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Description
Plasma-based accelerators enable compact acceleration of beams to high energy and are considered a potential technology for future linear colliders. Conventional linear colliders require damping rings to generate the required beam emittance for high-energy physics applications. We propose and discuss a plasma-based linear radiation damping system that allows cooling of ultrashort bunches compatible with plasma-based accelerators, potentially removing the need for bunch compression. The ultra-high plasma accelerating gradients enable relatively compact linear damping systems, and there is a trade-off between system length and the achievable emittance reduction. Final asymptotic normalized beam emittance is shown to be independent of beam energy.
Acknowledgments
Supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
