Calculation of wakefields in a 17 GHz beam-driven photonic band-gap accelerator structure

We present the theoretical analysis and computer simulation of the wakefields in a 17 GHz photonic band-gap (PBG) structure for accelerator applications. Using the commercial code CST Particle Studio, the fundamental accelerating mode and dipole modes are excited by passing an 18 MeV electron beam t...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Hu, Min, Munroe, Brian James, Shapiro, Michael, Temkin, Richard J.
Diğer Yazarlar: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Materyal Türü: Makale
Dil:en_US
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: American Physical Society 2013
Online Erişim:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78256
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-0177
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Özet:We present the theoretical analysis and computer simulation of the wakefields in a 17 GHz photonic band-gap (PBG) structure for accelerator applications. Using the commercial code CST Particle Studio, the fundamental accelerating mode and dipole modes are excited by passing an 18 MeV electron beam through a seven-cell traveling-wave PBG structure. The characteristics of the longitudinal and transverse wakefields, wake potential spectrum, dipole mode distribution, and their quality factors are calculated and analyzed theoretically. Unlike in conventional disk-loaded waveguide (DLW) structures, three dipole modes (TM[subscript 11]-like, TM[subscript 12]-like, and TM[subscript 13]-like) are excited in the PBG structure with comparable initial amplitudes. These modes are separated by less than 4 GHz in frequency and are damped quickly due to low radiative Q factors. Simulations verify that a PBG structure provides wakefield damping relative to a DLW structure. Simulations were done with both single-bunch excitation to determine the frequency spectrum of the wakefields and multibunch excitation to compare to wakefield measurements taken at MIT using a 17 GHz bunch train. These simulation results will guide the design of next-generation high-gradient accelerator PBG structures.