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| MOPKF042 |
Status of the SPARC Project
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- M. Ferrario, D. Alesini, M. Bellaveglia, S. Bertolucci, M.E. Biagini, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, M. Castellano, A. Clozza, G. Di Pirro, A. Drago, A. Esposito, D. Filippetto, V. Fusco, A. Gallo, A. Ghigo, S. Guiducci, M. Incurvati, C. Ligi, F. Marcellini, L. Pellegrino, M.A. Preger, R. Ricci, C. Sanelli, M. Serio, F. Sgamma, B. Spataro, A. Stecchi, A. Stella, F. Tazzioli, C. Vaccarezza, M. Vescovi, C. Vicario
INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
- F. Alessandria, A. Bacci, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- I. Boscolo, F. Brogli, S. Cialdi, C. De Martinis, D. Giove, C. Maroli, V. Petrillo, M. Romé, L. Serafini
INFN-Milano, Milano
- L. Catani, E.C. Chiadroni, A. Cianchi, S. Tazzari
Università di Roma II Tor Vergata, Roma
- F. Ciocci, G. Dattoli, A. Doria, F. Flora, G.P. Gallerano, L. Giannessi, E. Giovenale, G. Messina, L. Mezi, P.L. Ottaviani, L. Picardi, M. Quattromini, A. Renieri, C. Ronsivalle
ENEA C.R. Frascati, Frascati (Roma)
- D. Dowell, P. Emma, C. Limborg-Deprey, D. Palmer
SLAC, Menlo Park, California
- D. Levi, M. Mattioli, G. Medici
Università di Roma I La Sapienza, Roma
- M. Migliorati, A. Mostacci, L. Palumbo
Rome University La Sapienza, Roma
- P. Musumeci, J. Rosenzweig
UCLA, Los Angeles, California
- M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, S. de Silvestri
Politecnico/Milano, Milano
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The aim of the SPARC project is to promote an R&D activity oriented to the development of a high brightness photoinjector to drive SASE-FEL experiments at 500 nm and higher harmonics generation. It has been proposed by a collaboration among ENEA-INFN-CNR-Universita‘ di Roma Tor Vergata-INFM-ST and funded by the Italian Government with a 3 year time schedule. The machine will be installed at LNF, inside an existing underground bunker. It is comprised of an rf gun driven by a Ti:Sa laser to produce 10-ps flat top pulses on the photocathode, injecting into three SLAC accelerating sections. We foresee conducting investigations on the emittance correction and on the rf compression techniques up to kA level. The SPARC photoinjector can be used also to investigate beam physics issues like surface-roughness-induced wake fields, bunch-length measurements in the sub-ps range, emittance degradation in magnetic compressors due to CSR. We present in this paper the status of the design activities of the injector and of the undulator. The first test on diagnostic prototypes and the first experimental achievements of the flat top laser pulse production are also discussed.
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| MOPLT062 |
The Design of a Prototype RF Compressor for High Brightness Electron Beams
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- D. Giove, F. Alessandria, A. Bacci, C. De Martinis, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- D. Alesini, M. Ferrario, A. Gallo, F. Marcellini
INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
- L. Serafini
INFN-Milano, Milano
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The generation of sub-ps electron bunches with low transverse emittance at nC charge level is a crucial requirement in the design of injectors for short wavelength FEL's. The technique of velocity bunching has been by now experimentally proven in various laboratories, where bunches below the ps bunch length were obtained: however, preservation of a low transverse emittance after the bunch compression is still to be demonstrated. To this aim, the use a slow wave RF structure as a rectilinear compressor has been proposed in the past to overcome the inherent difficulties of magnetic compressors. In this paper we will review the work carried out in the last 2 years and focused on the design a RF compressor based on a 3 GHz slow-wave copper structure. The rationale of the conceptual design along with a description of the main experimental activities will be presented and the future application of such a scheme to the SPARC project will be discussed.
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| MOPLT063 |
Reconfigurable Hardware Resources in Accelerator Control Systems
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- D. Giove, C. De Martinis, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
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The development of modern accelerator control systems has taken advantage of the possibility to use standard architecture designs based on the experience gained in industrial applications. Communication buses, board formats, operating systems, network protocols and operator interface software are the main elements of this new approach. In this paper we will discuss the way to apply this method also to the design of electronic boards which call for custom design of particular circuits and capabilities. The use of FPGA based standard modules along with the possibility to customize them using a standard LabVIEW environment to obtain reconfigurable hardware resources will be presented.
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| TUPLT070 |
Study of a Linac Booster for Proton Therapy in the 30-62 MeV Energy Range
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- V.G. Vaccaro, A. D'Elia, M.R. Masullo
Naples University Federico II and INFN, Napoli
- D. Capasso, S. Lanzone
Naples University Federico II, Napoli
- T. Clauser, A. Rainò
INFN-Bari, Bari
- C. De Martinis, D. Giove, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- V. Variale
Bari University, Science Faculty, Bari
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Recent results in accelerator physics have shown the feasibility of a coupling scheme between a cyclotron and a linac for proton acceleration. Cyclotrons with energies up to 30 MeV, mainly devoted to radioisotopes production, are available in a large number of medical centres. These two evidences have suggested the idea to study and design a linac booster able to increase the initial proton energy up to the values required for the treatment of tumors, like the ocular ones. The main challenge in such a project is related to meet the requirements arising from the beam dynamics with the constrains due both to the mechanical structures and tolerances and to the heat dissipation mechanism chosen in the design. In this paper we will review the rationale of the project and we will discuss the basic design of a compact 3 Ghz linac with a new approach to the cavities used in a SCL (Side Coupled Linac) structure
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| THPLT060 |
An Automatic Beam Characterization Instrument for Proton Therapy Applications
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- D. Giove, C. De Martinis, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- C. Cirrone, G. Cuttone
INFN/LNS, Catania
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The characterization in the transverse plane of the beam is a fundamental step in the design of a proton therapy facility. In this paper we will describe an automatic system able to measure the transverse profiles of the proton beam used in the Catana facility at LNS-Catania. The system has been designed as an autonomous equipment able to acquire optical images of the beam (after an interaction with a converter) and to elaborate them to extract the relevant parameters. The equipment may be interfaced to the rest of the control system of the facility and to the operator interface to provide high level control and monitoring tools. Operational experience will be discussed and the results so far obtained will be outlined.
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| MOPLT061 |
Design Study for Advanced Acceleration Experiments and Monochromatic X-ray Production @ SPARC
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- L. Serafini, S. Cialdi, R. Pozzoli, M. Romé
INFN-Milano, Milano
- D. Alesini, S. Bertolucci, M.E. Biagini, C. Biscari, R. Boni, M. Boscolo, M. Castellano, A. Clozza, G. Di Pirro, A. Drago, A. Esposito, M. Ferrario, V. Fusco, A. Gallo, A. Ghigo, S. Guiducci, M. Incurvati, C. Ligi, F. Marcellini, M. Migliorati, C. Milardi, L. Palumbo, L. Pellegrino, M.A. Preger, P. Raimondi, R. Ricci, C. Sanelli, M. Serio, F. Sgamma, B. Spataro, A. Stecchi, A. Stella, F. Tazzioli, C. Vaccarezza, M. Vescovi, C. Vicario, M. Zobov
INFN/LNF, Frascati (Roma)
- F. Alessandria, A. Bacci, F. Broggi, C. De Martinis, D. Giove, M. Mauri
INFN/LASA, Segrate (MI)
- R. Bonifacio, I. Boscolo, C. Maroli, V. Petrillo, N. Piovella
Universita' degli Studi di Milano, MILANO
- A. Mostacci
Rome University La Sapienza, Roma
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We present a design study for an upgrade of the SPARC photo-injector system, whose main aim is the construction of an advanced beam test facility for conducting experiments on high gradient plasma acceleration and for the generation of monochromatic X-ray beams to be used in advanced medical applications and condensed matter physics studies. Main components of the proposed plan of upgrade are: two additional beam lines with interaction regions for synchronized high brightness electron and high intensity photon beams and the upgrade of the SPARC Ti:Sa laser system to reach a multi-TW power level (in excess of 1 J in pulse energy). Results of numerical simulations modeling the interaction of the SPARC electron beam and the counter-propagating laser beam are presented with detailed discussion of the monochromatic X-ray beam spectra generated by Compton backscattering: X-ray energies are tunable in the range 20 to 500 keV, with pulse duration from sub-ps to 30 ps. Preliminary simulations of plasma acceleration of the SPARC electron beam, generated in ultra-short bunches, via the LWF mechanism and with external injection are also shown: experiments of self-injection are also foreseen and illustrated.
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