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D. Ahmadi¹,*, A. Cimmino³, E. Cortina Gil², P. Demin², A. Giammanco², G.M. Grittani³, S. Ikram², M. Lagrange², M. Nevrkla³, E. M. Rockafellow⁴, J. E. Shrock⁴, M. Tytgat¹, R. Versaci³
1. Inter-University Institute for High Energies (IIHE), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
2. Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology, UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
3. ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Dolni Brezany, Czechia
4. University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
*Corresponding author: donya.ahmadi@vub.be
We present the first deployment of a portable radiation imaging detector based on glass Resistive Plate Chambers (gRPCs) in a laser-driven accelerator setting. The system is designed as a tracking telescope, comprising two to four gas-tight modules with an active area of 16 × 16 cm², optimized for stable operation, mechanical robustness, and autonomous deployment.
After extensive validation with cosmic-ray muons, the detectors were deployed at the laser wake field multi-GeV electron accelerator ELBA at ELI Beamlines in 2025. In this facility, ultra-short laser pulsed and high-power plasma-laser interaction generate a complex and highly transient radiation environment. Despite the presence of strong electromagnetic fields and radiation background, the detector system maintained safe and stable operation throughout the data-taking period and demonstrated the capability to reconstruct particle tracks in this challenging condition.
The results highlight the potential and feasibility of portable gRPC detectors in such an environment and provide a basis for future measurements under improved beam conditions.