Author: Aulenbacher, K.
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WG2004
 The Mainz Energy Recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) -a versatile experimental arrangement based on a compact accelerator.  
 
  • K. Aulenbacher
    IKP, Mainz, Germany
  
  The purpose of MESA is to explore new experimental regimes in particle physics by using Energy-Recovery-LINAC (ERL-) technology. This allows for high luminosities (L ~ 1035 cm-2 s−1 ) on internal gas targets at low electron beam energies of ~100 MeV. The '*M*ainz *E*nergy recovering *S*uperconducting *A*ccelerator' (*MESA*) will provide a 100MeV c.w.-beam, a beam current of 10mA and a geometrical beam emittance of <50nm, the latter allowing for virtually lossless focussing through a windowless gas-target. MESA will also provide a high intensity, spin polarized external beam at 150 MeV. Beam dynamic concepts will be discussed which have the goal to satisfy the demands of ERL operations on the one hand while satisfying the extreme beam quality requirements of the external beam users on the other.  
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