Subjects: Physics >> Nuclear Physics submitted time 2024-02-16
Abstract: The Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source(SLEGS) has delivered a quasi-monochromatic, continuously energy-tunable gamma-ray beam. Based on the photon activation analysis(PAA) method, SLEGS has built and developed a photon activation analysis platform, including online activation and offline low-background HPGe detector measurement systems, as an alternative to direct measurement methods and a cross-tests at low throughput. Due to the short half-lives spanning from minutes to days and characteristics such as ease of fabrication, cost-effectiveness, and stability, gold (197Au) and zinc (64Zn) emerge as favorable activation targets in the gamma-ray beam flux monitor. Notably, their utility shows a multitude of advantages in monitoring the gamma-ray beam flux typically 105 photons/s with the energy of 13.16 to 19.08 MeV under the condition of the 3 mm coarse collimator. Especially in high-flux $\gamma$-ray beam experiments can be well applied.
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Subjects: Physics >> Nuclear Physics submitted time 2022-06-13
Abstract:Shanghai Laser Electron Gamma Source (SLEGS) is a powerful gamma source to provide MeV gamma-ray beams for nuclear science and technology. It is developed as one of the sixteenbeamline stations in Phase II Project of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF). Theslant-scattering mode is for the first time systematically employed in the laser Compton scattering (LCS) at SLEGS to produce energy-tunable quasi-monoenergetic gamma-ray beams. SLEGS officially completed its commissioning from July to December 2021. Gamma-rays in energy range of 0.25 - 21.7 MeV with the flux of 2.1 104 - 1.2 107 photons/s and the energy spread of 2 15 % are produced during the test. This paper reports results of the commissioning of the SLEGS beamline.
Peer Review Status:Awaiting Review
Subjects: Nuclear Science and Technology >> Particle Accelerator submitted time 2023-06-18 Cooperative journals: 《Nuclear Science and Techniques》
Abstract: High brightness γ-rays produced by laser Compton scattering (LCS) are ideal probes for the study of nucleon and nuclear structure. We propose such a γ-ray source using the backscattering of a laser from the bright electron beam produced by the linac of the Shanghai Soft X-ray Free-electron Laser (SXFEL) test facility at the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics (SINAP). The performance is optimized through theoretical analysis and benchmarked with 4D Monte-Carlo simulations. The peak brightness of the source is expected to be larger than 2×1022 photons/(mm2 mrad2 s 0.1%BW) and photon energy ranges from 3.7 MeV to 38.9 MeV. Its performance, compared to Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), and the Shanghai Laser-Electron Gamma-ray Source (SLEGS), is given. The potential for basic and applied research is also briefly outlined.