Project description
Upgrading plasma accelerator systems for compact research infrastructures
The next generation of green and sustainable plasma technologies calls for ultracompact linear accelerators that can be used for a wide range of fundamental and applied research applications in photon science, structural biology, materials diagnostics, precision medical imaging, radiation and hadron therapy, industrial science, particle physics detector development and future compact colliders. To address this, the EU-funded PACRI project intends to develop novel energy-efficient plasma accelerator systems with high repetition rate ultrafast laser components for compact research infrastructures. In line with the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) and its project European Plasma Research Accelerator with Excellence in Applications, these plasma technologies will provide upgrades at many dedicated research facilities, helping to consolidate centres of excellence across Europe.
Objective
"Plasma accelerators driven by advanced laser sources and/or compact electron linacs are key components for the next generation of green and sustainable research infrastructures. We propose a project on the development of ""Plasma Accelerator systems for Compact Research Infrastructures"" (PACRI), which will develop highly important and ground-breaking plasma accelerator technologies for Europe's future research infrastructures (RI).
The specific objectives of PACRI are:
- The development of high repetition rate plasma modules, as required for the EuPRAXIA ESFRI project, capable of extending its scientific scope from high average brightness radiation sources to high energy physics.
- Improving the performance of normal conducting accelerator technology for X-band linacs, paving the way for high repetition rate operation (up to kHz) with a focus on efficiency and power consumption.
- The development of key laser components required to scale up high power, high repetition rate laser technology as required by the EuPRAXIA and ELI ESFRI research infrastructures.
The achievement of the PACRI objectives will enable the production of unique particle and photon beams with a wide range of applications in ultrafast science, high precision medical imaging, materials diagnostics, medical treatment and, in the longer term, the development of future compact colliders. These developments will be used for future resource-efficient upgrades of existing RIs at INFN, Elettra, CERN, CNR, CNRS, DESY, ELI, GSI/FAIR and UKRI.
In addition, PACRI will support the implementation of ESFRI's EuPRAXIA distributed research facility by consolidating its sites and centres of excellence being developed under the ongoing EuPRAXIA_PP project. It will fund the development of some technical prototypes that are crucial for the implementation of the EuPRAXIA project and other European Research Infrastructures (e.g. enabling major upgrades to the ELI-Beamlines facility).
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00044 Frascati
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L69 7ZX Liverpool
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33700 Merignac
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756 51 UPPSALA
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5652 AH Eindhoven
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00124 Rome
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SN2 1FL Swindon
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00185 Roma
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252 41 Dolni Brezany
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75794 Paris
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78990 Elancourt
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33600 Pessac
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37185 Villamayor
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12489 BERLIN
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1000-043 Lisboa
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00185 Roma
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40225 Dusseldorf
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22607 Hamburg
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OX1 2JD Oxford
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80539 MUNCHEN
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64291 Darmstadt
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00133 Roma
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