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The CLARA facility at Daresbury Laboratory is a medium energy user facility for wide range of applications such as novel acceleration, cancer-therapy, and advanced diagnostics research. CLARA is currently finalising beam commissioning after an extended period of technical systems commissioning. During this period CLARA hosted its first set of “friendly” user experiments in its dedicated shielded user beamline, FEBE. Five different experiments were selected for the first user run, covering a range of applications including: advanced diagnostics measurements using coherent transition radiation (CTR) and optical transition radiation (OTR) stations; Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) cancer-therapy studies; beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration studies related to next generation colliders. These experiments were conducted exploiting the full capabilities of the CLARA facility, including up to 250 MeV/c bunches with up to 250 pC per bunch at 100 Hz repetition rate, and with variable longitudinal compression regimes. The experiments chosen will also develop and prepare CLARA for the transition to a full user facility. Further user experiments are expected to be performed later in 2026, after final commissioning of the 120 TW laser system in FEBE, which will expand the range of experiments to include those combining electron beams and high-power lasers.
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