New Trends in Laser Wake Field Acceleration and Related Secondary Particles Generation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Physics General".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 203
Special Issue Editors
Interests: laser wake field acceleration; high-brightness electron beams; attosecond long electron beams; Thomson/Compton sources; betatron sources; positrons; muons and neutrons generation; very-high-energy electron therapy; ultraintense laser–solid interactions
Interests: laser wake field acceleration; alternative injection schemes; optical injection; plasma wave dynamics; optimising electron bunch properties; betatron radiation; Thomson/Compton sources; ultraintense laser–solid interactions; laser-based neutron sources; bremsstrahlung
Interests: laser plasma physics; high-energy density physics; laser driven ion acceleration; neutrons generation; laser-driven hadron therapy; ultra-intense laser–solid interactions; laser wake field acceleration; very-high-energy electron therapy; Thomson/Compton sources; positrons sources; muon sources
Interests: laser wake field acceleration; secondary X/gamma-ray sources; medical applications of laser-driven VHEE beams; ultrashort laser optics; high repetition rate lasers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue on “New Trends in Laser Wake Field Acceleration and Related Secondary Particles Generation” examines the current status of laser wake field acceleration, with a view on the landscape of multiple directions we are exploring so as to optimize the acceleration process aimed at generating either high-brightness or high-charge-density beams. New ideas and technical advancement, both on the experimental and simulation sides, have greatly improved the capability of stabilizing and fine tuning laser–plasma interaction, generating electron beams with enough quality to drive a free electron laser or enough charge to enable high-flux secondary particle generation. The generation of secondary particles (e.g., X/g photons, positron beams, muons, neutrons, etc.) is of great importance for its research, societal and industrial impact.
We foresee contributions on the current status of high-acceleration gradient schemes driven by ultrashort pulses, trains of pulses or few-cycle pulses, also at kHz repetition rates. Explorations of bridges with particle-driven wake field acceleration through the hybrid LWFA/PWFA scheme are also warmly welcome for this Special Issue.
We are also looking at contributions covering progress in new particle injection mechanisms, with emphasis on schemes that are capable of generating ultra-low-emittance electron beams, attosecond beams or trains, or high-charge injection schemes for secondary sources generation.
The application of the generated electron or positron beams on secondary particle generation is of great importance for its research or societal impact. Review or research contributions on X/gamma photon generation through Thomson/Compton, Betatron or Bremsstrahlung mechanisms or positrons as well as neutron and muon generations are thus also of interest for this Special Issue.
Dr. Paolo Tomassini
Dr. Vojtech Horny
Dr. Domenico Doria
Dr. Luca Labate
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- laser wake field acceleration
- femtosecond laser pulses
- relativistic laser plasma interactions
- high-brightness electron beams
- high-charge-density electron beams
- positron electron beams
- attosecond electron beams
- ultra-low-emittance electron beams
- multi-pulse laser wake field acceleration
- resonant multi-pulse ionization injection
- ionization injection
- downramp injection
- shock injection
- colliding pulses injection
- hybrid LWFA/PWFA schemes
- Trojan-Horse injection kHz repetition rate laser pulses
- Thomson backscattering sources
- nonlinear Thomson backscattering
- nonlinear Compton backscattering
- Betatron X-ray sources
- Bremsstrahlung X/gamma sources
- laser-driven muon sources
- laser-driven neutron sources
