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Title: Use of projectional phase space data to infer a 4D particle distribution

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OSTI ID:799663

We consider beams which are described by a 4D transverse distribution f(x,y,x{prime},y{prime}), where x{prime} {triple_bond} p{sub x}/p{sub z} and z is the axial coordinate. A two-slit scanner is commonly employed to measure, over a sequence of shots, a 2D projection of such a beam's phase space, e.g., f(x,x{prime}). Another scanner might yield f(y,y{prime}) or, using crossed slits, f(x,y). A small set of such 2D scans does not uniquely specify f(x,y,x{prime},y{prime}). We have developed ''tomographic'' techniques to synthesize a ''reasonable'' set of particles in a 4D phase space having 2D densities consistent with the experimental data. These techniques are described in a separate document [A. Friedman, et. al., submitted to Phys. Rev. ST-AB, 2002]. Here we briefly summarize one method and describe progress in validating it, using simulations of the High Current Experiment at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Director, Office of Science. Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
799663
Report Number(s):
LBNL-51211; UCRL-JC-148436; R&D Project: Z46010; B& R AT5015031; TRN: US0206131
Resource Relation:
Conference: 14th International Symposium on Heavy Ion Inertial Fusion, Moscow (RU), 05/21/2002--05/31/2002; Other Information: PBD: 20 May 2002
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English