Superconducting Undulator Workshop Rutherford Appleton Laboratory 28 th & 29 th April 2014 Jim Clarke STFC Daresbury Laboratory

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Workshop Aims & Motivation PM Undulator technology continues to advance, with shorter periods, smaller gaps, and new permanent magnet materials being implemented at advanced accelerator driven light sources around the world. Superconducting technology still appears to hold a significant advantage over even cryogenic permanent magnet based devices. The recent successful installation and operation of an SCU on the APS is another significant step forwards. But, progress with SCUs is not as fast as we would like – are there particular issues that are holding us up or do we all tackle different problems?

Workshop Aims & Motivation Opportunity to share news and information about the status and progress of our projects and to discuss the ongoing challenges that we all face. Try to achieve a consensus on list of uncertainties – What is holding SCUs back? – Could we work more closely together as a community to push SCUs forward as a technology? – Do Free Electron Lasers provide different challenges to storage rings? Agree any action items

Output of the Workshop We will write up a Report of the Workshop, summarising all of the points raised, consensus on key areas to tackle and any actions agreed We hope this will be a useful document to the community

Dinner Tonight Coach provided to Cosener’s House, Abingdon at 19:00 from R18 Return coach to Ridgeway House at 22.00

Thanks Thanks to Sue, Marie & Vicky for all the help with the organisation Thanks to Marie for support during the workshop Thanks to Tom, Soren, Sara, and Yury for helping put the Programme together Many thanks to you all for attending