The SNS accelerator research program addresses several open questions in beam physics:

• Can we increase hadron beam intensities by orders of magnitude without increasing particle losses?
• Can we predict and control intense beams at the level of individual particles in six-dimensional phase space?

This research has experimental, computational, and theoretical components, with a focus on collective effects that drive nonlinear dynamics, halo formation, and instabilites.

Research topics

• Phase space painting
• Laser-based charge-exchange injection
• Laser-based beam diagnostics
• High-dimensional and high-dynamic-range phase space measurements
• Modeling of intense beam dynamics

Projects

• Laser-Assisted Charge Exchange (LACE)
• SNS Beam Test Facility (BTF)

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