Overview and Commissioning Status of the UCLA MITHRA Facility

Oliver Williams; Atsushi Fukasawa; Yusuke Sakai; Gerard Andonian; Fabio Bosco; Martina Carillo; Pratik Manwani; Sean O’Tool; Jessica Pan; Monika Yadav; James Rosenzweig

doi:10.3390/instruments7040054

Instruments (Dec 2023)

Overview and Commissioning Status of the UCLA MITHRA Facility

Oliver Williams,
Atsushi Fukasawa,
Yusuke Sakai,
Gerard Andonian,
Fabio Bosco,
Martina Carillo,
Pratik Manwani,
Sean O’Tool,
Jessica Pan,
Monika Yadav,
James Rosenzweig

Affiliations

Oliver Williams: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Atsushi Fukasawa: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Yusuke Sakai: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Gerard Andonian: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Fabio Bosco: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Martina Carillo: Department of Physics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy
Pratik Manwani: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Sean O’Tool: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Jessica Pan: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Monika Yadav: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
James Rosenzweig: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/instruments7040054
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 4
p. 54

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Presented here are the first results of commissioning of the S-Band hybrid photoinjector and laser systems at the new accelerator and light source facility, MITHRA, at UCLA. The radiation bunker and capabilities of the facility are described with motivation for detailed measurement of beam parameters explained. Following thorough characterization of the photoinjector, a 1.5 m linac is to be installed and experiments up to 30 MeV will begin. These will include experiments in basic plasma physics, space plasma, terahertz production in dielectric structures, and inverse Compton scattering and applications for the X-rays produced.

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ISSN: 2410-390X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Physics: Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/instruments

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