R&D Toward a Compact High-Brilliance X-Ray Source Based on Channeling Radiation

Conference · Fri Dec 21 04:00:00 EST 2012 · AIP Conf.Proc.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773789· OSTI ID:1050547

Piot, P. ^[1]; Brau, C. A. ^[2]; Choi, B. K. ^[2]; Gabella, W. E. ^[2]; Jarvis, J. D. ^[2]; Mendenhall, M. H. ^[2]; Lewellen, J. W. ^[3]; Mihalcea, D. ^[4]

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1. Fermilab; Northern Illinois U.
2. Vanderbilt U.
3. Naval Postgraduate School
4. Northern Illinois U.

X-rays have been valuable to a large number of fields including Science, Medicine, and Security. Yet, the availability of a compact high-spectral brilliance X-ray sources is limited. A technique to produce X-rays with spectral brilliance B - 1012 photons.(mm-mrd)-'2. (0.1% BW)-'1.s-'1 is discussed. The method is based on the generation and acceleration of a low-emittance field-emitted electron bunches. The bunches are then focused on a diamond crystal thereby producing channeling radiation. In this paper, after presenting the overarching concept, we discuss the generation, acceleration and transport of the low-emittance bunches with parameters consistent with the production of high-brilliance X-rays through channeling radiation. We especially consider the example of the Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) currently in construction at Fermilab where a proof-of-principle experiment is in preparation.

• Research Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL), Batavia, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-07CH11359
• OSTI ID: 1050547
• Report Number(s): FERMILAB-CONF-12-425-APC; oai:inspirehep.net:1126280
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conf.Proc. Journal Issue: 1 Journal Volume: 1507
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Accelerators
BEAM BUNCHING
BEAM DYNAMICS
BEAM EMITTANCE
CHANNELING
ELECTRON BEAMS
ELECTRON CHANNELING
RADIATIONS
X-RAY SOURCES