Beam Quality at Jefferson Lab
The Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at Jefferson Lab is a $600M CW electron accelerator in Newport News, Virginia. The machine is a recirculating, superconducting 5-pass linac initially commissioned for 4 GeV with a maximum beam power of 1 MW. With improvements in our RF cavity performance and an upgrade to magnet power supplies we are now capable of reliable operations at up to 5.7 GeV. We employ a three-laser photocathode gun to provide a CW electron beam with 80% polarization to three experimental endstations in currents ranging from 100 pA to 200 mA. Establishing clear criteria for beam quality and developing the means to verify and maintain beam quality is essential to a successful physics program.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- OSTI ID:
- 789458
- Report Number(s):
- JLAB-ACO-01-05; DOE/ER/40150-1959
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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