Author: Alekhina, T.Yu.
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WEPZ012 Influence of Transition Radiation on Formation of a Bunch Wakefield in a Circular Waveguide 2793
 
  • T.Yu. Alekhina, A.V. Tyukhtin
    Saint-Petersburg State University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
 
  Funding: The Education Agency of Russian Federation.
Investigation of a field of a particle bunch in a waveguide loaded with a dielectric is important for the wakefield acceleration (WFA) technique and other problems in the accelerator physics. One of subjects of investigation in this area consists in analysis of transition radiation generated by the bunch flying into (out of) the dielectric structure. This radiation can be both destructive (for WFA) and useful (for diagnostics of bunch or material). We investigate the total field of small bunch crossing a boundary between two dielectrics in the waveguide. It includes a “forced” field and a “free” one. The “forced” field is the field of the charge in the unbounded waveguide (it can contain the wakefield). The “free” field is connected with influence of the boundary (it includes transition radiation). Two cases are analyzed in detail: the bunch flies from vacuum into dielectric and from dielectric into vacuum. The behavior of the field depending on distance and time is explored analytically and numerically. Some interesting physical effects are noted. As well, we make a comparison with the case of intersection between vacuum and cold plasma.