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Article

RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators

by
Sumaira Ikram
1,
Maxime Lagrange
1,
Donya Ahmadi
2,
Uddhab Chaulagain
3,
Anna Cimmino
3,
Eduardo Cortina Gil
1,
Pavel Demin
1,
Gabriele M. Grittani
3,
Sebastian Lorenz
3,
Michal Nevrkla
3,4,
Ela Rockafellow
5,
Jaron E. Shrock
5,
Jiri Sisma
3,4,
Ari J. Sloss
5,
Michael Tytgat
2,
Roberto Versaci
3,
Filip Vitha
3,4,
Illia Zymak
3,
Howard M. Milchberg
5 and
Andrea Giammanco
1,*
1
Centre for Cosmology, Particle Physics and Phenomenology (CP3), UCLouvain, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
2
Inter-University Institute for High Energies (IIHE), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
3
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic
4
Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, 115 19 Prague, Czech Republic
5
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Appl. Sci. 2026, 16(19), 9946; https://doi.org/10.3390/app16199946 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 10 July 2026 / Revised: 16 September 2026 / Accepted: 29 September 2026 / Published: 8 October 2026
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends and Prospects in Laser–Plasma Accelerator)
Versions Notes

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This work establishes the feasibility of using compact, portable gaseous detector arrays to characterize laser-driven secondary particle beams, paving the way for mobile, man-made muon sources designed for on-site muographic inspection of critical civil infrastructure, industrial systems, and geophysical surveys.

Abstract

We report on a feasibility study conducted at the ELBA station at the ELI Beamlines facility to investigate the possible production of muons from high-energy electron beams generated by extended laser–plasma interactions in optically generated plasma waveguides. Our team operated a portable, autonomous, and compact telescope based on Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) detectors, positioned to detect high-penetration charged particles originating from the beam dump. The campaign demonstrated the stable operation of the RPC telescope in the challenging radiation and electromagnetic environment of ELBA. The collected datasets, though statistically limited and acquired during parasitic operation of the accelerator, allow detailed characterization of the background and validated the detectors’ stability and tracking performance. These results confirm the feasibility of the approach and provide the foundation for a dedicated future run under optimized beam conditions, where muon detection sensitivity will be substantially improved.
Keywords: laser-plasma acceleration; muon production; muon detectors laser-plasma acceleration; muon production; muon detectors

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Ikram, S.; Lagrange, M.; Ahmadi, D.; Chaulagain, U.; Cimmino, A.; Gil, E.C.; Demin, P.; Grittani, G.M.; Lorenz, S.; Nevrkla, M.; et al. RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators. Appl. Sci. 2026, 16, 9946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16199946

AMA Style

Ikram S, Lagrange M, Ahmadi D, Chaulagain U, Cimmino A, Gil EC, Demin P, Grittani GM, Lorenz S, Nevrkla M, et al. RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators. Applied Sciences. 2026; 16(19):9946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16199946

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Ikram, Sumaira, Maxime Lagrange, Donya Ahmadi, Uddhab Chaulagain, Anna Cimmino, Eduardo Cortina Gil, Pavel Demin, Gabriele M. Grittani, Sebastian Lorenz, Michal Nevrkla, and et al. 2026. "RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators" Applied Sciences 16, no. 19: 9946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16199946

APA Style

Ikram, S., Lagrange, M., Ahmadi, D., Chaulagain, U., Cimmino, A., Gil, E. C., Demin, P., Grittani, G. M., Lorenz, S., Nevrkla, M., Rockafellow, E., Shrock, J. E., Sisma, J., Sloss, A. J., Tytgat, M., Versaci, R., Vitha, F., Zymak, I., Milchberg, H. M., & Giammanco, A. (2026). RPC Telescope Tests for Muon Detection at Laser-Plasma Accelerators. Applied Sciences, 16(19), 9946. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16199946

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