Speaker
Description
Particle accelerators are essential tools for high energy physics and other research directions. After accelerating a primary charged particle beam these facilities generate specific radiation in a second step. The desired secondary radiation could be synchrotron radiation, free electron laser (FEL) pulses, neutrons, or exotic particles by colliding beams for HEP research. The entire process can be understood as a step-wise conversion of grid energy to the mentioned secondary radiation. Despite of enormous advancements in the last decades proposed future collider facilities will consume a significant fraction of the power production of a typical coal or nuclear power plant. After an introduction to the problem, conceptual and technological R&D directions to improve the energy efficiency of accelerator driven RI will be presented.
