24–30 Sept 2017
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Status of ImPACT Program in Japan aiming for repeatable GeV-class LWFA

28 Sept 2017, 10:00
30m
SML, Sala Maria Luisa, Hotel Hermitage

SML, Sala Maria Luisa, Hotel Hermitage

talk Invited Plenary Talk Plenary 7

Speaker

Tomonao HOSOKAI (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan)

Description

The ImPACT program in JAPAN is funding an effort on laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) with the goal of very stable/repeatable beams that should be used for constructing a plasma-based FEL. Important results on stability, controllability, repeatability of electron beams and staging LWFA have been shown in the experiments at Osaka university and QST. These results will be presented and discussed. A future experimental site at SPRING-8/RIKEN is being prepared. The plans towards a test area on a plasma FEL at SPRING-8 will be presented.

Primary authors

Akihiro UENO (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) Alexei ZHIDKOV (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Hakujun TORAN (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) Hirotaka NAKAMURA (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) Hiroyuki HAMA (Research Center for Electron Photon Science, Tohoku University, Japan) Junpei OGINO (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Keiichi SUEDA (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Makina YABASHI (RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Japan) Masaki KANDO (Kansai Photon Science Institute, National Institute for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, Japan) Naveen Pathak (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Ryosuke KODAMA (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) Shigeru YAMAMOTO (High Energy Accelerator Organization (KEK), Japan) Shin’ichi MASUDA (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Takamitsu OTSUKA (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Tomonao HOSOKAI (Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan) Yasuo SAKAI (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan) Zhang JIN (Photon Pioneers Center, Osaka University, Japan)

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