Coherent x-ray transition and diffraction radiation of microbunched beams

Abstract

Theoretical and numerical results on angular and spectral distributions and total number of photons of several types of coherent radiation produced by microbunched beams passing through radiators are presented: coherent x-ray bremsstrahlung, x-ray transition, resonance transition, and diffraction radiations. The possibility of observation and application of these new types of radiation for the study of parameters of electron beam microbunching, which is important for the effectiveness of x-ray free electron lasers, is discussed.