Application programmes at the Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA)

被引：5

作者：

Wiggins, S. M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Boyd, M. ^{[3
]}

Brunetti, E. ^{[1
,2
]}

Butler, N. M. H. ^{[1
,2
]}

Feehan, J. S. ^{[1
,2
]}

Gray, R. J. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ridding, B. ^{[1
,2
]}

Ireland, D. G. ^{[4
]}

Li, W. ^{[1
,2
]}

Maitrallain, A. ^{[1
,2
]}

Manahan, G. G. ^{[1
,2
]}

McKenna, P. ^{[1
,2
]}

O'Donnell, D. ^{[5
]}

Scheck, M. ^{[5
]}

Shahzad, M. ^{[1
,2
]}

Sheng, Z-M ^{[1
,2
]}

Spesyvtsev, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Vieux, G. ^{[1
,2
]}

Watts, D. P. ^{[6
]}

Welsh, G. H. ^{[1
,2
]}

Wilson, R. ^{[1
,2
]}

Zachariou, N. ^{[3
]}

Jaroszynski, D. A. ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Strathclyde, Scottish Univ Phys Alliance, Dept Phys, Glasgow G4 0NG, Lanark, Scotland

[2] Sci Tech Daresbury, Cockcroft Inst, Keckwick Lane, Warrington WA4 4AD, Cheshire, England

[3] Univ Strathclyde, Strathclyde Inst Pharm & Biomed Sci, Glasgow G4 0RE, Lanark, Scotland

[4] Univ Glasgow, Sch Phys & Astron, Scottish Univ Phys Alliance, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Lanark, Scotland

[5] Univ West Scotland, Sch Engn & Comp, Scottish Univ Phys Alliance, Paisley PA1 2BE, Renfrew, Scotland

[6] Univ York, Dept Phys, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England

来源：

RELATIVISTIC PLASMA WAVES AND PARTICLE BEAMS AS COHERENT AND INCOHERENT RADIATION SOURCES III | 2019年 / 11036卷

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会; 欧盟地平线“2020”;

关键词：

plasma accelerator; femtosecond lasers; wakefield; ion beams; Ti:sapphire; laser-plasma; applications; radiation sources; ION-ACCELERATION; ELECTRON-BEAMS; LASER; DRIVEN; GENERATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SYSTEM; PULSES; RAYS;

D O I：

10.1117/12.2520717

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) is a research facility dedicated to providing high energy particle beams and high peak brightness radiation pulses for users across a wide range of scientific and engineering disciplines. A pair of Ti:sapphire femtosecond laser systems (40 TW peak power at 10 Hz pulse repetition rate and 350 TW at 5 Hz, respectively) are the drivers for a suite of laser-plasma accelerator beamlines housed across a series of radiation shielded areas. The petawatt-scale laser delivers 45 W of average power, which has established it as a world leader in its class. The University of Strathclyde has had an operational laser wakefield accelerator since 2007 as the centrepiece of the on-going Advanced Laser Plasma High-energy Accelerators towards X-rays (ALPHA-X) project. SCAPA, which is a multi-partner venture supported by the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, continues the dedicated beamline approach pioneered by ALPHA-X and represents a significant expansion in the UK's experimental capability at the university level in laser-driven acceleration. The new centre supports seven dedicated radiation beamlines across three shielded bunkers that each nominally specialise in different aspects of fundamental laser-plasma interaction physics and radiation sources: GeV-scale electron beams, MeV proton and ion beams, X-rays, gamma rays etc. Development of application programmes based on these sources cover a wide range of fields including nuclear physics, radiotherapy, space radiation reproduction, warm dense matter, high field physics and radioisotope generation.

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