The γ-Ray Beam-Line at NewSUBARU

Abstract

The synchrotron radiation facility NewSUBARU with nine beam-lines is operated by the Laboratory of Advanced Science and Technology for Industry, University of Hyogo, Japan. Gamma-ray beams are produced in the beam-line BL01 by laser Compton scattering (LCS) from 0.5–1.5 GeV electron beams in the NewSUBARU storage ring [1]. Lasers with different wavelengths are used to produce the LCS photon beam in the energy range from 0.5 MeV to 76 MeV: a Nd:YVO4 laser (λ = 1064 and 532 nm), a CO2 laser (λ = 10.59 μm), and an Er fiber laser (λ = 1540 nm). A new experimental hutch, GACKO (Gamma Collaboration Hutch of Konan University), was installed in the BL01 in March 2012.