With the increase in laser power and finesse of optical cavities over the last decade, laboratory-size Compton sources are very promising. These sources produce X-rays through interactions between relativistic electrons and laser photons and, in term of brightness, fall between large synchrotron facilities and classical laboratory X-ray sources. The ThomX source is the French project in this field. This article first presents a state of the art of high-intensity Compton sources, then the ThomX source is briefly described, and the first results are detailed, in particular the production of the first X-rays, the acquisition of the first spectrum and the first image of the beam. Finally, the next objectives are discussed.

Jacquet, M., Alexandre, P., Alkadi, M., Alves, M., Amer, M., Amoudry, L., et al. (2024). First production of X-rays at the ThomX high-intensity Compton source. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, 139(5) [10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05186-z].

First production of X-rays at the ThomX high-intensity Compton source

Bravin A.
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2024

Abstract

With the increase in laser power and finesse of optical cavities over the last decade, laboratory-size Compton sources are very promising. These sources produce X-rays through interactions between relativistic electrons and laser photons and, in term of brightness, fall between large synchrotron facilities and classical laboratory X-ray sources. The ThomX source is the French project in this field. This article first presents a state of the art of high-intensity Compton sources, then the ThomX source is briefly described, and the first results are detailed, in particular the production of the first X-rays, the acquisition of the first spectrum and the first image of the beam. Finally, the next objectives are discussed.
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Inverse Compton scattering, compact source
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Jacquet, M., Alexandre, P., Alkadi, M., Alves, M., Amer, M., Amoudry, L., et al. (2024). First production of X-rays at the ThomX high-intensity Compton source. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS, 139(5) [10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05186-z].
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