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abstract:
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The SPARC Project is starting the commissioning of its
photo-injector. RF gun, RF sources, RF network and
control, power supplies, emittance meter, beam
diagnostics and control to measure the RF gun beam have
been installed. The photocathode drive laser has been
characterized in terms of pulse shape and quality. We will
report also about first tests made on RF gun and on the
emittance meter device. Additional R&D on X-band and
S-band structures for velocity bunching are in progress, as
well as studies on new photocathode materials. We will
also discuss studies on solenoid field defects, beam based
alignments and exotic electron bunch production via
blow-out of short laser pulses.
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