Design of a prototype laser-plasma injector for an electron synchrotron

The present state of progress in laser wakefield acceleration encourages considering it as a practical alternative to conventional particle accelerators. A promising application would be to use a laser-plasma accelerator as an injector for a synchrotron light source. Yet, the energy spread and jitte...

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Autores principales: S. A. Antipov, A. Ferran Pousa, I. Agapov, R. Brinkmann, A. R. Maier, S. Jalas, L. Jeppe, M. Kirchen, W. P. Leemans, A. Martinez de la Ossa, J. Osterhoff, M. Thévenet, P. Winkler
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Publicado: American Physical Society 2021
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Sumario:The present state of progress in laser wakefield acceleration encourages considering it as a practical alternative to conventional particle accelerators. A promising application would be to use a laser-plasma accelerator as an injector for a synchrotron light source. Yet, the energy spread and jitter of the laser-plasma beam pose a significant difficulty for an efficient injection. In this paper, we propose a design of a prototype injector to deliver 500 MeV low-intensity electron bunches to the DESY-II electron synchrotron. The design utilizes presently available conventional accelerator technology, such as a chicane and an X-band radio frequency cavity, to reduce the energy spread and jitter of the electron beam down to a sub-per-mille level.