Published November 27, 2006 | Version v1
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UCLA/FNPL Underdense Plasma Lens Experiment: Results and Analysis

Creators

  • 1. UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy, Los Angeles, California, 90095 (United States)
  • 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, 90095 (United States)
  • 3. Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois, 60510 (United States)
  • 4. University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, 14627 (United States)

Description

Focusing of a 15 MeV, 16 nC electron bunch by a gaussian underdense plasma lens operated just beyond the threshold of the underdense condition has been demonstrated. The strong 1.9 cm focal length plasma lens focused both transverse directions simultaneously and reduced the minimum area of the beam spot by a factor of 23. Analysis of the beam envelope evolution observed near the beam waist shows that the spherical aberrations of this underdense lens are lower than those of an overdense plasma lens, as predicted by theory. Time resolved measurements of the focused electron bunch are also reported and compared to simulations

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1063/1.2409184;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
877
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 561-567
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
12. advanced accelerator concepts workshop
Dates
10-15 Jul 2006
Place
Lake Geneva, WI (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38060898
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BEAM BUNCHING; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC LENSES; ELECTRON BEAMS; FOCUSING; GEOMETRICAL ABERRATIONS; MEV RANGE 10-100; SIMULATION; TIME RESOLUTION; UCLA
Descriptors DEC
BEAM DYNAMICS; BEAMS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY RANGE; LENSES; LEPTON BEAMS; MECHANICS; MEV RANGE; PARTICLE BEAMS; RESOLUTION; TIMING PROPERTIES

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(c) 2006 American Institute of Physics