The cSTART project at KIT: status and preparations

par Dima El Khechen (KIT)

jeudi 3 juil. 2025, 11:00 → 13:00 Europe/Paris

100/0-A018 - Salle Library (IJCLab)

The KIT cSTART project (compact STorage ring for Accelerator Research and Technology) aims to demonstrate the injection and storage of high-intensity ultra-short electron bunches from the FLUTE RF linac as well as from a laser-plasma accelerator (LPA).
cSTART is a compact storage ring with a circumference of only 44 m that is designed for moderate beam energies between 40-90 MeV and is expected to be commissioned in 2027. The ring is planned to operate with a wide range of demanding beam parameters, such as high (up to 100 pc) bunch charges, ultra-short bunch lengths down to femtoseconds, and up to few percent energy spread (e.g. from the LPA). In this talk, I
will provide an overview of the design of the machine and its operation schemes. I will also present the status of the different systems, focusing on preparatory tests and experiments currently running at KIT for different cSTART beam diagnostics and instrumentation.

Seminar_Elkhechen.pdf