Positron sources: from conventional to advanced accelerator concepts-based colliders

I Chaikovska, R Chehab, V Kubytskyi… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Positron sources are the key elements for the future and current lepton collider projects such
as ILC, CLIC, SuperKEKB, FCC-ee, Muon Collider/LEMMA, etc., introducing challenging …

Crystal-based pair production for a lepton collider positron source

L Bandiera, L Bomben, R Camattari, G Cavoto… - The European Physical …, 2022 - Springer
An intense positron sources is a demanding element in the design of future lepton colliders.
A crystal-based hybrid positron source could be an alternative to a more conventional …

The KEKB injector linac

M Akemoto, D Arakawa, A Enomoto… - … of Theoretical and …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The KEKB injector linac has been continuously improved to enhance the stability of many
devices and the efficiency of beam operation. These improvements include the development …

First application of a tungsten single-crystal positron source at the KEK B factory

T Suwada, M Satoh, K Furukawa, T Kamitani… - Physical Review Special …, 2007 - APS
A new tungsten single-crystal target has been successfully employed at the positron source
of the KEKB injector linac. The crystal thickness was determined to be 10.5 mm based on …

Summary of experimental studies, at CERN, on a positron source using crystal effects

X Artru, V Baier, K Beloborodov, A Bogdanov… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2005 - Elsevier
A new kind of positron sources for future linear colliders, where the converter is an aligned
tungsten crystal, oriented on the〈 111〉-axis, has been studied at CERN in the WA103 …

[PDF][PDF] Positron source for FCC-ee

I Chaikovska, R Chehab, A Faus-Golfe… - 10th International …, 2019 - accelconf.web.cern.ch
The FCC-ee is a high-luminosity, high-precision circular collider to be constructed in a new
100 km tunnel in the Geneva area. The physics case is well established and the FCC-ee …

[PDF][PDF] Experimental activities on high intensity positron sources using channeling

I Chaikovska, R Chehab, H Guler… - … of the IPAC, 2017 - accelconf.web.cern.ch
The positron source under investigation is using channeling radiation of multi-GeV electrons
in a tungsten crystal. The radiated photons are im**ing on the amorphous targets creating …

Development of an intense positron source using a crystal-amorphous hybrid target for linear colliders

Y Uesugi, T Akagi, R Chehab, O Dadoun… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In a conventional positron source driven by a few GeV electron beam, a high amount of heat
is loaded into a positron converter target to generate intense positrons required by linear …

Experimental study of positron production from silicon and diamond crystals by 8-GeV channeling electrons

M Satoh, T Suwada, K Furukawa, T Kamitani… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2005 - Elsevier
We measured positron-production efficiency from an axially-oriented single crystal target by
8-GeV channeling electrons at the KEK electron/positron injector linac. The targets tested …

A positron source using an axially oriented crystal associated to a granular amorphous converter

CH Xu, R Chehab, P Sievers, X Artru… - Chinese …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A non-conventional positron source using the intense γ radiation from an axially oriented
monocrystal which materializes into e+ e− pairs in a granular amorphous converter is …