19–24 May 2024
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Overview of inverse Compton scattering feasibility studies at MESA

WEPC23
22 May 2024, 16:00
2h
Country (MCC Exhibit Hall A)

Country

MCC Exhibit Hall A

Poster Presentation MC2.A18 Energy Recovery Linacs (ERLs) Wednesday Poster Session

Speaker

Christoph Lorey (Institut für Kernphysik)

Description

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is currently constructing a new electron accelerator that employs an energy recovery scheme. The Mainz Energy Recovery Superconducting Accelerator (MESA) will provide two modes of operation: the Energy Recovery (ER) mode, which will supply an internal gas target experiment, and the Extraction Beam (EB) mode, primarily used in the P2 experiment where MESA's spin-polarized electrons will be directed towards a target.
As an Energy Recovery Linac (ERL), MESA shows potential as an accelerator for an Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS)-based gamma source. To anticipate the impact of the scattering on electron beam parameters, significant for energy recovery, a novel quasi-analytical simulation code, "COMPARSE", has been developed and used for the feasibility studies. The investigations examine various applications of ICS sources at MESA. This paper gives an overview of the results as well as the limitations and possibilities of the underlying mathematical approach.

Funding Agency

PRISMA

Region represented Europe
Paper preparation format LaTeX

Primary author

Christoph Lorey (Institut für Kernphysik)

Co-authors

Atoosa Meseck (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz) Maximilian Meier (Technische Universitaet Darmstadt)

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