Title: Solenoid transport of beams with current-dependent initial conditions

Abstract

We present that intense charged particle beams will generally be formed with an initial correlation between their longitudinal properties, including longitudinal variations in current, and their transverse properties, including their radius and divergence. This is due to the competition between the transverse focusing fields in the beam source and the time-varying space charge forces in the beam. In DC electron guns where the current modulation is slow compared to the electron transit time, the nature of these correlations was previously shown to depend on the gun geometry, exhibiting a linear dependence of the beam radius and divergence on the beam current at the gun exit. Here, we extend the previous work to study the transport of beams with such correlation in uniform and periodic solenoid channels. For each transport channel configuration studied, the transverse envelope equation is used to calculate the envelope of 101 beam slices differing in their slice currents, as well as initial radius and divergence (due to their dependence on slice current). For each channel configuration, these calculations are performed 546 times, with each of these iterations considering a different degree of correlation between the radius and divergence, and the slice current. It is found that somemore » degree of correlation between the initial radius and slice current actually aids in beam transport, and the required strength of correlation can be estimated with simple models. Finally, increasing the degree of correlation between the initial divergence and slice current is generally counterproductive, and the degree of sensitivity to such correlations depends on the design of the transport channel.« less

Authors:

Harris, J. R. ^[1]; Poole, B. R. ^[2]; Lewellen, J. W. ^[3]

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1. Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Directed Energy Directorate
2. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Publication Date:

2017-09-06

Research Org.:

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:

USDOE

OSTI Identifier:

1393345

Report Number(s):

LLNL-JRNL-725918
Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Grant/Contract Number:  

AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:

Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:

Journal of Applied Physics

Additional Journal Information:

Journal Volume: 122; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979

Publisher:

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Country of Publication:

United States

Language:

English

Subject:

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION