INITIAL BEAM RESULTS FROM THE CORNELL HIGH-CURRENT ERL

Cornell University has built a high average current electron injector for use with an Energy Recovery Linac. The injector is designed for up to 100 mA average current at 5 MeV (33 mA at 15 MeV) and is expected to produce the ultra-low emittances needed for an ERL. An overview of the initial performance of this injector, the status of beam commissioning, and a summary of experiments being undertaken to demonstrate low emittance and high average current are presented.