Speaker
Spencer Gessner
(SLAC)
Description
The Compact Positron Source project at SLAC aims to deliver low-emittance, slow positron beams that can be re-accelerated and compressed in time. The original motivation of the project was to develop an alternative positron source for plasma wakefield acceleration experiments at FACET-II. The project has since expanded to target other opportunities with low-energy positrons with picosecond-scale bunch lengths, including Ultrafast Positron Diffraction. We describe the design effort to develop a source of slow positron beams with short bunch lengths and opportunities for initial experimental tests.
Authors
Sophie Crisp
(SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
Spencer Gessner
(SLAC)
