Shengguang Liu

Bio: Shengguang Liu is an academic researcher from KEK. The author has contributed to research in topics: Beam (structure) & Undulator. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 2 publications receiving 20 citations.

Beam loading compensation for acceleration of multi-bunch electron beam train

Abstract: The laser undulator compact X-ray source (LUCX) is a test bench used with the compact, high-brightness X-ray generator at KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization). Our group is conducting experiments with LUCX to demonstrate the possibility of K-edge digital subtraction angiography, based on Compton scattering. One of the challenging problems is to generate high-brightness multi-bunch electron beams to compensate for the energy difference arising from the beam loading effect. In this paper we calculate the transient beam loading voltage and energy gain from the RF field in the gun and accelerating tube for a multi-bunch train. To do so we consider the process by which the RF field builds up in the gun and accelerating tube, and the special shape of the RF pulse. We generate and accelerate 100 bunches with a 50 nC electron bunch train, effectively compensating for the beam loading effect by adjusting the injection timing. Using a beam position monitor (BPM) and optical transition radiation (OTR) system, we measure the electron beam energy bunch by bunch. The average energy of a 100-bunch train is 40.5 MeV and the maximum energy difference from bunch to bunch is 0.26 MeV.

Generation and acceleration of high brightness electron bunch train at ATF of KEK

Abstract: Laser Undulator Compact X-ray source (LUCX) is a test bench for compact high brightness X-ray generator at KEK in order to demonstrate the possibility on K-edge digital subtraction angiography, based on the Compton Scattering. For this project, one of the challenging problems is to generate and accelerate high brightness multi-bunch electron beams, compensating the energy difference due to beam loading effect. In this paper, we calculate the transient beam loading voltage and energy gain from RF field in standing wave gun cavity and traveling wave accelerating tube for multi-bunch train, considering the process of propagation, buildup of RF field in them and the special RF pulse shape. We generated and accelerated 100 bunch electron beam train with 50 nC, which beam loading effect was compensated effectively by adjusting the laser injection timing. By BPM and OTR system, we measured the electron beam energy bunch by bunch. The average energy of 100 bunch train is 40.5 MeV and maximum energy difference bunch to bunch is 0.26 MeV, the relative energy spread of single bunch is about 0.13%. The transverse emittance can be optimized roughly to 3.6 pimm.mrad.

Genome-wide identification and analysis of drought-responsive microRNAs in Oryza sativa

Abstract: In addition to regulating growth and development, the most important function of microRNAs (miRNAs) in plants is the regulation of a variety of cellular processes underlying plant adaptation to environmental stresses. To gain a deep understanding of the mechanism of drought tolerance in rice, genome-wide profiling and analysis of miRNAs was carried out in drought-challenged rice across a wide range of developmental stages, from tillering to inflorescence formation, using a microarray platform. Among the 30 miRNAs identified as significantly down- or up-regulated under the drought stress, 11 down-regulated miRNAs (miR170, miR172, miR397, miR408, miR529, miR896, miR1030, miR1035, miR1050, miR1088, and miR1126) and eight up-regulated miRNAs (miR395, miR474, miR845, miR851, miR854, miR901, miR903, and miR1125) were revealed for the first time to be induced by drought stress in plants, and nine (miR156, miR168, miR170, miR171, miR172, miR319, miR396, miR397, and miR408) showed opposite expression to that observed in drought-stressed Arabidopsis. The most conserved down-regulated miRNAs were ath-miR170, the miR171 family, and ath-miR396, and the most conserved up-regulated miRNAs were ptc-miR474 and ath-miR854a. The identification of differentially expressed novel plant miRNAs and their target genes, and the analysis of cis-elements provides molecular evidence for the possible involvement of miRNAs in the process of drought response and/or tolerance in rice.

Electron Linac design to drive bright Compton back-scattering gamma-ray sources

Abstract: The technological development in the field of high brightness linear accelerators and high energy/high quality lasers enables today designing high brilliance Compton-X and Gamma-photon beams suitable for a wide range of applications in the innovative field of nuclear photonics. The challenging requirements of this kind of source comprise: tunable energy (1–20 MeV), very narrow bandwidth (0.3%), and high spectral density (104 photons/s/eV). We present here a study focused on the design and the optimization of an electron Linac aimed to meet the source specifications of the European Extreme Light Infrastructure—Nuclear Physics project, currently funded and seeking for an innovative machine design in order to outperform state-of-the-art facilities. We show that the phase space density of the electron beam, at the collision point against the laser pulse, is the main quality factor characterizing the Linac.

Observation of pulsed x-ray trains produced by laser-electron Compton scatterings.

Abstract: X-ray generation based on laser-electron Compton scattering is one attractive method to achieve a compact laboratory-sized high-brightness x-ray source. We have designed, built, and tested such a source; it combines a 50 MeV multibunch electron linac with a mode-locked 1064 nm laser stored and amplified in a Fabry–Perot optical cavity. We directly observed trains of pulsed x rays using a microchannel plate detector; the resultant yield was found to be 1.2×105 Hz in good agreement with prediction. We believe that the result has demonstrated good feasibility of linac-based compact x-ray sources via laser-electron Compton scatterings.

The DRIFT Directional Dark Matter Experiments

Abstract: The current status of the DRIFT (Directional Recoil Identification From Tracks) experiment at Boulby Mine is presented, including the latest limits on the WIMP spin-dependent cross-section from 1.5 kg days of running with a mixture of CS2 and CF4 . Planned upgrades to DRIFT IId are detailed, along with ongoing work towards DRIFT III, which aims to be the world’s first 10 m3 -scale directional Dark Matter detector.