JRA2 CHARPAC

CHARged Particle ACceleration with intense lasers

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Objectives:

The main objective of the Work Package CHARPAC is to undertake a clear and focused investigation to improve the properties of electron and ion beams produced using intense laser pulses. CHARPAC is split into two Tasks that are dedicated, respectively, to electron and ion beam improvement. The partners collaborating within the JRA will accrue significant benefits from pooling their experimental and theoretical skills and know-how. The network of laser facilities, both existing and coming online soon, will provide laser pulses and beams with a large range of parameters, control systems and diagnostics and other general beam line facilities. This will allow for the teams to exploit novel mechanisms and scenarios e.g. colliding laser pulses configuration, localized injection, radiation pressure, multi-beam irradiation, and new targets, such as reduced mass, droplets, density ramp, variable gas mixtures. The teams are in a particularly good position to exploit this research environment because the laser systems have now become mature, and are well characterised and understood. The scope of the research programme will be significantly enhanced through networking activities with partners of EUCARD2, which provides an important link with the accelerator physics community.


Participants:

For more information on the participating infrastructures, please click on the respective symbol.

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  • CESTA, CEA, Le Barp, France
  • CLF, STFC, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
  • GSI, Darmstadt, Germany
  • HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • IST, Lisbon, Portugal
  • LLC,  Lund, Sweden
  • LOA, Palaiseau, France
  • LULI, CNRS, Palaiseau, France
  • MBI, Berlin, Germany
  • PALS, Prague, Czech Republic
  • SLIC, CEA, Saclay, France
  • STRATH, Glasgow, United Kingdom



Subcontractors:

  • HHUD, Duesseldorf, Germany
  • TUD, Darmstadt, Germany
  • QUB, Belfast, UK


Coordinator: Luis Silva, IST