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The Radiation Source ELBE (”Electron Linac for high Brilliance and low Emittance”) is the largest and most versatile research instrument at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf near Dresden, Germany. A superconducting linear accelerator accelerates electrons to energies in the interval [5, 40] MeV at a beam current of up to 1 mA. Guiding the electron beam on suitable targets allows the production of secondary radiation: in addition to pure electrons intense photon, positron and neutron beams are available to the users in dedicated caves. A unique feature is given by the pulsed temporal structure of the beams, with a pulse width between 10 ps and 1 μs, a repetition rate of 26 MHz/2n (n=1,...,7) and a charge load up to ∼77 pC/pulse.
In this presentation the different kinds of secondary radiation are summarized, together with the non conventional, laser-generated proton/ion and electron sources at the DRACO and PENELOPE laser facilities. The latter high-power, high-intensity lasers, together with the ELBE Radiation Source, form the ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources, with wide research purposes going from fundamental science to material science and medicine.
| Scientific Topic 1 | Source terms, new accelerator facilities and related topics |
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