Wakefield effects in the beam delivery system of the ILC

In this report we calculate the effect on single bunch emittance of incoming jitter or drift, and of misalignments of the beam pipes with respect to the beam axis, both analytically and through multi-particle tracking. Finally, we discuss ways of ameliorating the wake effects in the BDS, such as by changing the metal surface and/or the beam pipe aperture.

INTRODUCTION

The main linac of the International Linear Collider (ILC) accelerates short, high peak current bunches into the Beam Delivery System (BDS) on the way to the interaction point. In the BDS wakefields, excited by the resistance of the beam pipe walls and by beam pipe transitions, will tend to degrade the emittance of the beam bunches. In this report we calculate the effect on single bunch emittance of incoming jitter or drift, and of misalignments of the beam pipes with respect to the beam axis, both analytically and through multi-particle tracking. Finally, we discuss ways of ameliorating the wake effects in the BDS, such as by changing the metal surface and/or the beam pipe aperture.