Mitigation of Space-Charge-Driven Resonance and Instability in High-Intensity Linear Accelerators via Beam Spinning

TL;DR

This paper proposes using spinning beams in high-intensity linear accelerators to suppress resonance effects and overcome fundamental stability limits, enabling higher beam intensities.

Contribution

The study introduces a novel beam spinning technique that mitigates space-charge-driven resonances, extending operational stability beyond traditional limits.

Findings

Spinning beams suppress fourth-order resonance effects.

Spinning beams reduce envelope instability.

Enhanced stability allows higher current operation.

Abstract

For modern high-intensity linear accelerators, the well-known envelope instability and recently reported fourth-order particle resonance impose a fundamental operational limit (i.e., zero-current phase advance should be less than 90 deg). Motivated by the stability of spinning flying objects, we propose a novel approach of using spinning beams to surpass this limit. We discovered that spinning beams have an intrinsic characteristic that can suppress the impact of the fourth-order resonance on emittance growth and the associated envelope instability.