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https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2016-MOP106012
Title MESA - an ERL Project for Particle Physics Experiments
Authors
  • F. Hug, K. Aulenbacher, R.G. Heine, B. Ledroit, D. Simon
    IKP, Mainz, Germany
Abstract The Mainz Energy-recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) will be constructed at the Institut für Kernphysik of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. The accelerator is a low energy continuous wave (CW) recirculating electron linac for particle physics experiments. MESA will be operated in two different modes serving mainly two experiments: the first is the external beam (EB) mode, where the beam is dumped after being used with the external fixed target experiment P2, whose goal is the measurement of the weak mixing angle with highest accuracy. The required beam current for P2 is 150 μA with polarized electrons at 155 MeV. In the second operation mode MESA will be run as an energy recovery linac (ERL). The experiment served in this mode is a (pseudo) internal fixed target experiment named MAGIX. It demands an unpolarized beam of 1 mA at 10⁵ MeV. In a later construction stage of MESA the achievable beam current in ERL-mode shall be upgraded to 10 mA. Within this contribution an overview of the MESA project will be given highlighting the latest accelerator layout and the challenges of operation with high density internal gas targets.
Footnotes & References Work supported by DFG through cluster of excellence PRISMA, CRC 1044 and RTG 2128
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Conference LINAC2016, East Lansing, MI, USA
Series Linear Accelerator Conference (28th)
Proceedings Link to full LINAC2016 Proccedings
Session Poster Session
Date 26-Sep-16   16:00–17:00
Main Classification 1 Electron Accelerators and Applications
Sub Classification 1B Energy Recovery Linacs
Keywords target, experiment, electron, operation, linac
Publisher JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland
Editors Yoshishige Yamazaki (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Alberto Facco (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Amy McCausey (FRIB/MSU, East Lansing, MI, USA); Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany)
ISBN 978-3-95450-169-4
Published May 2017
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