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Determination of detector frequency ranges for an electron bunch length monitor for AWAKE run 2c

WEPCO08
10 Sept 2025, 16:00
2h
Courtyard, Liverpool Guild of Students

Courtyard, Liverpool Guild of Students

Liverpool Guild of Students, University of Liverpool
Poster Presentation MC05: Longitudinal Diagnostics and Synchronization WEPCO

Speaker

Jack McGunigal (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute, European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The AWAKE 150 MeV electron beamline at CERN is used to provide a witness bunch for plasma wakefield acceleration, with a bunch length shorter than the plasma wavelength to ensure efficient capture and acceleration. To accomplish this, a real-time, non-invasive bunch length monitor is essential. A monitor is being studied to calculate the RMS bunch length by measuring coherent Cherenkov diffraction radiation with 3 Schottky diodes across different frequency ranges. In this paper, we present theoretical bunch length calculations based on the polarization current approach (PCA) to determine the appropriate frequency ranges for the Schottky diodes. Results show that while higher frequencies are more sensitive to variations in bunch length, they are also influenced by the skewness of a Gaussian longitudinal bunch profile.

Funding Agency

STFC-funded studentship

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Author

Jack McGunigal (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute, European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Co-authors

Can Davut (Türkiye Enerji Nükleer ve Maden Araştırma Kurumu) Guoxing Xia (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute) Pavel Karataev (Royal Holloway University of London, John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science) Stefano Mazzoni (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Thibaut Lefevre (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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