44th ICFA Workshop under the sponsorship of the ICFA BD Panel

X-Band RF Structure & Beam Dynamics Workshop

Monday 1^st - Thursday 4^th December 2008, Cockcroft Institute, UK

Content

The purpose of this workshop is to explore a range of RF and beam dynamics issues associated with X-band accelerators. In order to achieve high gradient, room temperature X-band structures are a natural choice. CLIC for example, is now aiming at an accelerating gradient of 100MV/m at 12 GHz. Other accelerators are already in use commercially at X-band for medical cancer treatment and for cargo scanning. It is natural to exploit synergies in these areas. This workshop will bring together researchers working on these issues in order to pool common areas of interest. Both fundamental and technological aspects of linacs and drive beams will be explored. There will be the opportunity to discuss with international experts both experimental and theoretical/simulation issues. There has already been a series of two X-band meetings focusing on breakdown phenomena and this workshop will broaden the scope to include additional aspects of the physics and technology of RF X-band accelerators.

Deadline for paper submission has been extended to 15th January

The deadline for submission to the XB08 special issue of the PRST-AB Journal
is January 31st 2009

Topics Covered (preliminary list)

CLIC and single-beam (GLC/NLC) optimization of acceleration
Novel acceleration techniques(hybrid mode, photonic band gap)
Higher performance acceleration– improved gradient predicting models, exotic input couplers, standing wave versus traveling wave structures, materials, preparation, etc
Advanced wakefield and impedance analysis/simulation in accelerating structures
Design of couplers (fundamental and HOM)
Testing capability at different labs/institutes and likely capacities and schedules
Power source and modulator options based on X-band klystron test facilities
Test-structure fabrication
Plans of labs/ institutes to actively pursue structure development, breakdown theory and experiment, etc.
Active and passive overmoded and quasi-optical components
Advanced beam diagnostic and feedback techniques (FONT, Laser wire, HOMBPM diagnostics, etc)
Drive beam deceleration, wakefield suppression, and extraction structures
Measurement and simulation of impedance (stretched wire measurement and intensive simulation techniques)
Beam dynamics issues impacting beam quality in colliders and low-energy structures
Advanced beam dynamics simulations (parallel processing, particle tracking, emittance, PIC codes, beam breakdown simulation)
Industrial linacs (including medical X-sources and cargo scanning compact linacs)
Light sources (recent proposed X-band next generation light sources)

A series of invited plenary talks will be given in addition to contributed papers. All will be required to submit a paper to the JACoW database. Publication will be timely; articles will be published as soon as they are ready with no delay waiting for other papers presented at the workshop. In addition, the XB 2008 Table of Contents and the Workshop WWW site will be updated each time a paper is published. There will also be the opportunity to submit an expanded article to the PRST-AB special issue on XB08.

Scientific Programme Committee

R.M. Jones (Chair) (CI/University of Manchester), W. Wuensch (CERN), S. Tantawi (SLAC), T. Higo (KEK), D. Schulte (CERN), S. Chattopadhyay (CI), R Carter (Lancaster University/CI)

Local Organising Committee

C. Beard (Chair), R. Carter, R. M. Jones, E. Kennedy, P. McIntosh, I. Shinton, S. Waller

Proceedings Chair

H. Owen

Secretariat

L. Fletcher, E. Kennedy, S. Waller

Further Information

Please contact the workshop administrator contact Sue Waller (s.waller@dl.ac.uk)
tel: +44(0) 1925 603212
fax: +44(0) 1925 603192

How to Find Us

The Cockcroft Institute
Daresbury Laboratory, Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus
Daresbury, Warrington WA4 4AD

Daresbury Laboratory is 5 miles south west of Warrington and 5 miles east of Runcorn, immediately to the west of the A56 near the village of Daresbury. It is located 1 mile down the A56 from junction 11 of the M56 motorway, connecting to the national motorway network via the M6 (6 miles east).

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