Beam merging assisted by a bent crystal

Bunch merging is a well-established technique to increase the intensity of synchrotrons and the luminosity of circular colliders. We suggest to exploit a combination of channeling, volume reflection and amorphous interactions in a bent crystal for beam merging in a transfer line. Two beams convergin...

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Published in:European physical journal plus 2023-11, Vol.138 (11), p.981, Article 981
Main Authors: Scandale, W., Cerutti, F., Esposito, L. S., Gilardoni, S., Losito, R., Smirnov, G. I., Giribono, A., Bauce, M., Collamati, F., Valente, P., Variola, A., Galluccio, F., Hall, G., Pesaresi, M., Uchida, K., Rossi, R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied and Technical Physics
Atomic
Charged particles
Complex Systems
Condensed Matter Physics
Crystals
Efficiency
Luminosity
Mathematical and Computational Physics
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Regular Article
Synchrotrons
Theoretical
Transfer lines
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Summary:Bunch merging is a well-established technique to increase the intensity of synchrotrons and the luminosity of circular colliders. We suggest to exploit a combination of channeling, volume reflection and amorphous interactions in a bent crystal for beam merging in a transfer line. Two beams converging into the bent crystal along special directions should emerge in almost parallel directions. A merging scenario is discussed, and data collected by the UA9 Collaboration are reprocessed to prove its feasibility. Comparison with magnetic stacking, which is a similar process, is presented.
ISSN:2190-5444
2190-5444
DOI:10.1140/epjp/s13360-023-04610-0