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ASTA at Fermilab: Modern Accelerator R&D Users Facility for HEP and Accelerator Applications
Dr. Vladimir D. Shiltsev, Director Accelerator Physics Center, Fermilab, USA
Seminar room 3, 1.00 pm
Sonderseminar!
The Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) currently under construction and commissioning at Fermilab will enable a broad range of beam-based experiments to study fundamental limitations to beam intensity and to develop transformative approaches to particle-beam generation, acceleration and manipulation. ASTA incorporates a superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) linac coupled to a photoinjector and small-circumference storage ring capable of storing electrons or protons. ASTA will establish a unique resource for R&D towards Energy Frontier facilities and a test-bed for SRF accelerators and high-brightness beam applications. The unique features of ASTA include: (1) a high repetition-rate, (2) one of the highest peak and average brightness within the U.S., (3) a GeV-scale beam energy, (4) an extremely stable beam, (5) the availability of SRF and high-quality beams together, and (6) a storage ring capable of supporting a broad range of ring-based advanced beam dynamics experiments. These unique features will foster a broad program in advanced accelerator R&D which cannot be carried out elsewhere. I will present status of the ASTA facility, describe key elements of the ASTA scientific program and discuss the first beam experiments.
