17–22 May 2026
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Europe/Zurich timezone

Dipole Mode Wakefields and Beam Dynamics Tracking Simulations for the UK XFEL Main Accelerating Linacs

THP2085
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC2.A06: Free Electron Lasers (FELs) Poster session

Speaker

Anthony Gilfellon (Cockcroft Institute)

Description

The baseline design for the proposed UK XFEL (United Kingdom X-ray Free Electron Laser) facility includes the main linear accelerating linacs, comprised of 613 9-cell TESLA style superconducting RF cavities, which will accelerate a 1 MHz repetition-rate electron beam comprised of 200 pC bunches up to an energy of 8 GeV. Here the wakefields and focusing lattice for the TESLA cavities are simulated and the dipole modes excited by the beam are characterised in order to calculate the transverse long-range wakes. We track the particles through 1 km under the influence of these wakefields using the PLACET code and evaluate the transverse emittance dilution and the energy spread of the electron beam. Mitigation strategies are also explored to enhance the beam quality.

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Author

Anthony Gilfellon (Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

Alan Wheelhouse (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Bruno Muratori (Science and Technology Facilities Council) Dr Peter Williams (Cockcroft Institute) Roger Jones (Cockcroft Institute, University of Manchester)

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