Simulation of RF Thermionic Gun
- Received Date: 1900-01-01
- Accepted Date: 1900-01-01
- Available Online: 1996-04-05
Abstract: The beam dynamics in RF thermionic guns is studied using simulation method in this paper.A RF thermionic gun simulation code is compiled.It is a versatile multiparticle trace code,besides use for RF thermionic guns,capable of simulations of photocathode RF guns and standing wave accelerators.During our simulation,the Schottky effect and beam load effect are calculated using iterative method, and space charge effect is treated at every time step by splitting the electron bunch into discs of variable radii and considering the mirror effect of the cathode surface.The dynamics calculations are done in a rectangular coordinate system(x, y, z),so that dis-axisymmetrical fields, such as the quadrupole components of RF fields of the coupling slots, can be taken into account.Our simulation results have been compared with those of PARMELA and experiments of BFEL laboratory,showing very good agreement with each other.