along the bunch train in the downstream linacs. In this paper, we will present simulation results of the beam loading compensation using a {Delta}T scheme assuming various initial bunch spacing arrangements. We will study the impact of the different compressor energy profiles on the beam energy, energy spread, and bunch length at the IP.
- Research Organization:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00515
- OSTI ID:
- 800075
- Report Number(s):
- SLAC-PUB-9457; TRN: US200308%%529
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 21 Aug 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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