First Results of the IOTA Ring Research at Fermilab

Single electron in a storage ring: a probe into the fundamental properties of synchrotron radiation and a powerful diagnostic tool

“…We are currently developing experiments and techniques to combine timing information of longitudinal motion with transverse diagnostics [12,43]. This will enable a complete 3D tracking of a single electron in the ring and provide further insights in the physics of nonlinear integrable optics [44][45][46].…”

U.S. advanced and novel accelerator beam test facilities

“…The primary goal of the U.S. DOE GARD program is aimed at supporting the High Energy Physics mission, in particular, the long-term development of advanced accelerator technology towards an energy frontier e+e-linear collider (LC). A few examples of breakthroughs accomplished at the U.S. GARD facilities include: multi-GeV/m accelerating gradients and multi-GeV energy gain in plasma accelerators using beam-drivers at FACET [12] and laser-drivers at BELLA [13], multi-GeV/m positron acceleration at FACET [14], staging of two plasma accelerator modules at BELLA [15], demonstration of controlled injection in a plasma wakefield accelerator [16], record setting transformer ratios at AWA in both structures [17] and plasmas [18], the first demonstration of Optical Stochastic Cooling [19], pioneering work at ATF on shock wave monoenergetic ion acceleration [20], nonlinear effects in inverse Compton scattering (red shift, higher harmonics) [21], high-gain high-harmonic generation FEL [22], fundamental research of electron acceleration in dielectric waveguides (e.g., using 3D woodpile structures [23]), fundamental research on nonlinear Thomson scattering [24], and novel methods for controlled optical injection of electrons into wakefields [25].…”