CLASSE, Ithaca, New York
Fermilab, Batavia
Cornell University is planning to build an Energy-Recovery Linac (ERL) X-ray facility. In this ERL design, a 5 GeV superconducting linear accelerator extends the CESR ring which is currently used for the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS). Here we describe some of the recent developments for this ERL, including linear and nonlinear optics, tracking studies, vacuum system design, gas and intra beam scattering computations, and collimator and radiation shielding calculations based on this optics, undulator developments, optimization of X-ray beams by electron beam manipulation, technical design of ERL cavities and cryomodules, and preparation of the accelerator site.
CLASSE, Ithaca, New York
Funding: This work was supported by the National Science Foundation.
The theories of beam loss and emittance growth by Touschek and intra-beam scattering formulated for beams in storage rings have recently been extended to linacs. In most linacs, these effects are not relevant, but they become important in Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) not only because of their large current, but also because the deceleration of the spent beam increases the relative energy deviation and transverse oscillation amplitude of the scattered particles. In this paper, we describe a methodology for designing a collimator scheme to control where scattered particles are lost. The methodology is based on Touschek particle generation and tracking simulations implemented in {\tt BMAD}, Cornell's beam dynamics code. The simulations give the locations where scattering occurs and the locations where the scattered particles are lost. The simulations are used to determine the trajectory of the scattered particles, which are analyzed to determine optimal locations for collimators.