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Merger system optimization in BNL's high current R&D ERL

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory

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Abstract

A super-conducting RF R&D Energy recovery linac (ERL) is under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). This ERL will be used as a test facility to study issues relevant to high-current, high-brightness beams. One of the goals is to demonstrate an electron beam with high charge per bunch (∼ 5 nC) and extremely low normalized emittance (∼ 5 mm-mrad) at an energy of 20 MeV. In contrast with operational high-brightness linear electron accelerators, all presently operating ERLs have order of magnitude larger emittances for the same charge per bunch. One reason for this emittance growth is that the merger system mixes transverse and longitudinal degrees of freedom, and consequently violates emittance compensation conditions. A merger system based on zigzag scheme [1] resolves this problem. In this paper we discuss performance of the present design of the BNL R&D ERL injector with a zigzag merger.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07
Pages3711-3713
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
EventIEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07 - Albuquerque, NM, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2007Jun 29 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAlbuquerque, NM
Period06/25/0706/29/07

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