Published April 1, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Innovative remotely-controlled bending device for thin silicon and germanium crystals

  • 1. INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, Viale dell'Universita 2, Legnaro, 35020 Italy (Italy)
  • 2. INFN Sezione di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra, Universita di Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, Ferrara, 44100 Italy (Italy)
  • 3. Institut für Kernphysik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 45, Mainz, D-55099 Germany (Germany)

Description

Steering of negatively charged particle beams below 1 GeV has demonstrated to be possible with thin bent silicon and germanium crystals. A newly designed mechanical holder was used for bending crystals, since it allows a remotely-controlled adjustment of crystal bending and compensation of unwanted torsion. Bent crystals were installed and tested at the MAMI Mainz MIcrotron to achieve steering of 0.855-GeV electrons at different bending radii. We report the description and characterization of the innovative bending device developed at INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro (LNL).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/04/C04006

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Instrumentation
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
04
Journal Page Range
p. C04006
ISSN
1748-0221