2nd INFN School and Workshop on “High Power Lasers for Fundamental Science and Applications” (HPLA2025)

Session

Applications

18 Nov 2025, 11:20

Aula "Migneco" (Laboratori Nazionali del Sud - Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare )

Conveners

Applications

• Giada Petringa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

228. Applications of multi-GeV Laser Wakefield Accelerated Electrons for Strong-Field QED Research at CoReLS multi-PW Laser Facility

Mohammad Mirzaie (Center for Relativistic Laser Science, IBS, Gwangju, Korea)

18/11/2025, 11:20

Oral

Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) has rapidly advanced since its original proposal by Tajima and Dawson [1], offering accelerating gradients exceeding 100 GV/m—three orders of magnitude higher than conventional radio-frequency accelerators. Using ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulses to drive plasma waves in underdense media, LWFA enables the production of multi-GeV electron beams within...

229. Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration Research at Politecnico di Milano and its Applications to Cultural Heritage Studies

Francesco Mirani (Politecnico di Milano, Department of Energy)

18/11/2025, 11:40

Oral

Laser-driven particle acceleration based on solid targets [1] is promising for a wide range of applications, from nuclear medicine to materials characterization. Laser-plasma radiation sources are attractive because they can generate various types of radiation (e.g., high-energy electrons, ions, neutrons, and γ-rays), allow for energy tuning, and can operate within potentially compact setups....

230. Fire to Fusion: The Journey Toward Clean Energy

Farmesk Abubaker (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania (IT))

18/11/2025, 12:00

Oral

In the framework of laser-driven nuclear fusion research, we conducted a comprehensive experimental campaign at the Prague Asterix Laser System (PALS) in 2024 to investigate the proton–boron (p–11B) fusion reaction. The primary objective was to study the acceleration of high-energy protons and the subsequent generation of alpha particles through nuclear fusion reactions with boron targets....

252. First compact plasma-based user facilities at LNF: EuAPS and EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB toward next-generation radiation sources

Gemma Costa (INFN-LNF)

18/11/2025, 12:20

Oral

on behalf of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB and EuAPS groups

The development of compact light sources in the X-ray and XUV spectral regions relies on high-energy, high-brightness electron beams, typically in the 100 MeV to few GeV range. Conventional RF linacs capable of producing such beams are large-scale installations - often several kilometers long - due to their limited accelerating...