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| THP163 | Pre-Conceptual Design Requirements for an X-Ray Free Electron Laser for the MaRIE Experimental Facility at LANL | 2417 |
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Funding: Work performed under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Energy, under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. The MaRIE (Matter-Radiation Interactions in Extremes) experimental facility will be used to advance materials science by providing the tools scientists need to develop materials that will perform predictably and on demand for currently unattainable lifetimes in extreme environments. The MaRIE facilities, the Multi-Probe Diagnostic Hall (MPDH), the Fission and Fusion Materials Facility (F3), and the Making, Measuring, and Modeling Materials (M4) Facility will each have experimental needs for one or more high-energy X-ray beam probes. MPDH will also require access to an electron beam probe. These probe beams can be created using a 20-GeV electron linac, both to serve as a source of electrons and as a driver for a set of up to five X-ray undulators for the high-energy X-rays. Because of space considerations at the facility, a high-gradient design is being investigated that will use a normal-conducting linac and X-band RF systems. Experimental requirements are also calling for relatively long pulse lengths, as well as interleaving high- and low-charge electron bunches. This paper will provide an overview of how an XFEL would address the scientific requirements for MaRIE. |
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