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Three-dimensional analysis of microbunched electron cooling

Journal Article · · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Microbunched electron cooling (MBEC, Ratner, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 084802 (2013)), a special category of coherent electron cooling, has been under consideration as a candidate method for the strong hadron cooling component of the Electron Ion Collider (EIC) at BNL. Most of the theoretical treatments of this scheme so far have been based on simplified models for the key space charge effect in which electrons and/or hadrons are approximated by charged disks. Although such disk-based models provide a flexible tool that captures a good part of the underlying physics, they lack the fidelity and robustness of a rigorous analysis that explicitly treats the hadron and cooler electron beams as collections of point charges. In this paper, we present such a rigorous, three-dimensional (3D) model, both from a theory-based and a simulation perspective. Specifically, we calculate the generalized wakefield (or Green’s function) of the cooling system—a crucial quantity that determines the overall performance—paying special attention to the dependence of the wake on the hadron transverse positions. Additionally, our treatment takes into account previously neglected 3D effects that can cause damping of the plasma oscillations in the amplification section of the cooler, such as focusing and the angular spread of the electron beam.
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
2540178
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 2561232
Report Number(s):
BNL--228052-2025-JAAM
Journal Information:
Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 28; ISSN 2469-9888
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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