I Design of an Electron Beam Spectral Modification System*

We report the design of a spectral modification system (SMS) for use with the proposed NEAL linac-pulse stretcher ring, cw electron beam facility. The SMS allows tailoring of the energy distribution of electrons in beams produced by a pulsed linac operating in the transient beam loading (TBL) regime. Modification of the energy distribution of electrons injected into the pulse stretcher ring will increase the duty factor of current extracted from the ring and improve the efficiency of the extraction process. Physically, the SMS consists of an anisochronous, achromatic magnetic lattice followed by a pair of travelingwave accelerating sections. For beams in the energy range of 500 MeV to 4 GeV, TBL ripple on the energy envelope of microsecond long beam spills is expected to be reduced from 1% peak-peak to less than 0.01% while the desired width of the energy profile due to the phase extent of the microbunches in the beam spill is preserved.