Radiative depolarization of high-energy electron beams in wakefield accelerators
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| author | Mathiak, Oliver Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Ji, Liangliang Büscher, Markus |
| author_facet | Mathiak, Oliver Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Ji, Liangliang Büscher, Markus |
| contents | The preservation of witness beam polarization in wakefield accelerators will be crucial for future collider applications. While extensive theoretical studies on the injection and initial acceleration of polarized electrons exist, a study concerning higher-energy regimes has been neglected thus far. Besides the spin precession usually considered in wakefield-related research, radiative effects could become increasingly relevant at higher energies as the witness electrons perform betatron oscillations during which they will emit photons. In the present study, we use particle-in-cell simulations extended with Monte-Carlo routines to study the influence of radiative spin-flips on beam polarization. We find that at high energies, the importance of radiative effects on beam polarization mainly comes down to the alignment of the witness beam with respect to the wakefield. |
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| spellingShingle | Radiative depolarization of high-energy electron beams in wakefield accelerators Mathiak, Oliver Reichwein, Lars Pukhov, Alexander Ji, Liangliang Büscher, Markus Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics The preservation of witness beam polarization in wakefield accelerators will be crucial for future collider applications. While extensive theoretical studies on the injection and initial acceleration of polarized electrons exist, a study concerning higher-energy regimes has been neglected thus far. Besides the spin precession usually considered in wakefield-related research, radiative effects could become increasingly relevant at higher energies as the witness electrons perform betatron oscillations during which they will emit photons. In the present study, we use particle-in-cell simulations extended with Monte-Carlo routines to study the influence of radiative spin-flips on beam polarization. We find that at high energies, the importance of radiative effects on beam polarization mainly comes down to the alignment of the witness beam with respect to the wakefield. |
| title | Radiative depolarization of high-energy electron beams in wakefield accelerators |
| topic | Plasma Physics Accelerator Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19814 |