Photon Beams Workshop 2017

from Monday 27 November 2017 (09:00) to Tuesday 28 November 2017 (18:20)
Università di Padova - Orto Botanico (Sala Emiciclo)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
27 Nov 2017
28 Nov 2017
AM
09:30
Registration (until 10:15)
10:15 Welcome to Photon Beams 2017 - Marco Zanetti (Universita e INFN, Padova (IT))  
10:30
Project Overview (until 13:00)
10:30 Thom-X and other laser-Compton sources - Pierre Favier (LAL)  
11:00 ELI overview with focus on laser-beam collision - Alessandro Variola  
11:30 Gamma-gamma colliders at ILC/CLIC and gamma-gamma colliders with W_gamma,gamma < 12 GeV - Valery Telnov (BINP) Prof. Valery Telnov (Budker INP and Novosibirsk State Univ.)  
12:00 Machine Design and Monte-Carlo Simulations for a Low Energy (MeV-class) Gamma-Gamma Collider - Illya Drebot (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
12:30 Gamma-gamma collider study in China - Chuang Zhang (IHEP)  
09:00
Compton chamber and collision set up (until 10:00)
09:00 Thom-X setup of Compton chamber and collisions - fabian zomer  
09:30 STAR interaction chamber and Italian Compton Source - Alberto Bacci  
10:00
FEL as option for the primary photon beam (until 11:00)
10:00 SAPPHiRE: a Gamma-gamma Higgs Factory based on the LHeC using lasers or FELs - Frank Zimmermann (CERN)  
10:30 The FEL option for the gamma-factory - Vittoria Petrillo  
11:00 --- Coffe Break ---
11:20
Photon-beam collision models and simulations (until 13:05)
11:20 Gamma-gamma Considerations for CLIC - Dr Eduardo Marin Lacoma (CERN)  
11:45 Laser-proton and laser-PSI collisions simulation - Camilla Curatolo (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
12:05 CAIN Modifications for PSI collisions - Wiesiek Placzek (Jagiellonian University (PL)) Wiesiek Placzek (Jagiellonian University)  
12:25 Photon-PSI collisions: PSI beam stability and beam cooling aspects - Alexey Petrenko  
12:45 Atomic physics for PSI photon collisions - Dima Budker  
PM
13:00
Lunch (until 14:00)
14:00
Project Overview (cont.) (until 16:00)
14:30 Compton collisions and applications for high-energy proton beams - luca serafini (INFN-Milan)  
15:00 The Gamma Factory - Witek Krasny (LPNHE)  
15:30 Scientific Case for a Low Energy Gamma-Gamma Collider - Edoardo Milotti (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
16:00 --- Coffe Break ---
16:30
Lasers: state of the art (until 17:40)
16:30 J-class amplified Yb:Yag lasers - Antoine Courjaud (Amplitude systems)  
17:00 CO2 lasers for Compton x-ray sources and gamma colliders - Igor Pogorelsky (BNL)  
17:40
Discussion (until 18:25)
20:00 Social dinner: Osteria Pizzeria La Vigna, Riviera Paleocapa 94, http://www.lavignaosteria.it/  
13:05
Lunch (until 14:05)
14:05
Commissioning of Laser Compton collisions (until 15:50)
14:05 Thom-X commissioning and beam studies - Hugues Monard  
14:35 Machine integration and hardware commissioning for the ELI-NP gamma beam system Linac - Antonio Falone (INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics)  
15:00 Beam dynamics studies for the RF LINAC of the ELI-NP Gamma beam system - Cristina Vaccarezza (INFN LNF)  
15:25 Compton Backscattering Sources at High Laser Intensity - Dr Daniel Seipt (Lancaster University)  
16:00 --- Coffe Break ---
16:20
Preparing the Gamma Factory PoP experiments at the SPS and LHC: brainstorming discussion (until 17:20)
16:20 SPS PSI test results and plans for LHC - Reyes Alemany Fernandez (CERN)  
16:50 Ion stripping schemes for a gamma factory - Thomas Stoehlker (GSI)  
17:20
Discussion (until 18:20)