Speaker
Hitoshi Tanaka
(RIKEN SPring-8 Center)
Description
Xie Jialin Prize
The ACFA Xie Jialin Prize for exceptional work in the accelerator field has been given to Hitoshi Tanaka, deputy director of RIKEN SPring-8 Center, for his many contributions to linear and circular accelerator-based photon sources. Examples of his works include: girder-based magnet alignment suppressing COD sensitivity against magnet mis-alignment; achievement of the transparent top-up operation at SPring-8; accelerator system design of the world first compact XFEL, SACLA; green upgrade concept of SPring-8 combining high beam performance with energy saving; and his leading role in design, commissioning and performance upgrade of accelerators at the SPring-8 campus.
Author
Hitoshi Tanaka
(RIKEN SPring-8 Center)
