Title :
Status of the UCLA PEGASUS laboratory
Author :
Andonian, G. ; Frigola, P. ; Reiche, S. ; Rosenzweig, J.B. ; Telfer, S. ; Travish, G.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The PEGASUS laboratory is a versatile radiation facility dedicated to the advancement of novel concepts in beam physics. The installation of a new LaB6 cathode will allow for both thermionic emission and photoinjection operation. The PEGASUS plane wave transformer injector has been conditioned to 20 MW of RF power. Recent operations show a 15 MeV dark current beam that will be used for beam radiation studies. An upgrade to the drive laser system has been explored and will be realized shortly. This paper will describe and report the status of the various sub-systems of the PEGASUS laboratory and outline the experiments underway, such as innovative beam instrumentation, surface effects in optical transition radiation, Thomson scattering, and waveguide SASE FEL.
Keywords :
accelerator RF systems; electron accelerators; electron beams; linear accelerators; particle beam dynamics; particle beam injection; thermionic electron emission; 15 MeV; 20 MW; LaB6 cathode; PEGASUS plane wave transformer injector; RF power; Thomson scattering; UCLA PEGASUS laboratory; beam physics; beam radiation; dark current beam; drive laser system; optical transition radiation; photoinjection operation; thermionic emission; versatile radiation facility; waveguide SASE FEL; Cathodes; Dark current; Laboratories; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Physics; Radio frequency; Thermionic emission;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 2003. PAC 2003. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7738-9
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.2003.1288797
