UK X-FEL National Laboratory Perspective Susan Smith STFC ASTeC IoP PAB/STFC Workshop Towards a UK XFEL 16 th February 2016

Content  Overview STFC national labs capabilities  FEL R&D  Underpinning accelerator research facilities  Accelerator engineering and delivery  FEL R&D in the Context of a UK-XFEL  Summary

What we deliver Provide access to world leading, large scientific facilities for UK researchers Foster academic and industry collaboration at Sci-Tech Daresbury and Harwell Science & Innovation Campuses

STFC Technology Strengths o Engineering Technology Centres based at Harwell and Daresbury Science and Innovation Campuses. o Facilitates collaborative efforts. Developing and delivering innovative technologies in STFC laboratories and in collaboration with University groups. Key Technology Strengths o Accelerator Technologies o Optics and Lasers o Instrumentation o Data Acquisition and Processing Systems o Detectors and Sensors o Microelectronics Design o High Performance Computing

ASTeC Goal  Enable world leading scientific research  Develop existing and future accelerator facilities for high-energy physics colliders and intense particle beams, along with next-generation neutron and photon facilities.  Engage with both the UK academic community and leading international partners via European Framework programmes and MoUs.  Maximise our impact (Industry and Grand Challenge areas) Driven by, the strategic plans and priorities of STFC and other appropriate UK research councils Core accelerator R&D capabilities, complementing national facilities expertise

Controls Engineering Electrical Engineering Design Engineering Mechanical Engineering Instrumentation Technical services (Vac, survey.....) ASTeC Intense Beams Simulations and design RF & Cryogenic Systems Development of RF, Diagnostic, Cryogenic and Laser Systems Vacuum Science Design and deliver large, complex vacuum systems Magnetics& Radiation Sources Magnet design, photonics and FELs Diagnostics an Lasers Diagnostic, Cryogenic and Laser Systems Accelerator Physics Develop and commission accelerators Programmes and Facilities Management 60 Technical Staff

John Womersley Oct 2015

Free Electron Lasers 2.2GeV NLS Short pulse state of the art FEL Source 600MeV 4GLS High Average Current ALICE

VELA Facility Capital Investment  Development and testing of novel and compact accelerator technologies.  Partnership with industry and the scientific community.  Applications in medicine, health, security, energy, industrial processing and science.  Potential to revolutionise the cost, compactness and efficiency of such systems.  High performance and flexible electron beam injector facility feeding customised state-of-the-art testing enclosures and associated support infrastructure. VELA Approval – August 2011 VELA Civil Work Complete – April 2012 VELA hardware commissioning starts – Sept 2012 First electrons from photoinjector – April 2013 £2.5 M BIS Capital

Module 2 installDogleg install in CLARAModule 1 & 2 offline ETC October 2015December Phase 1 Install and commission by June 2016

FEL Activities

FEL R&D Goals “The accelerator and FEL community has generated a number of FEL R&D goals” –Gun development –RF Issues –Electron Beam Transport Simulation and Optimization –FEL Output Simulation and Optimization –Electron & Photon Diagnostics –Synchronisation ASTeC is contributing in all areas and is nationally leading in most areas through CLARA and other FEL activities 70% of ASTeC staff effort is directed to FEL research and electron beam test facility operation and development

CLARA High Repetition Rate Gun RF analysis ASTeC RF Group CFD modelling PME Group HRRG clamped RF testing at RI Delivery to DL early February.

Photocathode R&D Facility Glove Box Surface Science Facility

Vacuum Metrology Outgassing Characterisation

CVD Deposition PVD Magnetron Sputtering

SRF Structure Vertical Test Stretched Wire Characterisation Perturbation Measurement

Magnetic Measurement  Extremely accurate field measurements over large volume utilising several techniques  Very flexible laboratory space

Engineering Technology Centre Technology Implementation

Accelerator Module Power Supply, Control & Instrumentation Racks Extreme Light Infrastructure Nuclear Physics ELI-NP

UK Government £165m in-kind contribution to ESS ESS Accelerator Sub Project involvement; –Testing High Beta Superconducting cavities £30M –Vacuum Test Facilities £1M –Beam Transport Modules £10.5M –RF distribution Vacuum test facilities delivered in July 2015

A FEL Timeline Operate and upgrade facility UK FEL facility opens Build facility Specify UK FEL facility Develop community Define facility specification Timeline for Construction of a UK XFEL Facility 5 years 11 years20 years Technology R&D

Goals for FEL related R&D Support an UK XFEL Collaborative Programme Aimed at Delivering World-class FEL Science within the Next Decade –UK-XFEL Facility Specification –Critical FEL R&D Challenges  CLARA FEL test facility –UK XFEL Design, Prototyping and Delivery World- class Facility UK “FEL” Science Community National Labs Accelerator Institutes/Uni Industry

Summary  STFC has the core capabilities to develop large scale science facilities  ASTeC has been specifically developing FEL capabilities as a priority for over 10 years –Test facilities –Underpinning R&D –Skills  Nationally we have the capabilities to deliver world-leading FEL science….within 12 years