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Report number	CERN-ACC-2018-161 ; CERN-PBC-CONF-2021-017
Title	The CERN Gamma Factory Initiative: An Ultra-High Intensity Gamma Source
Author(s)	Krasny, Mieczyslaw (Paris U., VI-VII ; CERN) ; Alemany-Fernández, Reyes (CERN) ; Antsifarov, P (Troitsk, Inst. Spectroscopy) ; Apyan, Armen (Yerevan Phys. Inst.) ; Bartosik, Hannes (CERN) ; Bessonov, Evgeny (Lebedev Phys. Inst., Moscow) ; Biancacci, Nicolo (CERN) ; Bieron, Jacek (Jagiellonian U.) ; Budker, Dmitry (Helmholtz Inst., Mainz) ; Cassou, Kevin (Orsay, LAL) ; Castelli, Fabrizio (Milan U. ; INFN, Milan) ; Chaikovska, Iryna (Orsay, LAL) ; Chehab, Robert (Orsay, LAL) ; Curatolo, Camilla (INFN, Milan ; Milan U.) ; Czodrowski, Patrick (CERN) ; Dupraz, Kevin (Orsay, LAL) ; Dzierzega, Krzysztof (Jagiellonian U.) ; Goddard, Brennan (CERN) ; Hirlaender, Simon (CERN) ; Jowett, John (CERN) ; Kersevan, Roberto (CERN) ; Kowalska, Magdalena (CERN) ; Kroeger, Felix (Jena U. ; Darmstadt, GSI) ; Lamont, Mike (CERN) ; Manglunki, Django (CERN) ; Martens, Aurélien (Orsay, LAL) ; Petrenko, Alexey (CERN) ; Petrillo, Vittoria (Milan U. ; INFN, Milan) ; Placzek, Wieslaw (Jagiellonian U.) ; Pustelny, Szymon (Jagiellonian U.) ; Schaumann, Michaela (CERN) ; Serafini, Luca (INFN, Milan ; Milan U.) ; Shevelko, Viacheslaw (Lebedev Phys. Inst., Moscow) ; Stöhlker, Thomas (Jena U. ; Darmstadt, GSI) ; Weber, Guenter (Jena U. ; Darmstadt, GSI) ; Wu, Ying (Duke U., DFELL) ; Yin Vallgren, Christina (CERN) ; Zimmermann, Frank (CERN) ; Zolotorev, Max (LBNL, Berkeley) ; Zomer, Fabian (Orsay, LAL)
Publication	2018
Number of pages	4
In:	9th International Particle Accelerator Conference, Vancouver, Canada, 29 Apr - 4 May 2018, pp.WEYGBD3
DOI	10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-WEYGBD3
Subject category	Accelerators and Storage Rings
Study	CERN Gamma Factory
Project	Gamma Factory
Abstract	This contribution discusses the possibility of broadening the present CERN research programme making use of a novel concept of light source. The proposed, Partially Stripped Ion beam driven, light source is the backbone of the Gamma Factory (GF) initiative. It could push the intensity limits of the presently operating light-sources by 7 orders of mag- nitude, reaching the flux of up to $10^{17}$ photons/s. It could operate in the particularly interesting $\gamma$-ray energy domain of $1 \leq E \gamma \leq 400$ MeV. This domain is out of reach for the FEL-based light sources based on sub-TeV energy-range electron beams. The unprecedented-intensity, energy-tuned, gamma beams, together with the gamma-beams-driven secondary beams of polarized positrons, polarized muons, neutrinos, neutrons and radioactive ions would constitute the basic research tools of the proposed Gamma Factory. A broad spectrum of new opportunities, in a vast domain of uncharted fundamental and applied physics territories, could be opened by the Gamma Factory research programme.
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