STELLA Experiment: Design and Model Predictions

Conference · Sun Jul 05 04:00:00 EDT 1998

OSTI ID:770809

Kimura, W D ^[1]; Babzien, M; Ben-Zvi, I; Campbell, L P; Cline, D B; Fiorito, R B; Gallardo, J C; Gottschalk, S C; He, P; Kusche, K P; Liu, Y; Pantell, R H; Pogorelsky, I V; Quimby, D C; Robinson, K E; Rule, D W; Sandweiss, J; Skaritka, J; van Steenbergen, A; Steinhauer, L C ; Yakimenko, V

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1. Brookhaven National Laboratory

The STaged ELectron Laser Acceleration (STELLA) experiment will be one of the first to examine the critical issue of staging the laser acceleration process. The BNL inverse free electron laser (EEL) will serve as a prebuncher to generate {approx} 1 {micro}m long microbunches. These microbunches will be accelerated by an inverse Cerenkov acceleration (ICA) stage. A comprehensive model of the STELLA experiment is described. This model includes the EEL prebunching, drift and focusing of the microbunches into the ICA stage, and their subsequent acceleration. The model predictions will be presented including the results of a system error study to determine the sensitivity to uncertainties in various system parameters.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-98CH10886
• OSTI ID: 770809
• Report Number(s): BNL-66297; KA0403000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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