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Atomic physics studies at the gamma factory at CERN
José R. Crespo López-urrutiaVladimir A. YerokhinVladimir A. YerokhinMax ZolotorevAlexey PetrenkoAlexey PetrenkoVictor V. FlambaumVictor V. FlambaumVictor V. FlambaumAndrey SurzhykovAndrey SurzhykovMieczyslaw Witold KrasnyMieczyslaw Witold KrasnyAndrei DereviankoDmitry BudkerDmitry BudkerSzymon Pustelnysubject
Photonradiation: secondaryAtomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)atomic spectroscopyGeneral Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology01 natural sciences7. Clean energyPhysics - Atomic PhysicsHigh Energy Physics - ExperimentHigh Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)propagation[PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex]particle sourcePhysicsLarge Hadron Collidercollimatorhep-phsecondary beam021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologyion: excited stateLHC storage ringsHigh Energy Physics - PhenomenologyCERN LHC CollSPS storage rings0210 nano-technologyParticle Physics - ExperimentAccelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)CERN LabOrders of magnitude (temperature)[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-ACC-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Accelerator Physics [physics.acc-ph]gamma–ray productionOther Fields of PhysicsFOS: Physical sciencesAtomic spectroscopyion: beamgamma ray: burstpartially stripped ionsphysics.atom-phIonNuclear physics0103 physical sciencesddc:530010306 general physicsSpectroscopyphoton: beamphysics.acc-phParticle Physics - PhenomenologyAccelerator physicsparticle source: proposedhep-exCERN SPSAccelerators and Storage Rings[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEN-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/General Physics [physics.gen-ph]laser* Automatic Keywords *ion: storage ringatomic physics[PHYS.HPHE]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Phenomenology [hep-ph]Physics::Accelerator PhysicsPhysics - Accelerator PhysicsStorage ringdescription
The Gamma Factory initiative proposes to develop novel research tools at CERN by producing, accelerating and storing highly relativistic, partially stripped ion beams in the SPS and LHC storage rings. By exciting the electronic degrees of freedom of the stored ions with lasers, high-energy narrow-band photon beams will be produced by properly collimating the secondary radiation that is peaked in the direction of ions' propagation. Their intensities, up to $10^{17}$ photons per second, will be several orders of magnitude higher than those of the presently operating light sources in the particularly interesting $\gamma$--ray energy domain reaching up to 400 MeV. This article reviews opportunities that may be afforded by utilizing the primary beams for spectroscopy of partially stripped ions circulating in the storage ring, as well as the atomic-physics opportunities afforded by the use of the secondary high-energy photon beams. The Gamma Factory will enable ground breaking experiments in spectroscopy and novel ways of testing fundamental symmetries of nature.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-08 |