Application Of Induction Module For Energy perturbations in The University of Maryland Electron Ring

Abstract

The University of Maryland Electron Ring (UMER) is a scaled storage ring using low-energy electrons to inexpensively model beams with high space-charge. With the ability to inject such beams comes the problem of longitudinal end erosion of both the head and tail. It is important therefore to apply suitably designed longitudinal focusing forces to confine the beam and prevent it from its normal expansion. This paper presents the design and prototyping of an induction cell for this purpose. Successful operation of the induction cell would push the achievable number of turns and also enable us to perform studies of the longitudinal physics of such highly space-charge dominated beams. The pulsed voltage requirements for such a system on UMER would require ear-fields that switch 3 kV in about 8 ns or so for the most intense flat-top rectangular beam injected into the ring. This places a considerable challenge on the electronics used to deliver ideal waveforms with a compact module. Alternate waveforms are also being explored for other various injected beam shapes into UMER.