Commissioning of ThomX Compton source subsystems and demonstration of
1010
x-rays/s
Authors: Alkadi Muath , Alves Manuel , Amer Manar , Amoudry Loic , Auguste Didier , Babigeon Jean-Luc , Baltazar Michel , Benoit Alain , Blin Alexandre , Bonanzingamarco Marco , Bonenfant Jean , Bonis Julien , Brasile Jean-Pierre , Cassou Kevin , Cayla Jean-Noël , Chabaud Thomas , Chaikovska Iryna , Chance Sophie , Chaumat Vincent , Chiche Ronic , Cornebise Patrick , Dalifard Olivier , Delerue Nicolas , Dorkel Remy , Douillet Denis , Drebot Illya , Dugal Jean-Phillipe , Dupraz Kevin , Kamchi Noureddine El , Khaldi Mohamed El , Ergenlik Ezgi , Favier Pierre , Fernandez Marco , Gamelin Alexis , Garaut Jean-Francois , Garolfi Luca , Gauron Philippe , Gauthier Frédéric , Gonnin Alexandre , Grasset Denis , Guerard Eric , Guler Hayg , Haissinski Jacques , Herry Emmanuel , Iaquaniello Gregory , Jacquet Marie , Jehanno Didier , Jules Eric , Kubytskyi Viacheslav , Labaye François , Lacroix Mickaël , Langlet Marc , Lebarillec Titouan , Ledu Jean-François , Le Guidec Damien , Leluan Bruno , Lepercq Pierre , Letellier-cohen Frédéric , Marie Rodolphe , Marrucho Jean-Claude , Martens Aurélien , Mageur Christophe , Mercadier Gabriel , Mercier Bruno , Mistretta Eric , Monard Hugues , Moutardier Alexandre , Mytrochenko Viktor , Neveu Olivier , Nutarelli Daniele , Omeich Maher , Peinaud Yann , Pérus Antoine , Petrilli Yannick , Pichet Marc , Pieyre Bernard , Plaige Eric , Prévost Christophe , Roulet Thomas , Roux Raphael , Rudnicky Philippe , Soskov Viktor , Taurigna-Quéré Monique , Trochet Stéphane , Vallerand Cynthia , Variola Alessandro , Vitez Olivier , Wicek François , Wormser Guy , Wurth Sébastien , Zomer Fabian , Alexandre Patrick , Fekih Rachid Ben el , Berteaud Philippe , Bobault Sébastien , Bouanani Yazid , Bouvet François , Cassinari Lodovico , Couprie Marie-Emmanuelle , Cuoq Renaud , Dias Helder , Dietrich Yannick , Diop Massamba , Dupuy Eric , Ajjouri Moussa El , Herbeaux Christian , Hubert Nicolas , Labat Marie , Lestrade Alain , Letrésor Antoine , Lopes Robert , Loulergue Alexandre , Marchand Patrick , Marteau Fabrice , Muller Didier , Nadji Amor , Nadolski Laurent , Nagaoka Ryutaro , Pedeau Dominique , Petit Sylvain , Pollina Jean Pierre , Ribeiro Fernand , Ros Manuel , Salvia Julien , Sebdaoui Mourad , Sreedharan Rajesh , Susini Jean , Veteran José , Bruyere Cyril , Cobessi Alain , Del Net William , Hazemann Jean-Louis , Hodeau Jean-Louis , Jacquet Philippe , Jeantet Philippe , Kapoujyan Grigor , Lacipière Jérôme , Lahéra Eric , Perroux Gilles , Proux Olivier , Roy Emmanuel , Walter Philippe , Bravin Alberto , Elleaume Hélène , Estève François , Bzyl Harold , Chapelle Christophe , Horodynski Jean-Michel , Robert Pierre , Cormier Eric , Degallaix Jérôme , Michel Christophe , Pinard Laurent , Balcou Philippe , Lhermite Jérôme , Montant Sébastien , Nadeau Marie-Christine , Petit Stéphane , Artemiev Nikolay , Biagini Marica , Czarny Romain , Girault Pascal , Muller Sophie , Sierra Serge , Simon-Boisson Christophe , Bouaziz Said , Benabderrahmane Chamseddine , Le Duc Géraldine , Liu Xing 
Published: February 2025

ThomX is a compact x-ray source based on Compton scattering, installed at IJCLab (Laboratoire de physique des 2 infinis-Irène Joliot-Curie) in Orsay. The machine uses a small electron storage ring and an intense laser pulse stored in a high-finesse optical cavity. This article describes the various subsystems of the machine and their initial results of the commissioning, which began in mid-2021. This first commissioning phase led to the production of 1010 x-rays/s with an on-axis energy of 45 keV. The main steps to be taken to reach the nominal flux are outlined at the end.

Published by the American Physical Society
2025