Optimization of Magnetic Chicane for Maximum Electron Beam Compression

Authors

Nathan W. Ray, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Vida-Michelle Nixon, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Matthias Fuchs, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

Spring 2018

Document Type

Poster

Citation

Nathan Ray, Vida-Michelle Nixon, and Matthias Fuchs, Optimization of Magnetic Chicane for Maximum Electron Beam Compression, UCARE Poster Presentation, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 2018.

Comments

Copyright (c) 2018 Nathan Ray, Vida-Michelle Nixon, & Matthias Fuchs.

Abstract

Research concerned with optimizing a negatively chirped, relativistic, short electron beam using General Particle Tracer (GPT). The GPT simulations have the ability to include realistic beam effects such as space charge, fringe fields and emittance. A series of electron beam energy spreads were simulated through several different iterations of dipole magnets and, utilizing GPT's optimization ability, the most consistent set of parameters was selected and displayed on the poster. With our presented iteration of parameters we noted a 89.5% compression of the electron beam along the propagating axis.