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Title: Half-Cell RF Gun Simulations with the Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Code VORPAL

Abstract

We have simulated Brookhaven National Laboratory's half-cell superconducting RF gun design for a proposed high-current ERL using the three-dimensional, electromagnetic particle-in-cell code VORPAL. VORPAL computes the fully self-consistent electromagnetic fields produced by the electron bunches, meaning that it accurately models space-charge effects as well as bunch-to-bunch beam loading effects and the effects of higher-order cavity modes, though these are beyond the scope of this paper. We compare results from VORPAL to the well-established space-charge code PARMELA, using RF fields produced by SUPERFISH, as a benchmarking exercise in which the two codes should agree well.

Authors:
; ; ; ; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2]
  1. Tech-X Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States)
  2. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21255242
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1086; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 13. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Santa Cruz, CA (United States), 27 Jul - 2 Aug 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3080928; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; ACCELERATORS; BEAM BUNCHING; BNL; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRON SOURCES; ELECTRONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LOADING; PLASMA GUNS; SPACE CHARGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS

Citation Formats

Paul, K, Dimitrov, D A, Busby, R, Bruhwiler, D L, Smithe, D, Cary, J R, Kewisch, J, Kayran, D, Calaga, R, and Ben-Zvi, I. Half-Cell RF Gun Simulations with the Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Code VORPAL. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3080928.
Paul, K, Dimitrov, D A, Busby, R, Bruhwiler, D L, Smithe, D, Cary, J R, Kewisch, J, Kayran, D, Calaga, R, & Ben-Zvi, I. Half-Cell RF Gun Simulations with the Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Code VORPAL. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3080928
Paul, K, Dimitrov, D A, Busby, R, Bruhwiler, D L, Smithe, D, Cary, J R, Kewisch, J, Kayran, D, Calaga, R, and Ben-Zvi, I. 2009. "Half-Cell RF Gun Simulations with the Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Code VORPAL". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3080928.
@article{osti_21255242,
title = {Half-Cell RF Gun Simulations with the Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Code VORPAL},
author = {Paul, K and Dimitrov, D A and Busby, R and Bruhwiler, D L and Smithe, D and Cary, J R and Kewisch, J and Kayran, D and Calaga, R and Ben-Zvi, I},
abstractNote = {We have simulated Brookhaven National Laboratory's half-cell superconducting RF gun design for a proposed high-current ERL using the three-dimensional, electromagnetic particle-in-cell code VORPAL. VORPAL computes the fully self-consistent electromagnetic fields produced by the electron bunches, meaning that it accurately models space-charge effects as well as bunch-to-bunch beam loading effects and the effects of higher-order cavity modes, though these are beyond the scope of this paper. We compare results from VORPAL to the well-established space-charge code PARMELA, using RF fields produced by SUPERFISH, as a benchmarking exercise in which the two codes should agree well.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3080928},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21255242}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1086,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2009},
month = {Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2009}
}