Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 5, 020101 (2002) [8 pages]

Ion tracking in photocathode rf guns

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John W. Lewellen
Advanced Proton Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

Received 20 September 2001; published 19 February 2002

Projected next-generation linac-based light sources, such as PERL or the TESLA free-electron laser, generally assume, as essential components of their injector complexes, long-pulse photocathode rf electron guns. These guns, due to their design rf pulse durations of many milliseconds to continuous wave, may be more susceptible to ion bombardment damage of their cathodes than conventional rf guns, which typically use rf pulses of microsecond duration. This paper explores this possibility in terms of ion propagation within the gun, and presents a basis for future study of the subject.


©2002 The American Physical Society

URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRSTAB/v5/e020101
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.5.020101
PACS: 41.75.Ht, 41.75.Fr, 29.25.Bx

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