Fermilab is currently constructing a superconducting electron linac that will eventually serve as the backbone of a user-driven facility for accelerator science. This contribution describes the accelerator and summarizes the enabled research thrusts. A detailed description of the facility can be found at [\url{http://apc.fnal.gov/programs2/ASTA_TEMP/index.shtml}].
@article{arxiv.1304.0311,
title = {The Advanced Superconducting Test Accelerator (ASTA) at Fermilab: A User-Driven Facility Dedicated to Accelerator Science \& Technology},
author = {P. Piot and V. Shiltsev and S. Nagaitsev and M. Church and P. Garbincius and S. Henderson and J. Leibfritz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0311},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
3 pages, submitted as a White Paper to the "Accelerator Technology Testbeds and Test Beams" working group of the Snowmass on the Mississippi meeting (Minneapolis, 7/29 - 8/6 2013)