Skip to content2024 timeline to recommissioning the electron linac:
- Arrival of two new faculty staff (Siqi Li and Niels Bidault)
- High-voltage conditioning
- Exchange of an amplifier to drive the klystron
- Fixing of vacuum leaks
- Fabrication of a new cathode for the RF gun
Still ongoing:
- Identification of a few remaining vacuum leaks
- Considering SF6 injection in the waveguide
- Renewal of the control systems
- Beam dynamics simulations of the beamline
- Identification of the control systems to renew
Short-to-mid term program for the linac/FEL:
ESPCOR grant:
- Development of the FEL oscillator simulation
- Incorporation of machine learning based algorithms for accelerator control
- Workforce development to train students and early-career researchers
Documentation:
- Development of a new eLogbook
- Digitalization of the archive materials and new CAD model of the beamline
Control systems:
- Consolidation of the hardware and software for controlling the Thyratron
- Development of new applications for the Klystron and magnets for beam transport
- Implementation of optimization methods using beam dynamics simulations and ML tools
Beam diagnostics:
- Recalibration and analysis of the limiting performances for further beam optimization
- Possible technology transfer from other laboratories or organizations (CERN)
Other technical aspects:
- Commission a new method to avoid multipactoring in the waveguide
- Renew the vacuum systems—essentially, pumps and controllers
