Laser-Driven GeV Muon Sources at ELI (LAMU)

Europe/Prague
Description

Recently, several groups have independently reported the demonstration of compact (<100 m^2 ) GeV muon production, driven by laser electron acceleration [1,2]. ELI has been part of this effort, and is now considering to leverage on the aquired knowledge to develop a dedicated laser-based muon beamline for external users.

The scope of this workshop is to understand if there is enough user interest to motivate the effort required to build a laser-driven muon beamline. The workshop will be fully online and divided in two days: one dedicated to the Laser-Driven muon production techonolgy and one dedicated to potential muon users and to a round table with them.

In order to steer the discussion with potential users, we will ask them to prepare a slide on their desired muon parameters to be presented at the workshop and, ideally, sent beforehand to the workshop organizers.

We plan to publish on peer-reviewed journal the workshop summary, written by the workshop organizers with every participant as co-author.

[1] Zhang et al., arXiv:2410.23829v1 

[2] Terzani et al., arXiv:2411.02321v1

Registration
Registration LAMU Workshop
Participants
  • Adrian Hillier
  • Ahmet Erdem Ince
  • Alexander John Macleod
  • Alexandra Saftoiu
  • Alexandru Mari
  • Allen Weeks
  • Andi Hektor
  • Andrea Giammanco
  • Andrew Erlandson
  • Anna Cimmino
  • Baifei Shen
  • Benoit Lefebvre
  • Bo Miao
  • Brendan Reagan
  • Carlo Maria Lazzarini
  • Catalin Aurelian Vancea
  • Catalin Neacsu
  • Chrysovalanti Daponta
  • Daniel Dorobantu
  • Daniele Margarone
  • David Blackman
  • David Perez Loureiro
  • Davide Terzani
  • Diana Catana
  • Domenico Doria
  • DongChi Cai
  • Doug Schouten
  • Dávid Horváth
  • Eyal Kroupp
  • Fabio Bossi
  • Felicia Teen Teen Houng
  • Feng Zhang
  • Filip Vitha
  • Gabriele Maria Grittani
  • Genevieve Harrisson
  • Giovanni Francesco Tassielli
  • Igor Khokhriakov
  • Ioannis Ploumistakis
  • Jackson Williams
  • Jacques Marteau
  • Jakub Janďourek
  • Jaroslav Kašpar
  • Jaroslav Nejdl
  • Jean-Marco Alameddine
  • Jiri Sisma
  • Kaixin Zhu
  • Kangnan Jiang
  • Karam Kaspar
  • Katsiaryna Katrankova
  • Keren Carolina Vanegas Perez
  • Kevin Cassou
  • Konstantin Borozdin
  • Kristjan Poder
  • Liangwen Chen
  • Livio Verra
  • Luigi Cimmino
  • Madalina Dobre
  • Manar Gamal
  • Mark Stringer
  • Martin Jirka
  • Martin Matys
  • Martin Stack Formanek
  • Maxime Gouzevitch
  • Maximilian Pérez Prada
  • Mehar Ali Shah
  • Mehdi Abedi-Varaki
  • Michael Tytgat
  • Minja Maric
  • Mohammad Rezaei-Pandari
  • Nate Dzbenski
  • Noemi Zabari
  • Pablo Martinez Ruiz del Arbol
  • Peter Filip
  • Petr Valenta
  • Petra Fedačková
  • Prokopis Hadjisolomou
  • Rakesh kumar Yembadi
  • Rasmus Ischebeck
  • Richard Kouzes
  • Roberto Versaci
  • Sandro Gonzi
  • Sarah Barnes
  • Sebastian Lorenz
  • Sergei Bulanov
  • Shereen Aly
  • Siew Yan Hoh
  • Simon Bouteille
  • Simon Vallières
  • Stavros Moustaizis
  • Stepan Bulanov
  • Tae Moon Jeong
  • Temour Foster
  • Todd Ditmire
  • Tomas Tolenis
  • Ubi Wichoski
  • Uddhab Chaulagain
  • Wentao Wang
  • Yu Wang
  • Zahraa Zaher
  • Zhangli Xu
  • Zheng Gong
  • Ziwen Pan
  • Óscar Amaro
  • Wednesday, March 19
    • 2:00 PM 5:10 PM
      Session 1: Laser-Driven muon production technology
      Convener: Gabriele Maria Grittani (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
      • 2:00 PM
        Introduction 15m
        Speaker: Gabriele Maria Grittani (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
      • 2:15 PM
        Development and demonstration of active muon sources using laser wakefield accelerated electrons by the Intense and Compact Muons Sources for Science and Security (ICMuS2) Project 25m
        Speaker: Brendan Reagan (CSU / LLNL)
      • 2:40 PM
        Proof-of-principle demonstration of muon production with an ultrashort high-intensity laser, Laser Fusion Research Center, CAEP 25m
        Speaker: Feng Zhang (Laser Fusion Research Center, CAEP)
      • 3:05 PM
        Laser wakefield acceleration for multi-PW laser plasma interaction 25m
        Speaker: Sergei Bulanov
      • 3:30 PM
        Present activity on laser-driven muon at ELI-NP, and future plan 25m
        Speaker: Domenico Doria (ELI-NP)
      • 3:55 PM
        Experimental evidence of muon generation from a laser wakefield accelerator driven by the 1PW laser at ELI-NP 25m
        Speaker: Temour Foster (Queen's University Belfast)
      • 4:20 PM
        Muon production at Texas PW laser 25m
        Speaker: Todd Ditmire (University of Texas)
      • 4:45 PM
        Generation and characterization of directional muon beams using Laser Plasma Acceleration at the BELLA Center 25m
        Speaker: Davide Terzani (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
    • 5:10 PM 5:20 PM
      Coffee & Tea 10m
    • 5:20 PM 6:00 PM
      Session 2: Companies and Industrial Partners
      • 5:20 PM
        Muotech 10m
        Speaker: Noemi Zabari (Muotech)
      • 5:30 PM
        GScan & ESPACE 10m
        Speaker: Andi Hektor (GScan)
      • 5:40 PM
        IDEON 10m
        Speaker: Doug Schouten (Ideon Technologies, Inc.)
      • 5:50 PM
        EPACE 10m
        Speaker: Kristjan Poder (DESY)
    • 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
      Round Table
  • Thursday, March 20
    • 2:30 PM 3:40 PM
      Session 3: Introduction to ELI and laser-driven muon sources
      Convener: Dr Anna Cimmino (ELI Beamlines)
      • 2:30 PM
        ELI User Calls, R&D, and Opportunities 20m
        Speaker: Daniele Margarone (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
      • 2:50 PM
        Introduction to laser-driven electron acceleration 30m
        Speaker: Bo Miao
      • 3:20 PM
        Muons at ELI Beamlines (ELBA and future lines) 20m
        Speaker: Gabriele Maria Grittani (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
    • 3:40 PM 3:50 PM
      Coffee&Tea 10m
    • 3:50 PM 6:40 PM
      Session 4: Muons and their applications