Speaker
Description
Inverse Compton Scattering sources are becoming a mature technology world-wide, enabling several applications in many fields, from medical imaging to cultural heritage, to palaeontology, material studies and bio-physics. Very recently ICS has been proposed also for fundamental studies in the Unruh sector via the Full Inverse Compton Scattering
process, leading to maximal acceleration (10^30 m/s2) and the observation of MeV Unruh photons by the accelerated electron. After a review of present ICS, in operation or close to commissioning, we will discuss the anticipated and expected performances in the FICS modality, that enables also a very relevant application in the generation of high
energy photons, i.e. with same energy as the emitting electrons. Opening a strategic way towards high energy photon sources based on GeV and multi-GeV accelerators. Practical examples will be presented connected to plasma accelerators, high energy storage rings, Linacs driving FELs.
