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| TPAE034 | Developing a Multi-Timescale PIC Code for Plasma Accelerators | 2324 |
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Funding: DOE: DE-FG02-92ER40745, DOE-SCIDAC: DE-FC02-01ER41192. An idea for advancing beam and plasma particles with different time scales in a full PIC model of plasma accelerators is proposed. Because beam particles usually respond much slower than plasma particles, large time steps can be used to update beam particles to save computation time. In this paper, we will describe how to apply this multi-timescale method in a particle-in-cell (PIC) [1] code OSIRIS [2]. Simulation results for SLAC E164 [3] experimental parameters are given and show a high degree of accuracy while gaining a factor of 4-6 in computing time. The limitations of this method are also studied. The maximum time saving is determined by driver beam energy and size of simulation box. |
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| TPAE040 | Nonlinear Theory in the Blowout Regime for Both Particle Beam and Laser Drivers | |
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Funding: DOE and NSF. Recent progress in both PWFA and LWFA has confirmed the promising characteristics of the blowout regime. So it is worthwhile to understand the wake excitation process and other relevant issues (e.g. self trapping mechanism, laser self guiding, scaling laws) in this regime. Because the plasma electrons always cross each other in the blowout regime, it is not possible to use a fluid model. Instead, we use a particle picture. Based on the analysis of the innermost particle trajectory, we have developed a self-consistent theory for this regime. For particle beam drivers, we explained why linear theory can be a good approximation in the weakly nonlinear blowout regime and also obtained formulas to predict the wake amplitude. In the strongly nonlinear blowout regime (relativistic or ultra-relativistic), the theory can predict the wake structures and amplitudes in terms of the particle beam or laser pulse intensity. The theory also provides a basis for a beam loading theory in the blowout regime as well a basis for finding optimum driver profile. We will also give some results on the energy gain and total charge scalings based on this theory. |
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| TPAE041 | Modeling TeV Class Plasma Afterburners | 2666 |
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Funding: Work supported by DOE and NSF. Plasma wakefield acceleration can sustain acceleration gradients three orders of magnitude larger than conventional RF accelerator. In the recent E164X experiment, substantial energy gain of about 3Gev has been observed. Thus, a plasma afterburner, which has been proposed to double the incoming beam energy for a future linear collider, is now of great interest. In an afterburner, a particle beam drives a plasma wave and generates a strong wakefield which has a phase velocity equal to the velocity of the beam. This wakefield can then be used to accelerate part of the drive beam or a trailing beam. Several issues such as the efficient transfer of energy and the stable propagation of both the drive and trailing beams in the plasma are critical to the afterburner concept. We investigate the nonlinear beam-plasma interaction in such scenario using the 3D computer modeling code QuickPIC. We will report the latest simulation results of both 50 GeV and 1 TeV plasma afterburner stages for electrons including the beam-loading of a trailing beam. Analytic analysis of hosing instability in this regime will be presented. |
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| TPAE046 | Modeling Self-Ionized Plasma Wakefield Acceleration for Afterburner Parameters Using QuickPIC | 2905 |
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Funding: DOE A plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) has been proposed as a way to double the energy of a future linear collider. This afterburner concept will require meter long uniform plasmas. For the parameters envisaged in possible afterburner stages, the self-fields of the particle beam are intense enough to tunnel ionize some neutral gases such as lithium. Tunnel ionization has been investigated as a way for the beam itself to create the plasma.* Furthermore, tunnel ionization in a neutral or partially pre-ionized gas may create new plasma electrons and alter the plasma wake.*,** Unfortunately, it is not possible to model a PWFA with afterburner parameters using the models described in Bruhwiler et al. and Deng et al. Here we describe the addition of a tunnel ionization package using the ADK model into QuickPIC, a highly efficient quasi-static particle in cell (PIC) code which can model a PWFA with afterburner parameters. There is excellent agreement between QuickPIC and OSIRIS(a full PIC code) for pre-ionized plasmas. Effects of self-ionization on hosing instability –one of the most critical issues to overcome to make an afterburner a reality – for a bunch propagating in a plasma hundreds of betatron oscillations long will be discussed. *D. L. Bruhwiler et al., Phys. Plasmas 10 (2003), p. 2022. **S. Deng et al., Phys. Rev. E, 68, 047401 (2003). |
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| TPAE057 | A Multibunch Plasma Wakefield Accelerator | 3384 |
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| We investigate a plasma wakefield acceleration scheme where a train of electron microbunches feeds into a high density plasma. When the microbunch train enters such a plasma that has a corresponding plasma wavelength equal to the microbunch separation distance, a strong wakefield is expected to be resonantly driven to an amplitude that is at least one order of magnitude higher than that using an unbunched beam. PIC simulations have been performed using the beamline parameters of the Brookhaven National Laboratory Accelerator Test Facility operating in the configuration of the STELLA inverse free electron laser (IFEL) experiment. A 65 MeV electron beam is modulated by a 10.6 um CO2 laser beam via an IFEL interaction. This produces a train of ~90 microbunches separated by the laser wavelength. In this paper, we present both a simple theoretical treatment and simulation results that demonstrate promising results for the multibunch technique as a plasma-based accelerator. | ||
| RPAE019 | Positron Source from Betatron X-Rays Emitted in a Plasma Wiggler | 1625 |
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| In the E-167 plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) experiments in the Final Focus Test Beam (FFTB) at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), an ultra-short, 28.5 GeV electron beam field ionizes a neutral column of Lithium vapor. In the underdense regime, all plasma electrons are expelled creating an ion column. The beam electrons undergo multiple betatron oscillations leading to a large flux of broadband synchrotron radiation. With a plasma density of 3x1017 cm-3, the effective focusing gradient is near 9 MT/m with critical photon energies exceeding 50 MeV for on-axis radiation. A positron source is the initial application being explored for these X-rays, as photo-production of positrons eliminates many of the thermal stress and shock wave issues associated with traditional Bremsstrahlung sources. Photo-production of positrons has been well-studied; however, the brightness of plasma X-ray sources provides certain advantages. In this paper, we present results of the simulated radiation spectra for the E-167 experiments, and compute the expected positron yield. | ||
| TPAE024 | Determination of Longitudinal Phase Space in SLAC Main Accelerator Beams | 1856 |
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| In the E164 Experiment at that Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), we seek to drive plasma wakes for electron acceleration using 28.5 GeV bunches from the main accelerator. These bunches can now be made with an RMS length of less than 20 microns, and direct measurement is not feasible. Instead, we use an indirect technique, measuring the energy spectrum at the end of the linac and comparing with detailed simulations of the entire machine. We simulate with LiTrack, a 2D code developed at SLAC which includes wakefields, synchrotron radiation and all second order optical aberrations. Understanding the longitudinal profile allows a better understanding of acceleration in the plasma wake, as well as investigation of possible destructive transverse effects. We present results from the July 2004 experimental run and show how this technique aids in data analysis. We also discuss accuracy and validation of phase space determinations. | ||
| TPAE025 | Field Ionization of Neutral Lithium Vapor using a 28.5 GeV Electron Beam | 1904 |
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| The E164/E164X plasma wakefield experiment studies beam-plasma interactions at the Stanford Linear Acceleration Center (SLAC). Due to SLAC recent ability to variably compress bunches longitudinally from 650 microns down to 20 microns, the incoming beam is sufficiently dense to field ionize the neutral Lithium vapor. The field ionization effects are characterized by the beam’s energy loss through the Lithium vapor column. Experimental results are presented. | ||
| TPAE042 | Beam Matching to a Plasma Wake Field Accelerator Using a Ramped Density Profile at the Plasma Boundary | 2702 |
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Funding: DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-92ER40727. An important aspect of plasma wake field accelerators (PWFA) is stable propagation of the drive beam. In the under dense regime, the drive beam creates an ion channel which acts on the beam as a strong thick focusing lens. The ion channel causes the beam to undergo multiple betatron oscillations along the length of the plasma. There are several advantages if the beam size can be matched to a constant radius. First, simulations have shown that instabilities such as hosing are reduced when the beam is matched. Second, synchrotron radiation losses are minimized when the beam is matched. Third, an initially matched beam will propagate with no significant change in beam size in spite of large energy loss or gain. Coupling to the plasma with a matched radius can be difficult in some cases. This paper shows how an appropriate density ramp at the plasma entrance can be useful for achieving a matched beam. Additionally, the density ramp is helpful in bringing a misaligned trailing beam onto the drive beam axis. A plasma source with boundary profiles useful for matching has been created for the PWFA experiments at SLAC. |
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| TPAE058 | Plasma Dark Current in Self-ionized Plasma Wake Field Accelerators (PWFA) | 3444 |
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| Particle trapping is investigated with experiment, theory and simulations for conditions relevant to beam driven Plasma Wake Field Accelerators. Such trapping produces plasma dark current when the wakefield aplitude is above a threshold values and may place a limit on the maximum acceleration gradient in a PWFA. Trapping and dark current are enhanced when in an ionizing plasma, that is self-ionized by the beam as well as in gradual density gradients. In the E164X conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center by a collaboration of USC, UCLA and SLAC, evidence of trapping has been observed. Here we present experimental results and a simplified analytical model of the particle trapping threshold which is compared to simulations done with an object oriented fully parallel 3-D PIC code OSIRIS. | ||
| TOPA002 | Review of Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Experiments at SLAC | |
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Funding: Department of Energy contracts DE-AC02-76SF00515 (SLAC), DE-FG03-92ER40745, DE-FG03-98DP00211, DE-FG03-92ER40727, DE-AC-0376SF0098, and National Science Foundation grants No. ECS-9632735, DMS-9722121 and PHY-0078715. In the plasma wakefield accelerator, a short relativistic-electron bunch drives a large amplitude plasma wave or wake. In experiment E-164X, we use the 28.5 GeV, ultra-short (?80 femtosecond), high peak-current (?30 kiloamperes) bunch now available at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Final Focus Test Beam facility. The head of this bunch fieldionizes a lithium vapor and excites the wake, and the tail samples the accelerating field. The latter is accomplished by setting the plasma density to match the plasma wavelength to the bunch length. After the plasma, the bunch is dispersed in energy by an imaging magnetic-spectrometer. Preliminary analysis shows that gradients in excess of 15 GeV/m are excited over a plasma length of approximately 10 cm, leading to energy gain on the order of of 1.5 GeV, or about an order of magnitude larger than energy gains reported to date. This gradient is also three orders of magnitude larger than that in the three-kilometer long Stanford linear accelerator that produces the incoming beam. These results are obtained in a new regime for beam-driven plasma accelerators in which the electron bunch creates its own plasma. The current status of the experiment as well as future plans will be discussed. |
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| ROPB004 | Effect of Lattice and Electron Distribution in Electron-Cloud Instability Simulations for the CERN SPS and LHC | 387 |
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| Several simulation codes have been adapted so as to model the single-bunch electron-cloud instability including a realistic variation of the optical functions with longitudinal position. In addition, the electron cloud is typically not uniformly distributed around the ring, as frequently assumed, but it is mainly concentrated in certain regions with specific features, e.g., regions which give rise to strong multipacting or suffer from large synchrotron radiation flux. Particularly, electrons in a dipole magnet are forced to follow the vertical field lines and, depending on the bunch intensity, they may populate two vertical stripes, symmetrically located on either side of the beam. In this paper, we present simulation results for the CERN SPS and LHC, which can be compared with measurements or analytical predictions. | ||
| ROPB007 | 3-D Parallel Simulation Model of Continuous Beam-Electron Cloud Interactions | 549 |
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| A 3D Particle-In-Cell model for continuous modeling of beam and electron cloud interaction in a circular accelerator is presented. A simple model for lattice structure, mainly the Quadruple and dipole magnets and chromaticity have been added to a plasma PIC code, QuickPIC, used extensively to model plasma wakefield acceleration concept. The code utilizes parallel processing techniques with domain decomposition in both longitudinal and transverse domains to overcome the massive computational costs of continuously modeling the beam-cloud interaction. Through parallel modeling, we have been able to simulate long-term beam propagation in the presence of electron cloud in many existing and future circular machines around the world. The exact dipole lattice structure has been added to the code and the simulation results for CERN-SPS and LHC with the new lattice structure have been studied. Also the simulation results are compared to the results from the two macro-particle modeling for strong head-tail instability. It is shown that the simple two macro-particle model can capture some of the physics involved in the beam- electron cloud interaction qualitatively. | ||
| FPAP022 | Long Time Simulation of LHC Beam Propagation in Electron Clouds | 1769 |
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| In this report we show the simulation results of single-bunch instabilities caused by interaction of a proton beam with an electron cloud for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) using the code QuickPIC [1]. We describe three new results: 1) We test the effect of the space charge of the beam on itself; 2) we add the effect of dispersion in the equation of motion in the x direction, and 3) we extend previous modeling by an order of magnitude (from 50ms to 500ms) of beam circulation time. The effect of including space charge is to change the emittance growth by less than a few percent. Including dispersion changes the plane of instability but keeps the total emittance approximately the same. The longer runs indicate that the long term growth of electron cloud instability of the LHC beam cannot be obtained by extrapolating the results of short runs. |