Longitudinal Beam Dynamics Studies at CTF3 And Pulse Compressor Controlling

The aim of the CLIC Test Facility CTF3, built at CERN by an international collaboration, is to address the main feasibility issues of the CLIC electron-positron linear collider technology by 2010. One key-issue studied at CTF3 is the generation of the very high current drive beam, used in CLIC as the RF power source. It is particularly important to simulate and control the drive beam longitudinal dynamics in the drive beam generation complex, since it directly affects the efficiency and stability of the RF power production process. In this thesis how to use pulse compressors to achieve a high RF power in the drive beam accelerator is discussed. We also describe the ongoing effort in modelling the longitudinal evolution of the CTF3 drive beam and compare the simulations with experimental results. Our study is based on the single bunch simulation.