LIGHT collaboration meeting 2015

The Detector & Target Laboratory at the TUD-Institute for Nuclear Physics is a small scale university facility with its focus on the development of manufacturing techniques for targets used in particle and laser beam experiments. This presentation informs on our characterization and manufacturing capabilities with respect to target specifications achievable, possible geometries, tolerances and...

The experimental parameters and results are presented in detail: The available laser parameters from the PHELIX 100 TW laser beamline, the accessible proton beam parameters from the TNSA source at Z6, the applied ion optics for energy selection and beam transport and the installed radio-frequency cavity. Two operational modes have been demonstrated successfully for protons in the range of 10...

The linac activities are aimed to increase the accelerating field gradient. A high gradient CH – cavity operated at 325 MHz was developed at IAP – Frankfurt. The accelerating field gradient is expected to reach > 10 MV/m. Within a funded project, this cavity will be further developed towards a high gradient cavity. The new GSI 3 MW Thales klystron test stand will be used for the cavity RF...

The presented work will summarize the development of pulsed high-field magnets and power converter technology at HZDR in 2014 for application in laser-plasma physics. The talk will focus on miniature magnetic solenoids, pulsed multipole magnets and the generation of high-current pulses.

This work faces on the optimization of the RPA beam quality in dependence of the laser and target parameters: - A relativistic two fluid model of the laser plasma interaction is derived. From this analytical model, two important perceptions will be obtained: 1) An approximation to the maximum achievable kinetic energy. Within this, a termination criterion for the RPA mechanism is achieved,...

A UK grant funded consortium was formed in 2013 to further research into laser driven ion accelerators for potential medical applications. The consortium which consists of Queens University, The University of Strathclyde, Imperial College London and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory will coordinate developments in this area. I will report on our efforts to improve the understanding of ion...

Status of the multidisciplinary transport beam line at ELI-Beamlines

We will report and discuss the activities so far carried out within the frame of the PLASMAMED experiment in Italy. Experimental results obtained at the FLAME laser in Frascati, at PISA laser installation and in other European laser facilities will be discussed with special emphasis on future perspectives for tests of specialized diagnostics components and beam handling devices.