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Description
HiRadMat a dedicated irradiation experimental area at CERN SPS facilitating pulsed high energy, high-intensity proton and ion beams has enabled the study of an array of materials and other particle accelerator components since its commissioning in 2011 serving both the Large Hadron Collider and other accelerator initiatives around the world. The deliverance of a 440 GeV/c proton beam pulses of ~3.5 x 1013 intensity has offered a unique perspective on the response of materials (novel and otherwise), electronic devices, detector and optical systems relying on the fast rate and energy density characteristics of the delivered pulses. These characteristics, intensity and fast rate, enabling the study of shock in matter form a strong foundation where the utilization of the potential of such experimental facility can serve a broader research community.
In this presentation the highlights of unique experiments facilitated by HiRadMat in support of several particle accelerator initiatives including the Large Hadron Collider, Long Baseline Neutrino Facility Experiment the Facility of Rare Isotope Beams, etc. will be summarized setting the stage for the envisioned next phase of this important experimental facility which aims to expand the scientific base by bringing together a range of scientific communities of ongoing and future projects including and not limited to accelerator physics, condensed matter physics, materials science, plasma physics and engineering.
The potential synergy of the research space offered by HiRadMat with the capabilities of other experimental facilities around the world which can provide either the long-term component of particle/matter interaction (i.e. irradiation damage) or the characterization of the fast rate/intense effects induced by the pulses at HiRadMat at the microstructure level (electron microscopy, synchrotrons) will also be discussed.