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Phys. Rev. E 69, 036501 (2004) [5 pages]

Saturation and electron-beam lifetime in a storage ring free-electron laser

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R. Bartolini1, G. Dattoli1, L. Giannessi1, L. Mezi1, A. Renieri1, M. Migliorati2, C. Bruni3,4, M. E. Couprie3,4, D. Garzella3,4, and G. Orlandi3,4
1ENEA, Unità Tecnico Scientifica Tecnologie Fisiche Avanzate, Centro Ricerche Frascati, Casella Postale, 65-00044 Frascati, Rome, Italy
2Dipartimento di Energetica, Università di Roma, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
3CEA, Service de Photons, Atomes, et Molécules, Bâtiment 522, 91 191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
4LURE, Université Paris–Sud, Bâtiment 209D, 91 898 Boîte Postale 34, Paris, France

Received 23 May 2003; published 4 March 2004

We present a phenomenological treatment of free-electron laser storage ring saturation dynamics. The model includes longitudinal instabilities, Touschek intrabeam scattering, and nonzero off-energy-function contributions. The model predictions are compared with Super ACO experimental results and the agreement is shown to be satisfactory.

© 2004 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036501
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.69.036501
PACS:
29.20.Dh, 42.55.Tv