Title :
The AmPS ring: actual performance and future plans
Author :
Luijckx, G. ; Bakker, R. ; Rookhuizen, H.Boer ; de Jager, C. ; Kroes, F. ; Kuijer, L. ; Van der Laan, J. ; Maas, R. ; Noomen, J. ; Wu, Y.
Author_Institution :
NIKHEF, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
The Amsterdam Pulse Stretcher AmPS is a 300-900 MeV electron storage ring with a circumference of 212 m. The ring operates either in stretcher mode to provide external continuous beams of tens of μA or in storage mode with currents up to 200 mA for internal target experiments. Machine commissioning and simultaneous operation started for nuclear physics started mid 1992. The actual performance is presented. During 1995 a polarized electron source will be added to the linac injector. A “Siberian Snake” acting as a spin flipper will be implemented in the ring; these systems have been made by the Institute for Semiconductor Physics at the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics both at Novosibirsk as part of a scientific collaboration agreement. Results from a feasibility study on the use of the ring as a free electron laser in the VUV region are also summarized
Keywords :
beam handling equipment; electron accelerators; electron sources; free electron lasers; particle beam injection; particle sources; storage rings; 200 mA; 300 to 900 MeV; AmPS ring; Amsterdam Pulse Stretcher; FEL; Siberian Snake; VUV region; electron storage ring; external continuous beams; free electron laser; internal target experiments; linac injector; machine commissioning; nuclear physics; polarized electron source; simultaneous operation; spin flipper; storage mode; stretcher mode; Collaboration; Electron sources; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Linear particle accelerator; Nuclear physics; Polarization; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Storage rings;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2934-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1995.504650
