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title:	Commissioning of a High-Brightness Photoinjector for Compton Scattering X-Ray Sources
format:	journal article
year:	2007
13 authors:	S. G. Anderson | C. P. J. Barty | D. J. Gibson | F. V. Hartemann | M. Messerly | M. Shverdin | C. W. Siders | A. M. Tremaine | H. Badakov | P. Frigola | A. Fukasawa | B. OShea | J. B. Rosenzweig
abstract:	Compton scattering of intense laser pulses with ultra- relativistic electron beams has proven to be an attractive source of high-brightness x-rays with keV to MeV ener- gies. This type of x-ray source requires the electron beam brightness to be comparable with that used in x-ray free- electron lasers and laser and plasma based advanced accel- erators. We describe the development and commissioning of a 1.6 cell RF photoinjector for use in Compton scatter- ing experiments at LLNL. Injector development issues such as RF cavity design, beam dynamics simulations, emit- tance diagnostic development, results of sputtered magne- sium photo-cathode experiments, and UV laser pulse shap- ing are discussed. Initial operation of the photoinjector is described.
keywords:	pbpl
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