CONSIDERATIONS FOR A LIGHT SOURCE TEST FACILITY AT DARESBURY LABORATORY

This paper presents an overview of a dedicated light source test facility named CLARA (Compact Linear Advanced Research Accelerator), the first phase of which is currently funded and under construction at Daresbury Laboratory in the United Kingdom. The primary aim of the project is to develop a normal conducting test accelerator able to generate longitudinally and transversely bright electron bunches, and to use these bunches in the experimental production of stable, synchronised, ultra short photon pulses of coherent light from a single pass free-electron laser, using techniques applicable to the future generation of light source facilities. The paper discusses the provisional facility outline and the parameters required to enable the proposed FEL research topics.