Photoelectron beams from the UCLA rf gun
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A high brightness, low emittance photocathode rf gun is starting operation at UCLA as an injector to a 20 MeV linac. This linac will initially be used to drive FELs, plasma wakefield accelerators, and to test plasma lenses. The gun is a 1 89 cell ~r-mode standing wave structure running at 2.856 GHz, and has a copper photocathode. In the initial commissioning of the gun, photoelectron beams of up to 2.5 nC at 4.5 MeV have been produced. We report on the current status of the system, experimental data taken with 50 ps UV laser pulses, and plans for the future.
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