Crystal lattice can trap and channel particle beams along major crystallographic directions. In a bent crystal, the channelled particles follow the bend. This makes a basis for an elegant technique of beam steering by means of bent channelling crystals, experimentally demonstrated from 3 MeV to 1 TeV. This technique was strongly developed in recent studies at CERN, FNAL, IHEP, and BNL, and can lead to interesting applications also at the LHC, such as crystal collimation making a collider cleaner by an order of magnitude. We review recent developments in the field and show outlook for the future.
@article{arxiv.physics/0607284,
title = {Crystal Channelling in Accelerators},
author = {V. M. Biryukov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0607284},
year = {2014}
}
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Invited talk at 10th European Particle Accelerator Conference (EPAC 06), Edinburgh, UK, 26-30 Jun 2006