European Laser Electron controlled Acceleration in Plasmas to GeV energy range NEST ADVENTURE STREP Proposal Coordinator: Brigitte CROS (CNRS- LPGP) Approved January, 2006
History This NEST STREP Adventure project started in January 2005 First step approved in June 2005 Full project approved in January 2006 CPF signed by partners Contract signature??? Consortium Agreement : second draft First fund transfer expected in September 2006 EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 2
Objectives To build a laser-plasma accelerator To accelerate electrons to the GeV energy range in a plasma wave. To test the issues related to the control of the properties of the electron beam Expected result: accelerated e-beam e with energy in the GeV range, energy spread of the order of 1%, pulse duration of the order of 100 fs, charge in the range 10 pc to 100 pc. EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 3
Participants 1 - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : LPGP, LOA, LLR, LAL 2 - CCLRC-RAL, RAL, U STRATHCLYDE, Imperial College, U OXFORD 3 - Universiteit Twente, UT 4 - Eindhoven U. of Technology,, TUE 5 - Instituto Superior Técnico,, IST-GOLP EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 4
Research activities WP1: Laser Injector Development WP2: RF Photo-Injector Development WP3: Production of a plasma wave over a long distance WP4: Injection & Controlled Acceleration WP5: Diagnostics EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 5
WP1: Laser Injector Development Demonstrate all-optical injection (AOI) and acceleration of ultra-short (10 fs) ) electron bunches by colliding laser pulses (CDP) collinear pulses (CLP) Characterize and optimize the spectrum of electrons Achieve mono-energetic, low emittance electron beams at a few tens of MeV to 200 MeV EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 6
WP2: RF Photo-Injector Development Improve existing technology in order to build RFPIs to produce e-e bunches with: 50 to 100 pc charge, 50 fs to 1ps duration, energy 3-3 4 MeV,, energy spread 2% Transport and focus the electron beam at the entrance of the plasma Commission RFPIs for acceleration experiment EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 7
WP3: Production of a plasma wave over a long distance Develop plasma media allowing to achieve a plasma wave over several centimetres Study the propagation of intense laser pulses ( 10 17 W.cm - 2 ) in the waveguides Control the plasma wave stability, repeatability and lifetime Achieve a product of gradient and length of 1 GV EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 8
WP4: Injection & Controlled Acceleration Inject and accelerate electrons in a linear plasma wave over a long distance (several centimetres) Achieve a precise theoretical modelling and control the different elements of the acceleration process Build a prototype to achieve accelerated electron beams with energy in the GeV range, energy spread of the order of 1%, pulse duration of the order of 100 fs, charge in the range 10 pc to 100 pc. EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 9
WP5: Diagnostics Development Develop and implement diagnostics to characterize beam profile, charge, energy, time duration EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 10
Work plan synoptic view Laser injectors Colliding pulses Collinear pulses 24m 10fs e-bunch E<200MeV RF PI s RFPI 1-50 fs RFPI 2-1 ps 24m RFPIS commissioned Long PW Plasma channels Capillary tubes 20m Grad. x Length 1 GV/m Inj. +Acc. Diagnostics Simulations Technical prep. 24m Assembling Exp1 Assembling Exp2 1 GeV Prototype Duration Diag 9m Hodoscope 20m Calorimeter 29m EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 11
Resources Accelerator laboratories and laser facilities TUE, UT, LAL RAL, LOA, USTRAT, IST Waveguide development labs OXFORD, IST, LPGP Diagnostics development labs LLR, USTRAT, TUE, UT Modeling and simulation infrastructures Requested funds: 2M Euros are for Post-doc or PhD Consumables, transfer of equipment, missions for collaborative experiments, collaboration meetings, management EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 12
Impact Compact controllable e-source in the GeV range Dissemination to University size labs Industrial spin-offs (laser, photo-injector technology, synchronisation) Applications to femtosecond X-ray generation, femtochemistry, radiobiology, First stage of a laser plasma accelerator Will allow to evaluate the feasibility of building a multi-stages accelerator for high energy Basis for a larger scale project at the European level. EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 13
Management structure Coordinator (CNRS) Representative of consortium Intermediary with the EC Management Team Deputy Coord (+ team) Juridical & accounting assistants Web master -Strategic decisions -Arbitration -Approval of budget/allocation/expenditures -Approval of the Detailed Working Plan Steering Committee EuroLEAP Coord Deputy Coord WP coords DoK&IP deputies Governing Board EuroLEAP Coord Contractors representatives DoK & IP deputies WP1: LID Coord: IST L. SILVA WP2: RFPID WP3: PWLD WP4: ICAE WP5: DIAG WP6: MAN Coord: TUE Coord: Coord: Coord: Coord: M. VAN DER UOXF.DU USTRAT CCLRC CNRS WIEL S. HOOKER D. JAROSZYNSKI D. NEELY B. CROS EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 14
Website WELCOME LOGIN Basic Concepts Private welcome Publications Calendar Meetings Participant List Reports Interaction area Links Administration EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 15
Questions to be discussed Organisation of the work in the WP Publications: authorship rules, reviewing, preprint diffusion Dok and IP deputies: volunteers? Use of the website (workflow, sharing of information) Budget rules and calendar Recruitment issues EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 16
Today s s Agenda 9h15-9h45General presentation of EuroLEAP B. Cros 9h45-11h30Pr 11h30Présentation of WP objectives 9h45 WP1 L. Silva 10h00 WP2 M. van der Wiel 10h15 WP3 S. Hooker 10h30-11h00Coffee Break 11h00WP4D. Jaroszynski 11h15WP5D. Neely 11h30-15h00Discussion 15h00Discussion of work coordination : plan for 06/07 11h30WP1 L. Silva 12h00WP2M. van der Wiel 12h30 13h30 Lunch break 13h30WP3S. Hooker 14h00WP4D. Jaroszynski 14h30WP5D. Neely 15h00-15h30 Coffee break 15h30-16h45 16h45 Discussion of organisation : IP, publication, communication, budget rules, B. Cros 16h45-17h00 17h00Summing-upB. Cros 17h00End of kick-off meeting 17h15-18h00 18h00 Steering board meeting 18h00-18h45 18h45 Governing board meeting EuroLEAP kick-off: general presentation, B Cros May 16th 06 17