10–15 Aug 2025
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
America/Los_Angeles timezone

Simulations of CSR and LSC induced microbunching in the presence of a laser heater

TUP086
12 Aug 2025, 16:00
2h
Ballroom A (SAFE Credit Union Convention Center)

Ballroom A

SAFE Credit Union Convention Center

Poster Presentation MC5 – Beam Dynamics and EM Fields Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Sergei Kladov (University of Chicago)

Description

We present a study of microbunching instability in the FACET-II linac, in which the amplification and damping mechanisms are analyzed separately. Our simulations investigate the gain induced by Longitudinal Space Charge (LSC) and, critically, the damping caused by nonlinear terms in the beam transport transfer map. We show theoretically and through simulation that these nonlinear effects can produce damping several orders of magnitude stronger than predicted by linear theory.

Experimental evidence validates these findings. A quadrupole scan performed in the FACET-II dogleg reveals that an interaction between coherent betatron oscillations and transfer map nonlinearities shifts the point of minimal damping away from the expected linear condition of $R_{51}=0$. The strong agreement between our simulations and the experimental data demonstrate that a thorough understanding of nonlinear dynamics is essential for high-brightness beam transport.

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Author

Sergei Kladov (University of Chicago)

Co-authors

Claudio Emma (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Spencer Gessner (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory) Young-Kee Kim (University of Chicago) Zhirong Huang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

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