Acceleration with self-injection for an all-optical radiation source at LNF

Year: 2013

Authors: Gizzi LA., Anania M.P., Gatti G., Giulietti D., Grittani G., Kando M., Krus M., Labate L., Levato T., Oishi Y., Rossi F.

Autors Affiliation: INO CNR, ILIL, I-56124 Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Pisa, I-56127 Pisa, Italy; Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Lab Nazl Frascati, I-00044 Frascati, Italy; Univ Pisa, Dipartimento Fis E Fermi, I-56100 Pisa, Italy; Japan Atom Energy Agcy, Kyoto, Japan; Fyzikalni Ustav AV CR Vvi, Prague, Czech Republic; U Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; Univ Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Sezione Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Bologna, Italy

Abstract: We discuss a new compact gamma-ray source aiming at high spectral density, up to two orders of magnitude higher than currently available bremsstrahlung sources, and conceptually similar to Compton sources based on conventional linear accelerators. This new source exploits electron bunches from laser-driven electron acceleration in the so-called self-injection scheme and uses a counter-propagating laser pulse to obtain X and gamma-ray emission via Thomson/Compton scattering. The proposed experimental configuration inherently provides a unique test-bed for studies of fundamental open issues of electrodynamics. In view of this, a preliminary discussion of recent results on self-injection with the FLAME laser is also given. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal/Review: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION B-BEAM INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS AND ATOMS

Volume: 309      Pages from: 202  to: 209

More Information: We thank the staff of the LNF Accelerator and Technical Divisions for the support during the the SITE operations at LNF. \”SITE\” and \”gamma-RESIST\” are funded by INFN through the CN5. The work was carried out in collaboration with the High Field Photonics Unit (MD.P03.034) and X-ray Photonics (MD.P03.006.006) at INO-CNR partially funded by CNR through the ELI-Italy project and by the MIUR-FIRB SPARX, respectively. We acknowledge the CINECA Grant N. HP10CZX6QK2012 for the availability of high performance computing resources and the INFN APE project for the availability of the QUonG cluster.
KeyWords: Ultra-intense laser-matter interactions; X-ray sources; gamma-Ray sources
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2013.01.067

Citations: 15
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