ELFA (Electron Laser Facility for Acceleration) has both a fundamental and a technological novel goal: (i) the fundamental goal is to test with short bunches the existence of three different high-gain regimes at the heart of FEL physics: the already observed steady-state regime and the two novel regimes of cooperative synchrotron radiation, i.e., weak and strong superradiance; (ii) the technological goal consists in exploring the possibilities of matching the advanced technologies of high-gain FELs and of superconductive acceleration. The experimental apparatus-photocathode injector, accelerating structure with 352 MHz superconducting cavities, wiggler - is discussed with emphasis on the problems related to the very high current, I ≅ 400 A. Alternative normal-conducting acceleration schemes at 425 MHz are also discussed. The applications of ELFA should range from high-gradient particle acceleration to plasma heating and condensed matter physics.
The ELFA project: Guidelines for a high-gain FEL with short electron bunches / R. Bonifacio, I. Boscolo, F. Casagrande, G. Cerchioni, R. Corsini, A. Cucchetti, L. De Salvo Souza, D. Fadini, A. Lombardi, P. Pierini, N. Piovella. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 289:1-2(1990), pp. 1-13.
The ELFA project: Guidelines for a high-gain FEL with short electron bunches
R. Bonifacio;I. Boscolo;F. Casagrande;D. Fadini;A. Lombardi;N. Piovella
1990
Abstract
ELFA (Electron Laser Facility for Acceleration) has both a fundamental and a technological novel goal: (i) the fundamental goal is to test with short bunches the existence of three different high-gain regimes at the heart of FEL physics: the already observed steady-state regime and the two novel regimes of cooperative synchrotron radiation, i.e., weak and strong superradiance; (ii) the technological goal consists in exploring the possibilities of matching the advanced technologies of high-gain FELs and of superconductive acceleration. The experimental apparatus-photocathode injector, accelerating structure with 352 MHz superconducting cavities, wiggler - is discussed with emphasis on the problems related to the very high current, I ≅ 400 A. Alternative normal-conducting acceleration schemes at 425 MHz are also discussed. The applications of ELFA should range from high-gradient particle acceleration to plasma heating and condensed matter physics.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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