Plasma-based positron sources at EuPRAXIA

Gianluca Sarri; Luke Calvin; Matthew Streeter

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ac4e6a

Plasma-based positron sources at EuPRAXIA

Gianluca Sarri^*, Luke Calvin, Matthew Streeter

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Abstract

Plasma-based positron sources are attracting significant attention from the research community, thanks to their rather unique characteristics, which include broad energy tuneability and ultra-short duration, obtainable in a compact and relatively inexpensive setup. Here, we show a detailed numerical study of the positron beam characteristics obtainable at the dedicated user target areas proposed for the EuPRAXIA facility, the first plasma-based particle accelerator to be built as a user facility for applications. It will be shown that MeV-scale positron beams with unique properties for industrial and material science applications can be produced, alongside with GeV-scale positron beams suitable for fundamental science and accelerator physics.

Original language	English
Article number	044001
Journal	Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume	64
Issue number	4
Early online date	10 Feb 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ac4e6a
Publication status	Published - Apr 2022

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Funding Information:
G S acknowledges financial support from EPSRC (Grant Nos. EP/V044397/1, EP/P010059/1, and EP/V049186/1) and fruitful discussions with the EuPRAXIA collaboration. This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 653782.

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© 2022 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Keywords

laser wakefield acceleration
laser-plasma
positron acceleration

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Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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