Compact Electron Linac

People: Valery Dolgashev

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My fourth project at SLAC was to develop the initial one-dimensional theoretical model for an electron accelerator. Valery took me on as his student for several months as we developed the model.

We were given a top-level specification for the beam, and everything else was left to us as indeterminate paramter space. Thus, we needed to explore multiple possibilities for the design.

Valery went on to finish the 3D simulations and built the linac successfully.