Name: 3rd Topical Workshop on Novel Acceleration Techniques
Start: 2014-04-27T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2014-04-30T14:20:00+02:00
Location: HZDR

3rd Topical Workshop on Novel Acceleration Techniques

from Sunday 27 April 2014 (20:00) to Wednesday 30 April 2014 (14:20)

Monday 21 April 2014
Tuesday 22 April 2014
Wednesday 23 April 2014
Thursday 24 April 2014
Friday 25 April 2014
Saturday 26 April 2014
Sunday 27 April 2014

19:00 Reception and light meal
Reception and light meal
19:00 - 21:00

Monday 28 April 2014
09:00 Welcome / Admin & Logistics - Roland Sauerbrey (HZDR) Ulrich Schramm (HZDR)
Welcome / Admin & Logistics
- Roland Sauerbrey (HZDR)
- Ulrich Schramm (HZDR)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20 Introduction / LA³NET - Rob Ashworth (University of Liverpool)
Introduction / LA³NET
- Rob Ashworth (University of Liverpool)
09:20 - 09:40
09:40 Session 1. Technologies and challenges of future accelerators: Status and prospects of normal-conducting and superconducting RF acceleration - Peter Mcintosh (CERN - FP/PI)
Session 1. Technologies and challenges of future accelerators: Status and prospects of normal-conducting and superconducting RF acceleration
- Peter Mcintosh (CERN - FP/PI)
09:40 - 10:20
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 PIConGPU: fast 3D multiscale simulations - Michael Bussmann (HZDR)
PIConGPU: fast 3D multiscale simulations
- Michael Bussmann (HZDR)
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 New science opportunities on XFEL - Thomas Cowan (HZDR)
New science opportunities on XFEL
- Thomas Cowan (HZDR)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 Experimental Results and Future Directions of Various Dielectric Laser Accelerators - Joshua McNeur (Uni Erlangen)
Experimental Results and Future Directions of Various Dielectric Laser Accelerators
- Joshua McNeur (Uni Erlangen)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Session 2. Laser-based ion acceleration: Ion acceleration using short laser pulses - Paul Gibbon (FZJ Jülich)
Session 2. Laser-based ion acceleration: Ion acceleration using short laser pulses
- Paul Gibbon (FZJ Jülich)
11:50 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Laser-ion acceleration at HZDR - Karl Zeil (HZDR)
Laser-ion acceleration at HZDR
- Karl Zeil (HZDR)
14:00 - 14:20
14:20 Laser-driven ion acceleration with ultra-thin targets - Luca Christopher Stockhausen (C)
Laser-driven ion acceleration with ultra-thin targets
- Luca Christopher Stockhausen (C)
14:20 - 14:40
14:40 Research on superintense laser-driven ion acceleration at Politecnico di Milano - Matteo Passoni (Politecnico Milano)
Research on superintense laser-driven ion acceleration at Politecnico di Milano
- Matteo Passoni (Politecnico Milano)
14:40 - 15:00
15:00 THz pulse driven particle accelerators - János Hebling (University of Pécs)
THz pulse driven particle accelerators
- János Hebling (University of Pécs)
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 Pulsed high field magnets: Unique opportunities for handling laser accelerated ions - Florian Kroll (HZDR)
Pulsed high field magnets: Unique opportunities for handling laser accelerated ions
- Florian Kroll (HZDR)
15:20 - 15:40
15:40 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:10
16:10 The Laser Laboratory for Acceleration and Applications (L2A2) - Jose Benlliure (Uni Santiago)
The Laser Laboratory for Acceleration and Applications (L2A2)
- Jose Benlliure (Uni Santiago)
16:10 - 16:30
16:30 Short pulse lasers for laser plasma electron and acceleration - Matt Zepf (HI Jena)
Short pulse lasers for laser plasma electron and acceleration
- Matt Zepf (HI Jena)
16:30 - 17:10
17:10

17:10 - 18:00
Tuesday 29 April 2014
09:00 Session 3. Electron acceleration: Overview of laser-driven electron acceleration - Victor malka (LOA)
Session 3. Electron acceleration: Overview of laser-driven electron acceleration
- Victor malka (LOA)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40 Compton backscattering experiments at LOA - Andreas Döpp (Centro de Laseres Pulsados)
Compton backscattering experiments at LOA
- Andreas Döpp (Centro de Laseres Pulsados)
09:40 - 10:00
10:00 From 1-D fluid models to 3D PIC simulations for resonant PWFA experiments at SPARC_LAB - Alberto marocchino (Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza")
From 1-D fluid models to 3D PIC simulations for resonant PWFA experiments at SPARC_LAB
- Alberto marocchino (Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza")
10:00 - 10:20
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Advanced proton driven PWFA experiment at CERN - Mikhail Martyanov (CERN)
Advanced proton driven PWFA experiment at CERN
- Mikhail Martyanov (CERN)
10:50 - 11:10
11:10 Plasma-based acceleration experiments at SPARC_LAB - Enrica Chiadroni (INFN - LNF)
Plasma-based acceleration experiments at SPARC_LAB
- Enrica Chiadroni (INFN - LNF)
11:10 - 11:30
11:30 Compact electron acceleration and bunch compression in THz waveguides - Arya Fallahi (D)
Compact electron acceleration and bunch compression in THz waveguides
- Arya Fallahi (D)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Accelerator Activities at PITZ - Matthias Gross (PITZ)
Accelerator Activities at PITZ
- Matthias Gross (PITZ)
11:50 - 12:10
12:10 Radiative Particle in Cell simulations on laser-plasma interactions - Alexander Debus (HZDR)
Radiative Particle in Cell simulations on laser-plasma interactions
- Alexander Debus (HZDR)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00 Session 4. Advanced diagnostics: Overview of novel electron beam diagnostics - Malte Kaluza (HI Jena)
Session 4. Advanced diagnostics: Overview of novel electron beam diagnostics
- Malte Kaluza (HI Jena)
14:00 - 14:40
14:40 Single-shot fs electron bunch diagnostics - Omid Zarini (HZDR)
Single-shot fs electron bunch diagnostics
- Omid Zarini (HZDR)
14:40 - 15:00
15:00 Optimization study of a transport line for laser-plasma generated electron beams - Livia Lancia (S)
Optimization study of a transport line for laser-plasma generated electron beams
- Livia Lancia (S)
15:00 - 15:20
15:20 Emittance measurement at the ELBE SRF-gun - Pengnan Lu (HZDR)
Emittance measurement at the ELBE SRF-gun
- Pengnan Lu (HZDR)
15:20 - 15:40
15:40 Break
Break
15:40 - 16:00

16:00 Lab visits at HZDR: Lasers and ELBE accelerator
Lab visits at HZDR: Lasers and ELBE accelerator
16:00 - 18:00

20:00 Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
20:00 - 23:00
Wednesday 30 April 2014
09:00 Session 5. Scientific, medical & industrial applications: Laser-driven proton therapy in OncoRay - Ulrich Schramm (HZDR)
Session 5. Scientific, medical & industrial applications: Laser-driven proton therapy in OncoRay
- Ulrich Schramm (HZDR)
09:00 - 09:40
09:40 Industrial activities towards medical applications of laser ion acceleration - Arnd Baurichter (Danfysik)
Industrial activities towards medical applications of laser ion acceleration
- Arnd Baurichter (Danfysik)
09:40 - 10:20
10:20 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Compact x-ray sources for clinical applications - Marie Jacquet (LAL Orsay)
Compact x-ray sources for clinical applications
- Marie Jacquet (LAL Orsay)
10:50 - 11:30
11:30 Laser-Thomson backscattering source at HZDR - Axel Jochmann (HZDR)
Laser-Thomson backscattering source at HZDR
- Axel Jochmann (HZDR)
11:30 - 11:50
11:50 Final Focus System for Thomson Scattering at ELBE - Jakob Matthias Krämer (Danfysik)
Final Focus System for Thomson Scattering at ELBE
- Jakob Matthias Krämer (Danfysik)
11:50 - 12:10
12:10 Concepts for laser-plasma driven FELS - Andreas Maier (Uni Hamburg)
Concepts for laser-plasma driven FELS
- Andreas Maier (Uni Hamburg)
12:10 - 12:30
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00

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