2011/08/23 by Jonathan Gratus, Gratus, Jonathan, Michael R. Ferris +1
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #Particle accelerators and beam dynamics #physics.acc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1108.4625
12 pages, 5 figures
arxiv created 2011/08/23 · arxiv updated 2011/08/24
A method of significantly reducing wakefields generated at collimators is proposed, in which the path of a beam is slightly bent before collimation. This is applicable for short bunches and can reduce the wakefields by a factor of around 7 for present day free electron lasers and future colliders.