Author: Beavis, D.R.
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THP006 Status of High Current R&D Energy Recovery Linac at Brookhaven National Laboratory 2148
 
  • D. Kayran, Z. Altinbas, D.R. Beavis, I. Ben-Zvi, R. Calaga, D.M. Gassner, H. Hahn, L.R. Hammons, A.K. Jain, J.P. Jamilkowski, N. Laloudakis, R.F. Lambiase, D.L. Lederle, V. Litvinenko, G.J. Mahler, G.T. McIntyre, W. Meng, B. Oerter, D. Pate, D. Phillips, J. Reich, T. Roser, C. Schultheiss, B. Sheehy, T. Srinivasan-Rao, R. Than, J.E. Tuozzolo, D. Weiss, W. Xu, A. Zaltsman
    BNL, Upton, Long Island, New York, USA
 
  An ampere-class 20 MeV superconducting energy recovery linac (ERL) is under construction at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) for testing of concepts relevant for high-energy coherent electron cooling and electron-ion colliders. One of the goals is to demonstrate an electron beam with high charge per bunch (~5 nC) and low normalized emittance (~5 mm-mrad) at an energy of 20 MeV. A flexible lattice for the ERL loop provides a test bed for investigating issues of transverse and longitudinal instabilities and diagnostics for CW beam. A superconducting 703 MHz RF photo-injector is considered as an electron source for such a facility. We will start with a straight pass (gun/cavity/beam stop) test for gun performance studies. Later, we will install and test a novel injection line concept for emittance preservation in a lower-energy merger. Here we present the status and our plans for construction and commissioning of this facility.