Working Groups
WG1 - Electron beams from plasmas
Topics addressed:
- Laser-driven plasma acceleration
- Beam-driven plasma acceleration
- Recent experimental results and planned experiments
- Single and multi drive laser pulses (or particle bunches)
- External and self-injection techniques
- Staging
Co-Leader: Stefan Karsch
Co-Leader: Riccardo Pompili
WG2 - Ion beams from plasmas
Topics addressed:
- Ion beams produced by laser-plasma source
- Recent experimental results and planned experiments
- Novel targets
- Novel acceleration mechanisms (radiation pressure, shock and hole-boring, ...)
Co-Leader: Alessandro Flacco
Co-Leader: Louise Willingale
WG3 - Electron beams from electromagnetic structures, including dielectric and laser-driven structures
Topics addressed:
- High power, high frequency RF structures
- Dielectric laser and dielectric wakefield acceleration
- Photonic accelerator structures
- Advanced and exotic structures using novel materials
- Inverse FEL acceleration and other undulator mediated interactions
- Recent experimental results and planned experiments
Co-Leader: Franz Kaertner
WG4 - Application of compact and high-gradient accelerators
Topics addressed:
- All potential application: FEL, medical, radiation generation, ...
- Recent experimental results and planned demonstration experiments
- Planned facilities implementing advanced accelerator with applications
- Beam shaping and tailoring to deliver adequate beams for applications
- Advanced beam control and manipulation schemes
- New undulators for FEL driven by plasma based acceleration (transverse tapering, optical and plasma undulators)
Co-Leader: Stuart Mangles
WG5 - High-gradient plasma structures/Advanced beam diagnostics
Topics addressed:
- Gas jets, plasma cells, dielectric capillary tubes, alkali vapor ovens, ...
- Doping for ionization injection
- Laser guiding in plasma modules, preformed plasma waveguide
- Plasma homogeneity, plasma profile tailoring
- Transverse and longitudinal phase space characterization
- Energy, charge, pointing stability measurement
- Single and multi shot techniques
Bernhard Schmidt
WG6 - Theory and simulations
Topics addressed:
- New theoretical works on plasma based acceleration
- State-of-the-art computational tools for enabling realistic and rapid simulations
- Choices in computational tools (PIC, quasi-static PIC, and fluid)
- Novel algorithms and numerical analysis
- Multi-core computation and graphics processing tools
- Prospective needs for modeling plasma accelerator experimental programs
Co-Leader: Alberto Marocchino
WG7 - High brightness power sources: from Laser Technology to beam drivers
Topics addressed:
- Needs for laser driven accelerators (laser-plasma ion source, LWFA, IFEL, dielectric laser, ...)
- State-of-the-art of high peak and average power and perspectives
- Laser beam quality, contrast, stability
Co-Leader: Barbara Marchetti
Co-Leader: Rajeev Pattathil
WG8 - Advanced and novel accelerators for High Energy Physics
Topics addressed:
- Examine key challenges
- Discuss suitable concepts and identify topics for future R&D or innovation including electron and positron sources, optics between stages, acceleration of positrons, luminosity, final focus, damping ring and efficiency
Co-Leader: Patric Muggli
Co-Leader: Carl Schroeder
Co-Leader: Chuanxiang Tang
