Author: Robin, D.
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TUPPP071 Design Concepts of a Beam Spreader for a Next Generation Free Electron Laser 1765
 
  • M. Placidi, P. Emma, J.-Y. Jung, G.C. Pappas, D. Robin, C. Sun, W. Wan
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  LBNL is developing design concepts for a multi-beamline soft x-ray FEL array powered by a superconducting linear accelerator, operating with a high bunch repetition rate of approximately one MHz. Electron bunches are distributed from the linac to the array (up to 10) independently configurable FEL beamlines with nominal bunch rates up to 100 kHz in each FEL, and with even pulse spacing. This distribution to the different FELs is made by the beam spreader for which the design has to relative compact while not significantly perturbing the quality of the electron beam and subsequent performance of the FELs. We report on our conceptual design for the spreader. The spreader lattice has two distinct parts, namely the beam take-off section and the FEL fan-out distributions section. Each section is achromatic and isochronous. The effect of coherent synchrotron radiation and micro-bunching has been studied when passing through the spreader and simulations show no significant deterioration in the beam quality.  
 
TUPPP037 Status of the ALS Brightness Upgrade 1692
 
  • C. Steier, B.J. Bailey, A. Biocca, A.T. Black, D. Colomb, N. Li, A. Madur, S. Marks, H. Nishimura, G.C. Pappas, S. Prestemon, D. Robin, S.L. Rossi, T. Scarvie, D. Schlueter, C. Sun, W. Wan
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
The Advanced Light Source (ALS) at Berkeley Lab while one of the earliest 3rd generation light sources remains one of the brightest sources for sof x-rays. Another multiyear upgrade of the ALS is currently under way, which includes new and replacement x-ray beamlines, a replacement of many of the original insertion devices and many upgrades to the accelerator. The accelerator upgrade that affects the ALS performance most directly is the ALS brightness upgrade, which will reduce the horizontal emittance from 6.3 to 2.2 nm (2.6 nm effective). This will result in a brightness increase by a factor of three for bendmagnet beamlines and at least a factor of two for insertion device beamlines. Magnets for this upgrade are currently under production and will be installed later this year.
 
 
TUPPP070 Next Generation Light Source R&D and Design Studies at LBNL 1762
 
  • J.N. Corlett, B. Austin, K.M. Baptiste, D.L. Bowring, J.M. Byrd, S. De Santis, P. Denes, R.J. Donahue, L.R. Doolittle, P. Emma, D. Filippetto, G. Huang, T. Koettig, S. Kwiatkowski, D. Li, T.P. Lou, H. Nishimura, H.A. Padmore, C. F. Papadopoulos, G.C. Pappas, G. Penn, M. Placidi, S. Prestemon, D. Prosnitz, J. Qiang, A. Ratti, M.W. Reinsch, D. Robin, F. Sannibale, D. Schlueter, R.W. Schoenlein, J.W. Staples, C. Steier, C. Sun, T. Vecchione, M. Venturini, W. Wan, R.P. Wells, R.B. Wilcox, J.S. Wurtele
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Funding: Work supported by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.
LBNL is developing design concepts for a multi-beamline soft x-ray FEL array powered by a superconducting linear accelerator, operating with a high bunch repetition rate of approximately one MHz. The cw superconducting linear accelerator is supplied by an injector based on a high-brightness, high-repetition-rate photocathode electron gun. Electron bunches are distributed from the linac to the array of independently configurable FEL beamlines with nominal bunch rates up to 100 kHz in each FEL, and with even pulse spacing. Individual FELs may be configured for different modes of operation, and each may produce high peak and average brightness x-rays with a flexible pulse format, and with pulse durations ranging from sub-femtoseconds to hundreds of femtoseconds. In this paper we describe conceptual design studies and optimizations. We describe recent developments in the design and performance parameters, and progress in R&D activities.
 
 
THPPR054 Progress in the Design of a Curved Superconducting Dipole for a Therapy Gantry 4097
 
  • S. Caspi, D. Arbelaez, L.N. Brouwer, D.R. Dietderich, R.R. Hafalia, D. Robin, A. Sessler, C. Sun, W. Wan
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  A curved superconducting magnet for a carbon therapy gantry requires a large bore and a field around 5T. The design reduces the gantry’s size and weight and makes it more comparable with gantries used for proton therapy. In this paper we report on a combined function superconducting dipole magnet that is half the size needed for carbon gantry and is about the size of a proton gantry. The half scale, with a 130 mm bore diameter that is curved 90 degrees at a radius of 634 mm, superimposes two layers of oppositely wound and skewed solenoids that are energized in a way that nulls the solenoid field and doubles the dipole field. Furthermore, the combined architecture of the windings can create a selection of field terms that are off the near-pure dipole field. In this paper we report on the design of a two layers curved coil and the production of the winding mandrel. Some details on the magnet assembly are included.  
 
THPPR055 Compact Gantry with Large Momentum Acceptance 4100
 
  • W. Wan, D. Robin, A. Sessler, C. Sun
    LBNL, Berkeley, California, USA
 
  Rotatable Ion Beam Cancer Therapy (IBCT) delivery systems or gantries are the largest features in an ion beam therapy facility. They weight 100+ tons and require large (~3 story) heavily shielded rooms to house them. Reducing the size of ion beam gantries using high field One disadvantage of superconducting magnets is the difficulty of changing the fields quickly in order to adjust the beam momentum to scan the depth of penetration. In this paper we present a design of a gantry consisting of many combined function superconducting magnets that have a large enough momentum acceptance (> pm 10%) such that the magnets do not need to be changed while changing the beam energy.