EuroNNAC and EuPRAXIA Workshop on Pilot Applications of Electron Plasma Accelerators (PAEPA)

from Tuesday 11 October 2016 (08:00) to Thursday 13 October 2016 (15:30)
Ecole Polytechnique (Amphi Gregory)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
11 Oct 2016
12 Oct 2016
13 Oct 2016
AM
09:00
Session 1: Introduction (until 10:30)
09:00 Presentation of the H2020 EuPRAXIA Design Study - Ralph Wolfgang Assmann (DESY)  
09:30 Plasma accelerators: State of the art - Alban Mosnier  
10:15 Enhancing the efficiency of laser and plasma based accelerators using bichromatic driver pulses - Mihaly Andras Poscay  
10:30 --- Coffee Break ---
11:00
Session 3: HEP applications (until 12:30)
11:00 EuPRAXIA Q&A and the workshop assignment (focus) - Arnd Specka (Ecole Polytechnique France - CNRS/IN2P3)  
11:20 Particle Flow Analysis and Ultra-high Granularity Calorimetry - Roman Poeschl (Laboratoire de l'Accelerateur Lineaire (FR))  
11:40 Potential of EuPRAXIA test beam for Ultra-high Granularity Calorimetry - Vincent Boudry (LLR - Ecole Polytechnique/CNRS-IN2P3)  
12:00 Discussion on requirements for HEP (test beams) - Arnd Specka (Ecole Polytechnique France - CNRS/IN2P3)  
09:00 --- Coffee and croissants ---
09:30
Session 7: Diagnostics, configurations, infrastructure (until 11:05)
09:30 Discussion on requirements for beam diagnostics - Arnd Specka (Ecole Polytechnique France - CNRS/IN2P3)  
10:00 Beam transport and environment simulation, a biased view. - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
10:15 Discussion on requirements for environment simulation - Arnd Specka (Ecole Polytechnique France - CNRS/IN2P3)  
10:35 Discussion on EuPRAXIA facility configurations - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
11:05
Session 8: Conclusions and further steps (until 12:15)
11:05 Round table discussion; Future steps  
11:35 Workshop Summary - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
PM
12:30 --- Lunch (snack) ---
13:30
Session 1: Introduction (until 14:30)
13:30 Welcome address and workshop assignment (focus) - Arnd Specka (Ecole Polytechnique France - CNRS/IN2P3)  
13:55 EuPRAXIA electron beam parameters - Paul Andreas Walker (DESY)  
14:30
Imaging (until 15:30)
14:30 Medical imaging applications at innovative radiation sources - Alberto Bravin (ESRF)  
14:45 Prospective use of laser-driven sources for X-ray phase contrast imaging - Alessandro Olivo (University College London)  
15:05 Discussion on requirements for imaging - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
15:30 --- Coffee break ---
16:00
Session 5: Applications (until 17:20)
16:00 Plasma Accelerators as a source of fs X-rays for probing Matter Under Extreme Conditions - Stuart Mangles (Imperial College London)  
16:20 LWFA gamma source applications - Alexander Thomas (university of michigan)  
16:35 Inverse Compton scattering from plasma wakefield acceleratedbeams - Paul Scherkl  
16:50 Discussion on requirements for other radiation applications - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
17:20
Session 2: Medical, Biological, Space and Material Science Applications of electron beams (until 18:30)
17:20 Embryonic thinking of possible EuPraxia vs medical applications synergy - Marc Verderi (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR))  
17:35 Microbeam Radiation Therapy - Alberto Bravin (ESRF)  
17:50 Terrestrial reproduction of space radiation electrons using Plasma Wakefield Accelerators - Panagiotis Delinikolas  
18:05 Discussion on requirements for irradiation for space, material, biological applications - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
19:30 --- Dinner ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
13:30
Session 3: HEP applications (until 14:25)
13:30 Search for dark photons using high energy e beams and other applic's - Matthew Wing (UCL)  
13:55 Discussion on requirements for HEP (fundamental physics) - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
14:10 Test of new longitudinal diagnostics as beam test facilities - Nicolas Delerue (LAL, CNRS & Université Paris-Sud)  
14:25
Session 4: positron sources and applications (until 15:55)
14:25 Positron source overview - Ian Bailey (University of Liverpool)  
14:45 Laser-driven generation of high-quality positron beams - Gianluca Sarri  
15:05 Discussion on requirements for positron beams - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
15:20 Positron-electron plasma - Gianluca Sarri  
15:40 Discussion on requirements for positrons electron plasma experiments - Roman Walczak (University of Oxford)  
15:55 --- Coffee break ---
19:30 --- Dinner (Restaurant) ---
12:30 --- Lunch (optional) ---
13:45
Visit of the CILEX facility (optional) (until 15:15)