Start-End Simulations for the LCLS X-Ray Free-Electron Laser
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The LCLS Free-Electron Lasers operates in the wavelength range of 1.5 15 Angstrom, using an electron beam with an energy between 4.5 and 14.5 GeV. The generation of the electron beam, the preservation of its brightness during acceleration and compression, and the amplification of the spontaneous radiation within the FEL can only be described by a consistent set of simulation codes. We present the change in the FEL performance with respect to the LCLS design case, when various effects are included, altering the electron beam distribution and motion (e.g. wake fields, CSR, magnet misalignment or field errors of the undulator field). To distinguish the individual contribution of each effect, multiple start-end simulations are performed, including step by step additional effects and, thus, approaching a more and more realistic model of the LCLS FEL.
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