The SPARC_LAB Thomson source

• Published in: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2016-09, Vol.829, p.237-242
• Main Authors: Vaccarezza, C., Alesini, D., Anania, M.P., Bacci, A., Biagioni, A., Bisesto, F., Bellaveglia, M., Cardarelli, P., Cardelli, F., Cianchi, A., Chiadroni, E., Croia, M., Curcio, A., Delogu, P., Giovenale, D. Di, Domenico, G. Di, Pirro, G. Di, Drebot, I., Ferrario, M., Filippi, F., Gallo, A., Galletti, M., Gambaccini, M., Giribono, A., Golosio, B., Li, W., Mostacci, A., Oliva, P., Palmer, D., Petrillo, V., Petrarca, M., Pioli, S., Piersanti, L., Pompili, R., Romeo, S., Rossi, A.R., Scifo, J., Serafini, L., Suliman, G., Villa, F.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Accelerators; Backscattering; Commissioning; Diffusion; Laser beams; Radiation; Scattering; Source; Thomsons; X-ray sources; X-rays
• ISSN: 0168-9002; 1872-9576
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.089

The SPARC_LAB Thomson source is a compact X-ray source based on the Thomson backscattering process presently under its second phase of commissioning at the LNF. The electron beam energy ranges between 30 and 150MeV, the electrons collide head-on with the Ti:Sapphire FLAME laser pulse the energy of which ranges between 1 and 5J with pulse lengths in the 25 fs–10ps range, this provides an X-ray energy tunability in the range of 20–500keV, with the further capability to generate strongly non-linear phenomena and to drive diffusion processes due to multiple and plural scattering effects. The experimental results of the obtained X-ray radiation are presented.