The MAMI-C Accelerator: 25 Years of Operation and Strategies for the Next Decade

The Mainz Microtron Accelerator (MAMI-C) is a staged Race Tack Microtron (RTM) accelerator for 100 μA polarised electrons up to 1.6 GeV energy [1]. This report addresses the problems and our strategies to reliably operate the MAMI-C Accelerator for at least another ten years and what lessons have been learned for the new Mainz Energy recovering Superconducting Accelerator (MESA).