Physics Open (Dec 2020)

The ThomX ICS source

  • Kevin Dupraz,
  • Muath Alkadi,
  • Manuel Alves,
  • Loic Amoudry,
  • Didier Auguste,
  • Jean-Luc Babigeon,
  • Michel Baltazar,
  • Alain Benoit,
  • Julien Bonis,
  • Jean Bonenfant,
  • Christelle Bruni,
  • Kevin Cassou,
  • Jean-Noël Cayla,
  • Thomas Chabaud,
  • Iryna Chaikovska,
  • Sophie Chance,
  • Vincent Chaumat,
  • Ronic Chiche,
  • Alain Cobessi,
  • Patrick Cornebise,
  • Olivier Dalifard,
  • Nicolas Delerue,
  • Remy Dorkel,
  • Denis Douillet,
  • Jean-Phillipe Dugal,
  • Noureddine El Kamchi,
  • Mohamed El Khaldi,
  • Ezgi Ergenlik,
  • Pierre Favier,
  • Marco Fernandez,
  • Alexis Gamelin,
  • Jean-Francois Garaut,
  • Luca Garolfi,
  • Philippe Gauron,
  • Frédéric Gauthier,
  • Alexandre Gonnin,
  • Denis Grasset,
  • Eric Guerard,
  • Hayg Guler,
  • Jacques Haissinski,
  • Emmanuel Herry,
  • Gregory Iaquaniello,
  • Marie Jacquet,
  • Eric Jules,
  • Vlacheslav Kubytskyi,
  • Marc Langlet,
  • Titouan Le Barillec,
  • Jean-François Ledu,
  • Damien Leguidec,
  • Bruno Leluan,
  • Pierre Lepercq,
  • Frédéric Letellier-Cohen,
  • Rodolphe Marie,
  • Jean-Claude Marrucho,
  • Aurélien Martens,
  • Christophe Mageur,
  • Gabriel Mercadier,
  • Bruno Mercier,
  • Eric Mistretta,
  • Hugues Monard,
  • Alexandre Moutardier,
  • Olivier Neveu,
  • Daniele Nutarelli,
  • Maher Omeich,
  • Yann Peinaud,
  • Yann Petrilli,
  • Marc Pichet,
  • Eric Plaige,
  • Christophe Prévost,
  • Philippe Rudnicky,
  • Viktor Soskov,
  • Monique Taurigna-Quéré,
  • Stéphane Trochet,
  • Cynthia Vallerand,
  • Olivier Vitez,
  • François Wicek,
  • Sébastien Wurth,
  • Fabian Zomer,
  • Patrick Alexandre,
  • Rachid Ben El Fekih,
  • Philippe Berteaud,
  • François Bouvet,
  • Renaud Cuoq,
  • Antonio Diaz,
  • Yannick Dietrich,
  • Massamba Diop,
  • Dominique Pedeau,
  • Eric Dupuy,
  • Fabrice Marteau,
  • François Bouvet,
  • Alexis Gamelin,
  • Dias Helder,
  • Nicolas Hubert,
  • José Veteran,
  • Marie Labat,
  • Alain Lestrade,
  • Antoine Letrésor,
  • Robert Lopes,
  • Alexandre Loulergue,
  • Marc Louvet,
  • Marc Louvet,
  • Patrick Marchand,
  • Moussa El Ajjouri,
  • Didier Muller,
  • Amor Nadji,
  • Laurent Nadolski,
  • Ryutaro Nagaoka,
  • Sylvain Petit,
  • Jean-Pierre Pollina,
  • Fernand Ribeiro,
  • Manuel Ros,
  • Julien Salvia,
  • Sébastien Bobault,
  • Mourad Sebdaoui,
  • Rajesh Sreedharan,
  • Yazid Bouanai,
  • Jean-Louis Hazemann,
  • Jean-Louis Hodeau,
  • Emmanuel Roy,
  • Philippe Jeantet,
  • Jérôme Lacipière,
  • Pierre Robert,
  • Jean-Michel Horodynski,
  • Harold Bzyl,
  • Christophe Chapelle,
  • Marica Biagini,
  • Philippe Walter,
  • Alberto Bravin,
  • William Del Net,
  • Eric Lahéra,
  • Olivier Proux,
  • Hélène Elleaume,
  • Eric Cormier

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5
p. 100051

Abstract

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ThomX is a new generation Compact Compton Source. It is currently commissioned by and at the IJCLab (Laboratoire de physique des 2 infinis - Irène Joliot-Curie (UMR9012)) at Orsay. The first beam is expected at the begining of 2021. The aim of ThomX is to demonstrate the characteristics of an intense and Compact (lab-size) X-ray source based on Compton Scattering. The performances are mostly driven by the laser optical system which is above the state of the art of stored laser power. Proof of principle of various X-ray techniques will be performed thanks to the versatile ThomX beamline. Firstly, this article presents the machine description. Secondly, the issues and limits of the laser system are discussed. Then, the ThomX beamline is described and the machine status conclude the ThomX presentation. Finally, the expected performances for the next years and the possible experiments that can be made with this new machine are detailed.

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