Modified Betatron Accelerator Studies.
Abstract
Results of an extensive study of the modified betatron accelerators are reported. The topics are beam injection, equilibrium and stability. Three-dimensional particle simulations of injections were performed. The results show good agreement with theory. Various types of equilibria were studied using two dimensional simulations. Results are compared to the calculations of Finn and Manheimer. Beam stability is investigated using a combination of analytic and numerical techniques. Growth rates of the negative mass, resistive wall, beam breakup, and image displacement instabilities are calculated. A new theory of the negative mass instability, keeping toroidal corrections to Maxwell's equations, is derived. Good agreement between theory and simulations is obtained. The negative mass instability is shown to be the dominant instability. Simulations show that it can disrupt the beam in a time of order one microsecond. Stabilization may require a beam of large minor radius. Work on the other instabilities show that measures can be taken to make their effect negligible. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA137508
Entities
People
- B. B. Godfrey
- M. M. Campbell
- T. P. Hughes