EuPRAXIA – a compact, cost-efficient particle and radiation source

• Main Authors: Weikum, M. K., Alexandrova, A. S., Anania, M. P., Andreev, N. E., Andriyash, I., Aschikhin, A., Assmann, R. W., Audet, T., Bacci, A., Beluze, A., Bernhard, A., Brandi, F., Büscher, M., Chance, A., Chen, M., Cianchi, A., Clarke, J., Cros, B., Crump, P., Dattoli, G., Delferriere, O., Dias, J., Dorda, U., Fedele, R., Pousa, A. Ferran, Ferrario, M., Fiore, G., Garzella, D., Giribono, A., Gizzi, L. A., Grüner, F. J., Habib, A. F., Heinemann, T., Hidding, B., Holzer, B. J., Hosokai, T., Hübner, M., Irman, A., Jafarinia, F., Kaluza, M. C., Karger, O. S., Karsch, S., Khazanov, E., Khikhlukha, D., Knetsch, A., Kocon, D., Kononenko, O., Korn, G., Kostyukov, I., Lechner, C., Leemans, W. P., Li, F. Y., Libov, V., Lifschitz, A., Lu, W., Lundh, O., Malka, V., Marocchino, A., de la Ossa, A. Martinez, Martins, J. L., Massimo, F., Mazzotta, Z., Mehrling, T. J., Mostacci, A., Müller, A. S., Nguyen, F., Papadopoulos, D., Patrizi, B., Pocsai, M. A., Pompili, R., Pribyl, L., Rajeev, P. P., Conti, M. Rossetti, Rossi, A. R., Roussel, E., Schaper, L., Schwindling, J., Scifo, J., Serafini, L., Sheng, Z. M., Silva, T., Simon, C., Sinha, U., Specka, A., Streeter, M. J. V., Svystun, E. N., Szwaj, C., Tauscher, G., Terzani, D., Thompson, N., Tomassini, P., Ullmann, D., Vaccarezza, C., Vannini, M., Vieira, J. M., Wang, K., Welsch, C. P., Yabashi, M., Yu, L., Zhu, J.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Control stability; Particle acceleration; Particle accelerators; Plasma acceleration; Plasma accelerators; Power efficiency; Radio frequency
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/1.5127692

Plasma accelerators present one of the most suitable candidates for the development of more compact particle acceleration technologies, yet they still lag behind radiofrequency (RF)-based devices when it comes to beam quality, control, stability and power efficiency. The Horizon 2020-funded project EuPRAXIA (“European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications”) aims to overcome the first three of these hurdles by developing a conceptual design for a first international user facility based on plasma acceleration. In this paper we report on the main features, simulation studies and potential applications of this future research infrastructure.