Final Report Summary - PARIS (PARticle accelerators with Intense lasers for Science (PARIS))
It has also been demonstrated that the electron beam parameters satisfy all the requirements for applications in medicine (radiotherapy), in biology (relevant experiments have shown how cells irradiated recovered after being irradiated by an electron beam delivering an extremely high dose rate), in chemistry (radiolysis), in physics for materials science (gamma radiography), and of course it opens new hope for high energy physics at long term, and at mid term development of compact free electron laser. Regarding midterm perspective the development of compact gamma ray sources for non destructive material inspection with the development of innovative targets have been identified as a clear objective for setting up industrial investigations that have be pursued within the project VERSATILE that has been approved by the ERC in the first Proof of Concept call. This applied research activity is now under the scope of the SourceLab, a Spin-off that has been initiated thanks also to ERC grants.
In conclusion, all the aspects of these developments, from the fundamental to their societal applications, have been addressed successfully within the PARIS ERC contract.