BXERL photo-injector based on a 217 MHz normal conducting RF gun

• Published in: Chinese physics C Vol. 35; no. 9; pp. 865 - 869
• Main Authors: Liu, Sheng-Guang (圣广 刘), Huang, Tong-Ming (彤明 黄), Xu, Jin-Qiang (金强 徐)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IOP Publishing 01.09.2011
• Subjects: Beams (radiation); Conduction; Direct current; Dynamics; Holes; Injectors; Radio frequencies; Test facilities; 优化设计; 喷油器; 微波电子枪; 测试设备; 照片; 电子束能量; 直线加速器; 能量回收
• DOI: 10.1088/1674-1137/35/9/015
• ISSN: 1674-1137

The Beijing X-ray Energy Recovery Linac （BXERL） test facility is proposed in Institute of High Physics （IHEP）. In this proposal, the main linac requires the injector to provide an electron beam with 5 MeV energy and 10 mA average current. An injector based on DC gun technology is the first candidate electron source for BXERL. However, the field emission in the DC gun cavity makes it much more difficult to increase the high voltage to more than 500 kV. Another technology based on a 217 MHz normal conducting RF gun is proposed as the backup injector for this test facility. We have designed this RF gun with 2D SUPERFISH code and 3D MICROWAVE STUDIO code. In this paper, we present the optimized design of the gun cavity, the gun RF parameters and the set-up of the whole injector system. The detailed beam dynamics have been done and the simulation results show that the injector can generate electron bunches with RMS normalized emittance 1.0 7πmm-mrad, bunch length 0.77 mm, beam energy 5.0 MeV and energy spread 0.60%.