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A compact water window X-ray source based on inverse Compton scattering
- Abstract:
- X-rays in the water window (2.33 nm to 4.40 nm wavelength) can be used to provide high quality images of wet biological samples. Given the limited availability of current generation light sources in this energy range, table-top water window X-ray sources have been proposed as alternatives. We present start-to-end simulations in RF-Track of a water window X-ray source based on inverse Compton scattering. A brazing-free electron gun with a maximum beam energy of 7 MeV is considered, providing photon energies covering the full water window range. Performance estimates for the gun operating with copper and cesium telluride cathodes are presented. The cesium telluride cathode, combined with a burst mode Fabry-Perot cavity, allows for an increase in flux by orders of magnitude compared to single bunch copper cathode operation. A beamline of 1 m was determined to be sufficient to produce a high photon flux.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2024-MOPG76
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+ European Commission
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/00k4n6c32
- Grant:
- 101004730
- 730871
- 654305
- 227579
- 645479
+ UK Research and Innovation
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/001aqnf71
- Grant:
- EP/Y000617/1
+ Science and Technology Facilities Council
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- Funder identifier:
- https://ror.org/057g20z61
- Grant:
- ST/V001655/1
- ST/X005518/1
- ST/T001860/1
- ST/T001933/1
- ST/W005123/1
- ST/P005896/1
- ST/P003699/1
- ST/J000744/1
- PP/E002862/1
- ST/N000447/1
- ST/S000933/1
- ST/G502512/1
- ST/P002048/1
- ST/J002011/1
- ST/P000967/1
- ST/G008531/1
- Publisher:
- JACoW Publishing
- Host title:
- Proceedings of the 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference
- Pages:
- 441-444
- Article number:
- MOPG76
- Publication date:
- 2024-07-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-05-28
- Event title:
- 15th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC24)
- Event location:
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Event website:
- https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/ipac2024/index.html
- Event start date:
- 2024-05-19
- Event end date:
- 2024-05-24
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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2673-5490
- ISBN:
- 9783954502479
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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2033552
- Local pid:
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pubs:2033552
- Deposit date:
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2024-09-30
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- JACoW
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- Copyright © 2024 by JACoW. Content from this work my be used under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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