10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
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Beam Halo Formation with Different Cathode Distributions

TUP015
12 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

1401 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814
Poster Presentation MC5 – Beam Dynamics and EM Fields TUP: Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Isurumali Neththikumara (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

Description

Beam halo refers to the low-density distribution of particles extending beyond the beam core, and its generation and mitigation are important topics in particle accelerator design. Effective mitigation of beam halo is essential for the cooler design based on Energy Recovery Linac (ERL), which must deliver an electron beam with average beam current of 100 mA and a charge 1 nC per bunch. In the ERL injector and booster linacs, space charge effects are stronger due to relatively low beam energy (6 MeV). Additionally, the longer bunch length of approximately 100 ps in this regime vs the RF period of 5.08 ns makes the formation of beam halos more likely. Therefore, effective collimation of beam halo is critical to maintaining the required beam parameters. To design an effective collimation scheme, several halo distributions were generated at the cathode and used to study halo formation within the injector-merger. This paper presents different halo distributions and halo formation, providing insights on halo collimation strategy.

Funding Agency

This work is supported by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC under U.S. DOE Contract DE-AC05-06OR23177 and Brookhaven Science Associates, LLC, Contract
DESC0012704

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Author

Isurumali Neththikumara (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility)

Co-authors

Bamunuvita Gamage (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Erdong Wang (Brookhaven National Laboratory) Kirsten Deitrick (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Nick Sereno (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Ningdong Wang (Cornell University) Robert Rimmer (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Sadiq Setiniyaz (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) Dr Todd Satogata (Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility) William Bergan (Brookhaven National Laboratory)

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