Summary report of working group 5: Beam and radiation generation, monitoring, and control

TL;DR

This report summarizes recent developments and investigations in beam and radiation generation, monitoring, and control, focusing on cathodes, electron guns, radiation sources, diagnostics, and beam dynamics discussed at the 2010 workshop.

Contribution

It provides an overview of new research and specific advancements in beam and radiation technologies from the 2010 workshop sessions.

Findings

Advances in cathode and electron gun technologies

Innovations in radiation generation methods

Enhanced beam diagnostics and control techniques

Abstract

This paper summarizes the activities and presentations of Working Group 5 of the Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop held at Annapolis, Maryland in June 2010. Working Group 5 touched on a broad range of topics in the fields of beam and radiation generation and their monitoring and control. These topics were not comprehensively covered in this Workshop, but rather the Working Group concentrated on specific new developments and recent investigations. The Working Group divided its sessions into four broad categories: cathodes and electron guns, radiation generation, beam diagnostics, and beam control and dynamics. This summary is divided into the same structure.