Effects of beam-tube roughness on x-ray free electron laser performance

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In an x-ray free electron laser like the Linear Coherent Light Source being designed at SLAC, electron bunches about 70 μm FWHM long are sent into a beam tube only 5 mm in internal diameter and more than 100 m in length. Because of the surface roughness of the beam tube, wakefields can be generated that catch up to the bunch and interact with it, causing energy spread and emittance growth. The strength of this effect depends on the details of the roughness of the surface. We present here a study in which the roughness of the beam tube was measured and the longitudinal impedance of the tube was calculated. Our result shows that a commercially available beam tube can be made smooth enough so the resulting wakefield effects are within the tolerance determined by the requirement that the induced relative energy spread of the beam be less than 5 × 10-4. © 1999 The American Physical Society.

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Stupakov, G., Thomson, R. E., Walz, D., & Carr, R. (1999). Effects of beam-tube roughness on x-ray free electron laser performance. Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams, 2(6), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevstab.2.060701

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