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An Innovative Photon-Driven Subcritical Reactor Concept Powered by Synchrotron Radiation Source
Antonio Cammi, Lorenzo Loi, Andrea Missaglia +2
This paper introduces the conceptual design of a Photon Driven Reactor (PDR), an innovative subcritical reactor designed for energy generation driven by a synchrotron radiation. Th…
Femtosecond-Scale MeV-UED Beamline Using a Stand-Alone Multi-Cell RF Photogun
Thomas Geoffrey Lucas, Paolo Craievich, David Alesini +11
The temporal resolution of MeV ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) is fundamentally constrained by the electron bunch length at the sample, motivating the development of new elect…
DAΦNE -2023/24 Activity report
C. Milardi, D. Alesini, M. Behtouei +27
The DAΦNE operations during the last year have been devoted to deliver a statistically significant data sample to perform the first-ever measurement of kaonic deuterium X-ray trans…
TEX (TEst stand for X-band) at LNF
C. Di Giulio, F. Cardelli, S. Pioli +27
TEX facility if commissioned for high power testing to characterize accelerating structures and validate them for the operation on future particle accelerators for medical, industr…
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Status Update
Fabio Villa
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB is a new multi-disciplinary user-facility that is currently under construction at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati of the INFN in the framework of the EuPRAX…
Design, optimization and experimental characterization of RF injectors for high brightness electron beams and plasma acceleration
V. Shpakov, D. Alesini, M. P. Anania +30
In this article, we share our experience related to the new photo-injector commissioning at the SPARC\_LAB test facility. The new photo-injector was installed into an existing mach…
STAR HE-Linac Complete Detailed Design Report
A. Bacci, L. Faillace, L. Pellegrino +18
This Document contains a complete technical description of the system devoted to the upgrade of the STAR Linear Accelerator (STAR Linac). According to the Contract signed between U…
Linac
David Alesini
A linac (linear accelerator) is a system that allows to accelerate charged particles through a linear trajectory by electromagnetic fields. This kind of accelerator finds several a…
Energy spread minimization in a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator
R. Pompili, M. P. Anania, M. Behtouei +26
Next-generation plasma-based accelerators can push electron bunches to gigaelectronvolt energies within centimetre distances. The plasma, excited by a driver pulse, generates large…
Positron driven muon source for a muon collider
D. Alesini, M. Antonelli, M. E. Biagini +55
The design of a future multi-TeV muon collider needs new ideas to overcome the technological challenges related to muon production, cooling, accumulation and acceleration. In this…
Low power commissioning of an innovative laser beam circulator for inverse Compton scattering Gamma-ray source
Cheikh Fall Ndiaye, Kevin Cassou, Patrick Cornebise +24
We report on the optical commissioning of the high power laser beam circulator (LBC) for the high brightness Compton γ-ray source Extreme Light Infrastructure for Nuclear Physics.…
Conceptual design of electron beam diagnostics for high brightness plasma accelerator
A. Cianchi, D. Alesini, M. P. Anania +17
A design study of the diagnostics of a high brightness linac, based on X-band structures, and a plasma accelerator stage, has been delivered in the framework of the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_…
EUPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: Beam Dynamics studies for the X-band Linac
C. Vaccarezza, D. Alesini, A. Bacci +16
In the framework of the Eupraxia Design Study an advanced accelerator facility EUPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB has been proposed to be realized at Frascati (Italy) Laboratories of INFN. Two adv…
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF
M. Ferrario, D. Alesini, M. P. Anania +117
On the wake of the results obtained so far at the SPARC\_LAB test-facility at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Italy), we are currently investigating the possibility to design…
Ultra-High Brightness Electron Beams from Very-High Field Cryogenic Radio-frequency Photocathode Sources
J. B. Rosenzweig, A. Cahill, B. Carlsten +16
Recent investigations of RF copper structures operated at cryogenic temperatures performed by a SLAC-UCLA collaboration have shown a dramatic increase in the maximum surface electr…
Nano-machining, surface analysis and emittance measurements of a copper photocathode at SPARC_LAB
J. Scifo, D. Alesini, M. P. Anania +25
R\&D activity on Cu photocathodes is under development at the SPARC\_LAB test facility to fully characterize each stage of the photocathode "life" and to have a complete overview o…
Preliminary RF design of an X-band linac for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project
M. Diomede, D. Alesini, M. Bellaveglia +14
In the framework of the upgrade of the SPARC_LAB facility at INFN-LNF, named EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB, a high gradient linac is foreseen. One of the most suitable options is to realize i…
Direct measurement of sub-10 fs relativistic electron beams with ultralow emittance
Jared Maxson, David Cesar, Giacomo Calmasini +3
Ultralow emittance ( nm, normalized) electron beams with electrons per bunch are obtained by tightly focusing an ultrafast ( 100 fs) laser pulse on the cathode…
Demonstration of single-shot picosecond time-resolved MeV electron imaging using a compact permanent magnet quadrupole based lens
D. Cesar, J. Maxson, P. Musumeci +7
We present the results of an experiment where a short focal length (~ 1.3 cm) permanent magnet electron lens is used to image micron-size features of a metal sample in a single sho…
DAFNE Consolidation Program and Operation with the KLOE-2 Detector
Catia Milardi, David Alesini, Maria Enrica Biagini +27
After a long preparatory phase, including a wide hardware consolidation program, the Italian lepton collider DAFNE, is now systematically delivering data to the KLOE-2 experiment.…
Technical Design Report EuroGammaS proposal for the ELI-NP Gamma beam System
O. Adriani, S. Albergo, D. Alesini +106
The machine described in this document is an advanced Source of up to 20 MeV Gamma Rays based on Compton back-scattering, i.e. collision of an intense high power laser beam and a h…
Daϕne gamma-rays factory
D. Alesini, I. Chaikovska, A. Variola +4
Gamma sources with high flux and spectral densities are the main requirements for new nuclear physics experiments to be performed in several worldwide laboratories and envisaged in…
TE Wave Measurement and Modeling
John P. Sikora, Robert M. Schwartz, Kiran G. Sonnad +2
In the TE wave method, microwaves are coupled into the beam-pipe and the effect of the electron cloud on these microwaves is measured. An electron cloud (EC) density can then be ca…
Operating experience with electron cloud clearing electrodes at DAFNE
M. Zobov, D. Alesini, A. Drago +7
During the current run of an electron-positron collider DAFNE special electrodes for electron cloud suppression have been inserted in all dipole and wiggler magnets of the positron…