K.T. McDonald DoE Review E-166 Experiment E-166 is a demonstration of undulator-based polarized positron production for linear colliders. – E-166 uses the 50 GeV FFTB beam.
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K.T. McDonald DoE Review
E-166 Experiment
Aug. 10, 2006
E-166 is a demonstration of undulator-based polarized positron production for linear colliders.
– E-166 uses the 50 GeV FFTB beam in conjunction with 1 m-long, helical undulator ( polarized photons.
= 2.4 mm, ID = 0.9 mm) to make 10-MeV – These photons are converted in a ~ 0.5 rad. len. thick target into e+ (and e ) with ~ 50% polarization.
– The polarization of the positrons and photons will be measured.
– E-166 was approved in June 2003, for a main data run in 2005.
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E-166 Collaboration
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E-166 Beam Measurements
• Photon flux and polarization as a function of undulator K (P g ~ 75% for E g > 5 MeV).
• Positron flux and polarization vs. energy for K = 0.17, 0.5 r.l. of Ti (P e+ ~ 50%).
• Positron flux and polarization for 0.1 r.l. and 0.25 r.l. Ti and 0.1, 0.25, and 0.5 r.l. W targets.
• Each measurement is expected to take about 20 minutes.
• A relative polarization measurement of 5% is sufficient to validate the polarized positron production processes.
• The undulator will be pulsed in a random pattern of beam pulses to permit continuous monitoring of undulator-off background levels.
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E-166 Undulator
(built at Cornell U. by Mikhailichenko)
Two helices wound on a 0.9-mm ID, 1-m-long hypodermic needle.
1.4 kA pulses, ~ 5 μs long provide field of ~ 1 T on axis, k ~ 0.15.
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Positron Spectrometer
(magnets built at Princeton)
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Two Cerenkov counters with aerogel of index n = 1.0095 are now in the FFTB tunnel.
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Aerogel Cerenkov Counters
(built at Princeton)
Index measured with a Michaelson interferometer.
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Preliminary Results from Runs of E-166 in June and Sept 2005
Linac ran at 46.6 GeV, rather than 50 GeV, max. positron energy only 8 MeV.
Positron asymmetries observed of order 1%.
Preliminary calculation of analyzing power implies that positron polarizations of up to 80-90% were observed.
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Implications
Aug. 10, 2006 The use of undulator-based production of positrons was accepted as the ILC baseline at SNOWMASS’05.
The use of a helical undulator for production of polarized positrons is the recommended option.
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