SLAC, Menlo Park, California
IUCF, Bloomington, Indiana
BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York
The Orbit Response Matrix (ORM) has been successfully used extensively in accelerator modeling. However, in many cases, the existing codes can not find a correct model. We develop a new code that solve the convergence and coupling problems. We test our code by carrying out systematic study of accelerator models. Effects measurement errors and the completeness of information will be addressed in this study. Possible inclusion of phase information will be discussed.
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
DESY, Hamburg
LBNL, Berkeley, California
The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is a SASE x-ray free-electron laser project presently under construction at SLAC. The injector section from RF photocathode gun through the first bunch compressor chicane was installed during the Fall of 2006. The first bunch compressor chicane is located at 250 MeV and nominally compresses a 1-nC electron bunch from an rms length of about 1 mm to 0.2 mm. The degree of compression is highly adjustable using RF phasing and also chicane magnetic field variations. Transverse phase space and bunch length diagnostics are located immediately after the chicane. We present measurements and simulations of the longitudinal and transverse phase space after the chicane in various beam conditions, including extreme compression where coherent radiation effects are expected to be striking.