New capabilities of the FLUKA multi-purpose code

C Ahdida, D Bozzato, D Calzolari, F Cerutti… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
FLUKA is a general purpose Monte Carlo code able to describe the transport and interaction
of any particle and nucleus type in complex geometries over an energy range extending …

Feasibility of crystal-assisted collimation in the CERN accelerator complex

W Scandale, G Arduini, R Assmann… - … Journal of Modern …, 2022 - World Scientific
Bent silicon crystals mounted on high-accuracy angular actuators were installed in the
CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) and extensively tested to assess the feasibility of …

Channeling and volume reflection of high-energy charged particles in short bent crystals. Crystal assisted collimation of the accelerator beam halo

W Scandale, AM Taratin - Physics Reports, 2019 - Elsevier
The experimental studies of high-energy charged particle deflection due to planar and axial
channeling as well as volume reflection and multi volume reflections in short bent crystals at …

[HTML][HTML] Observation of channeling for 6500 GeV/c protons in the crystal assisted collimation setup for LHC

W Scandale, G Arduini, M Butcher, F Cerutti… - Physics Letters B, 2016 - Elsevier
Two high-accuracy goniometers equipped with two bent silicon crystals were installed in the
betatron cleaning insertion of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) during its long …

Carbon nanotubes: physics and applications

S Bellucci - physica status solidi (c), 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We overview definitions, properties and applications of Carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We
describe the CNTs lifecycle: starting with phases and requirements, going through the …

First results on the SPS beam collimation with bent crystals

W Scandale, G Arduini, R Assmann, C Bracco… - Physics Letters B, 2010 - Elsevier
Experiments were performed at the CERN SPS with 120 GeV/c stored proton beams to
assess the possibility of beam halo collimation assisted by bent crystals. A bent crystal was …

High-efficiency volume reflection of an ultrarelativistic proton beam with a bent silicon crystal

W Scandale, DA Still, A Carnera, G Della Mea… - Physical review …, 2007 - APS
The volume reflection phenomenon was detected while investigating 400 GeV proton
interactions with bent silicon crystals in the external beam H8 of the CERN Super Proton …

Comparative results on collimation of the SPS beam of protons and Pb ions with bent crystals

W Scandale, G Arduini, R Assmann, C Bracco, F Cerutti… - Physics Letters B, 2011 - Elsevier
New experiments on crystal assisted collimation have been carried out at the CERN SPS
with stored beams of 120 GeV/c protons and Pb ions. Bent silicon crystals of 2 mm long with …

Experimental study for the feasibility of a crystalline undulator

S Bellucci, S Bini, VM Biryukov, YA Chesnokov… - Physical Review Letters, 2003 - APS
We present an idea for creation of a crystalline undulator and report its first realization. One
face of a silicon crystal was given periodic microscratches (grooves) by means of a diamond …

Channeling of positrons through periodically bent crystals: on the feasibility of crystalline undulator and gamma-laser

AV Korol, AV Solov'Yov, W Greiner - International Journal of Modern …, 2004 - World Scientific
The electromagnetic radiation generated by ultra-relativistic positrons channeling in a
crystalline undulator is discussed. The crystalline undulator is a crystal whose planes are …