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Superconducting Linac) machine [27]. Most recently, in 2004 beam breakup was<br />
observed for the first time in an ERL at the Jefferson Laboratory FEL Upgrade<br />
Driver [28].<br />
1.5 Outline<br />
The majority of the proposed applications for ERLs require an order of mag-<br />
nitude higher average beam current and/or an order of magnitude higher beam<br />
energy than has currently been demonstrated. Making these extrapolations raises<br />
many unanswered questions. The aim of this dissertation is to address issues with<br />
respect to both beam energy and average beam current.<br />
Chapter 2 describes an experiment that successfully energy recovered the beam<br />
in the CEBAF accelerator. By doing so, issues related to the energy recovery of a<br />
high energy beam and the preservation of beam quality of two co-propagating beams<br />
through a large-scale transport channel were addressed. In addition, operation with<br />
a lowered injection energy was demonstrated, thereby showing the viability of a high<br />
maximum-to-injector energy ratio (Emax/Einj) of 51:1.<br />
The remaining chapters are dedicated to studying the effects of high average<br />
current, specifically the multipass beam breakup instability, in Jefferson Labora-<br />
tory’s ERL-based FEL Upgrade Driver. Chapter 3 provides an overview of the<br />
Driver. The Upgrade’s predecessor, the IR FEL Demo, set the standard for ERL<br />
light sources by achieving a world-record (at the time) 2 kW of average laser power<br />
while also serving as a user facility. With the 10 kW FEL Upgrade, the frontier of<br />
energy recovering linacs continues to expand. Currently, the Upgrade Driver is the<br />
most substantial demonstration of energy recovery in the world, having recovered<br />
in excess of 1 MW of beam power.<br />
Chapter 4 derives an analytic model for BBU. Although relatively simple, the<br />
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