Status of compact inverse Compton sources in Italy: BriXS and STAR

L. Faillace; R. G. Agostino; A. Bacci; R. Barberi; A. Bosotti; F. Broggi; P. Cardarelli; S. Cialdi; I. Drebot; V. Formoso; M. Gambaccini; M. Ghedini; D. Giannotti; D. Giove; F. Martire; G. Mettivier; P. Michelato; L. Monaco; R. Paparella; G. Paternó; V. Petrillo; F. Prelz; E. Puppin; M. Rossetti Conti; A. R. Rossi; P. Russo; A. Sarno; D. Sertore; A. Taibi; L. Serafini

doi:10.1117/12.2531168

9 September 2019 Status of compact inverse Compton sources in Italy: BriXS and STAR

L. Faillace, R. G. Agostino, A. Bacci, R. Barberi, A. Bosotti, F. Broggi, P. Cardarelli, S. Cialdi, I. Drebot, V. Formoso, M. Gambaccini, M. Ghedini, D. Giannotti, D. Giove, F. Martire, G. Mettivier, P. Michelato, L. Monaco, R. Paparella, G. Paternó, V. Petrillo, F. Prelz, E. Puppin, M. Rossetti Conti, A. R. Rossi, P. Russo, A. Sarno, D. Sertore, A. Taibi, L. Serafini

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Proceedings Volume 11110, Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII; 1111005 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531168
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2019, San Diego, California, United States

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There is a strong demand for small foot-print high-flux hard X-rays machines in order to enable a large variety of science activities and serve a multidisciplinary user community. For this purpose, two compact Inverse Compton Sources (ICSs) are currently being developed in Italy. The most recent one is the Bright and Compact X-ray Source (BriXS) which has recently been proposed to produce very energetic X-rays (up to 180 keV) and high photon flux (up to 10¹³ photons/s with expected bandwidth of 1-10%). BriXS will be installed in Milan and it will enable advanced large area radiological imaging applications to be conducted with mono-chromatic X-rays, as well as allowing basic fundamental science of matter and health sciences at both pre- and clinical levels. Based on an energy-recovery linac (ERL) scheme and superconducting technology, BriXS will operate in CW regime with an unprecedented electron beam repetition rate of 100 MHz. The second Italian ICS light source is the Southern Europe Thomson back-scattering source for Applied Research (STAR) which is currently installed at the University of Calabria (UniCal). STAR is a compact machine that has been designed to produce monochromatic and tunable, ps-long, polarized X-ray beams in the range 40-140 keV with a photon flux up to 10¹⁰ photons/s and energy bandwidth below 10%. The electron beam injector is based on normal-conducting technology in S-Band with a repetition rate up to 100 Hz.

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L. Faillace, R. G. Agostino, A. Bacci, R. Barberi, A. Bosotti, F. Broggi, P. Cardarelli, S. Cialdi, I. Drebot, V. Formoso, M. Gambaccini, M. Ghedini, D. Giannotti, D. Giove, F. Martire, G. Mettivier, P. Michelato, L. Monaco, R. Paparella, G. Paternó, V. Petrillo, F. Prelz, E. Puppin, M. Rossetti Conti, A. R. Rossi, P. Russo, A. Sarno, D. Sertore, A. Taibi, and L. Serafini "Status of compact inverse Compton sources in Italy: BriXS and STAR", Proc. SPIE 11110, Advances in Laboratory-based X-Ray Sources, Optics, and Applications VII, 1111005 (9 September 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531168

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