Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams (Apr 2005)

Transverse and longitudinal beam dynamics studies at the Fermilab photoinjector

  • J.-P. Carneiro,
  • N. Barov,
  • H. Edwards,
  • M. Fitch,
  • W. Hartung,
  • K. Floettmann,
  • S. Schreiber,
  • M. Ferrario

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.8.040101
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
p. 040101

Abstract

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The Fermilab photoinjector produces electron bunches of 1–12 nC charge with an energy of 16–18 MeV. Detailed measurements and optimization of the transverse emittance have been carried out for a number of beam line optics conditions, and at a number of beam line locations. The length of the bunches has also been measured, first for an uncompressed beam (as a function of the charge) and then for a compressed beam of 8 nC charge (as a function of the 9-cell cavity phase). These measurements are presented and compared with the simulation codes HOMDYN and ASTRA.