Laser-plasma acceleration with self-injection: A test experiment for the sub-PW FLAME laser system at LNF-Frascati

Year: 2009

Authors: Gizzi L.A., Anelli F., Benedetti C., Cecchetti C.A., Clozza A., Di Pirro G., Drenska N., Faccini R., Giulietti D., Filippetto D., Fioravanti S., Gamucci A., Labate L., Levato T., Lollo V., Londrillo P., Pace E., Turchetti G., Vaccarezza C., Valente P., Vicario C.

Autors Affiliation: CNR, ILIL IPCF, Pisa, Italy; INFN, Sezione Pisa, Pisa, Italy; INFN, LNF, Frascati, Italy; Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, Rome, Italy; INFN, Sezione Roma 1, Rome, Italy; Univ Bologna Bologna, Dipartimento Fis, Bologna, Italy; INFN, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis, Pisa, Italy; Univ Bologna, Dipartimento Astron, Bologna, Italy.

Abstract: Laser-driven plasma acceleration is now being considered world-wide as a promising technique for the development of a new class of particle accelerators. The INFN-PLASMONX project aims at exploring this scenario using ultra-short laser pulses of the 0.3 PW, Ti:Sa laser system FLAME (Frascati Laser for Acceleration and Multidisciplinary Experiments). A self-injection test experiment (SITE) is being designed and set up to study electron acceleration at the sub GeV energy level. In this paper we describe the planned experiment, including the numerical modelling, the main plasma diagnostics and the electron spectrometer.

Journal/Review: Nuovo Cimento C-Colloquia and Communications in Physics

Volume: 32 (3-4)      Pages from: 433  to: 436

More Information: This work was supported by the INFN Project PLASMONX, by the MIUR funded FIRB-SPARX project and by the MIUR-PRIN project Studio della Generazione e della propagazione di elettroni rapidi […]. We acknowledge the support of the CINECA computing center for the 3D runs (grant: Simulazioni PIC 3D per l’accelerazione laserplasma).
DOI: 10.1393/ncc/i2009-10482-8

Citations: 17
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