Author: Variola, A.
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WEOAA01 The ThomX Project 1903
 
  • A. Variola
    LAL, Orsay, France
 
  Funding: Work supported by the EQUIPEX program, the Ile de France region, CNRS-IN2P3 and Université Paris Sud XI
ThomX is a Compton source project in the range of the hard X rays (40 / 90 keV). The machine is composed of an injector Linac and a storage ring where an electron bunch collides with a laser pulse accumulated in a Fabry-Perot resonator. The final goal is to provide an X-rays average flux of 1011/1013 ph/s. The emitted flux will be characterized by a dedicated X-ray line. Different users are partners in the ThomX project, especially in the area of medical science and cultural heritage. Their main goal will be the transfer of all the experimental techniques developed on big synchrotron rings to these more compact and flexible machines. The project ThomX has recently been funded and will be located on the Orsay University campus. In this article the project and its associated scientific interest are presented.
 
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WEPC051 Effect of Compton Scattering on the Electron Beam Dynamics at the ATF Damping Ring 2127
 
  • I. Chaikovska, C. Bruni, N. Delerue, A. Variola, Z.F. Zomer
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • K. Kubo, T. Naito, T. Omori, N. Terunuma, J. Urakawa
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
 
  Compton scattering provides one of the most promising scheme to obtain polarized positrons for the next generation of e+e colliders. Moreover it is an attractive method to produce monochromatic high energy polarized gammas for nuclear applications and X-rays for compact light sources. In this framework a four-mirror Fabry-Perot cavity has been installed at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF - KEK, Tsukuba, Japan) and will be used to produce an intense flux of polarized gamma rays by Compton scattering. For electrons at the energy of the ATF (1.28GeV) Compton scattering may result in a shorter lifetime due to the limited bucket acceptance. We have implemented the effect of Compton scattering on a 2D tracking code with a Monte-Carlo method. This code has been used to study the longitudinal dynamics of the electron beam at the ATF damping ring, in particular the evolution of the energy spread and the bunch length under Compton scattering. The results obtained are presented and discussed. Possible methods to observe the effect of Compton scattering on the ATF beam are proposed.  
 
TUPO002 High Flux Polarized Gamma Rays Production: First Measurements with a Four-mirror Cavity at the ATF 1446
 
  • N. Delerue, J. Bonis, I. Chaikovska, R. Chiche, R. Cizeron, M. Cohen, P. Cornebise, R. Flaminio, D. Jehanno, F. Labaye, M. Lacroix, Y. Peinaud, L. Pinard, V. Soskov, A. Variola, Z.F. Zomer
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • T. Akagi, S. Miyoshi
    Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
  • S. Araki, Y. Funahashi, Y. Honda, T. Omori, H. Shimizu, N. Terunuma, J. Urakawa
    KEK, Ibaraki, Japan
  • E. Cormier
    CELIA, Talence, France
  • T. Takahashi
    Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Science, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
 
  Funding: ANR, IN2P3
The next generation of e+/e- colliders will require the production of a very intense flux of gamma rays to allow polarized positrons to be produced in sufficient quantities. To demonstrate that this can be achieved a four-mirror cavity has recently been installed at the Accelerator Test Facility (ATF) at KEK to produce a high flux of polarized gamma rays by inverse Compton scattering. A four-mirror non-planar geometry is used to ensure the polarization of the gamma rays produced. The main mechanical features of the cavity are presented. A fibre amplifier is used to inject about 10W in the high finesse cavity with a gain of 1000. A digital feedback system is used to keep the cavity at the length required for the optimal power enhancement. First preliminary measurements show that on some beam crossings the interactions produce more than 25 photons with an average energy of about 24 MeV. Several upgrades currently in progress are described.
 
 
THPZ003 The SuperB Project: Accelerator Status and R&D 3684
 
  • M.E. Biagini, S. Bini, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, B. Buonomo, T. Demma, E. Di Pasquale, A. Drago, L.G. Foggetta, S. Guiducci, S.M. Liuzzo, G. Mazzitelli, L. Pellegrino, M.A. Preger, P. Raimondi, U. Rotundo, C. Sanelli, M. Serio, A. Stecchi, A. Stella, S. Tomassini, M. Zobov
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • M.A. Baylac, O. Bourrion, J.-M. De Conto, N. Monseu, C. Vescovi
    LPSC, Grenoble, France
  • K.J. Bertsche, A. Brachmann, Y. Cai, A. Chao, M.H. Donald, R.C. Field, A.S. Fisher, D. Kharakh, A. Krasnykh, K.C. Moffeit, Y. Nosochkov, A. Novokhatski, M.T.F. Pivi, J.T. Seeman, M.K. Sullivan, S.P. Weathersby, A.W. Weidemann, U. Wienands, W. Wittmer, G. Yocky
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
  • S. Bettoni
    PSI, Villigen, Switzerland
  • A.V. Bogomyagkov, I. Koop, E.B. Levichev, S.A. Nikitin, I.N. Okunev, P.A. Piminov, D.N. Shatilov, S.V. Sinyatkin, P. Vobly
    BINP SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
  • B. Bolzon, M. Esposito
    CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
  • F. Bosi
    INFN-Pisa, Pisa, Italy
  • L. Brunetti, A. Jeremie
    IN2P3-LAPP, Annecy-le-Vieux, France
  • A. Chancé
    CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • P. Fabbricatore, S. Farinon, R. Musenich
    INFN Genova, Genova, Italy
  • E. Paoloni
    University of Pisa and INFN, Pisa, Italy
  • C. Rimbault, A. Variola
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • Y. Zhang
    IHEP Beijing, Beijing, People's Republic of China
 
  The SuperB collider project has been recently approved by the Italian Government as part of the National Research Plan. SuperB is a high luminosity (1036 cm-2 s-1) asymmetric e+e collider at the Y(4S) energy. The design is based on a “large Piwinski angle and Crab Waist” scheme already successfully tested at the DAΦNE Phi-Factory in Frascati, Italy. The project combines the challenges of high luminosity colliders and state-of-the-art synchrotron light sources, with two beams (e+ at 6.7 and e- at 4.2 GeV) with extremely low emittances and small beam sizes at the Interaction Point. As unique features, the electron beam will be longitudinally polarized at the IP and the rings will be able to ramp down to collide at the tau/charm energy threshold with one tenth the luminosity. The relatively low beam currents (about 2 A) will allow for low running (power) costs compared to similar machines. The insertion of beam lines for synchrotron radiation users is the latest feature included in the design. The lattice has been recently modified to accommodate insertion devices for X-rays production. A status of the project and a description of R&D in progress will be presented.  
 
THPZ024 Updated Design of the Italian SuperB Factory Injection System 3738
 
  • S. Guiducci, M.E. Biagini, R. Boni, M.A. Preger, P. Raimondi
    INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma), Italy
  • J. Brossard, O. Dadoun, P. Lepercq, C. Rimbault, A. Variola
    LAL, Orsay, France
  • A. Chancé
    CEA, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  • J.T. Seeman
    SLAC, Menlo Park, California, USA
 
  The ultra high luminosity B-factory (SuperB) project of INFN requires a high performance and reliable injection system, providing electrons at 4 GeV and positrons at 7 GeV, to fulfill the very tight requirements of the collider. Due to the short beam lifetime, continuous injection of electrons and positrons in both HER and LER rings is necessary to keep the average luminosity at a high level. An updated version of the injection system, optimized at higher repetition frequency is presented. This scheme includes a polarized electron gun, a positron production scheme with electron/positron conversion at low energy 0.6 GeV, and a 1 GeV damping ring to reduce the injected emittance of the positron beam.