Suppression of Space Charge Induced Beam Halo in Nonlinear Focusing Channel

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel nonlinear focusing method that suppresses space charge-induced beam halo and emittance growth, improving beam transport efficiency in particle accelerators.

Contribution

It introduces a self-consistent approach for matched non-uniform beams in nonlinear focusing channels, demonstrating phase space conservation and halo suppression.

Findings

Analytical proof of distribution function conservation

Particle-in-cell simulations confirm halo suppression

Reduced emittance growth in nonlinear focusing channels

Abstract

An intense non-uniform particle beam exhibits strong emittance growth and halo formation in focusing channels due to nonlinear space charge forces of the beam. This phenomenon limits beam brightness and results in particle losses. The problem is connected with irreversible distortion of phase space volume of the beam in conventional focusing structures due to filamentation in phase space. Emittance growth is accompanied by halo formation in real space, which results in inevitable particle losses. A new approach for solving a self-consistent problem for a matched non-uniform beam in two-dimensional geometry is discussed. The resulting solution is applied to the problem of beam transport, while avoiding emittance growth and halo formation by the use of nonlinear focusing field. Conservation of a beam distribution function is demonstrated analytically and by particle-in-cell simulation for a beam with a realistic beam distribution.