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
  • Andi Hektor
  • Andrea Giammanco
  • Andrew Erlandson
  • Anna Cimmino
  • Catalin Neacsu
  • Gabriele Maria Grittani
  • Igor Khokhriakov
  • Ioannis Ploumistakis
  • Jacques Marteau
  • Jean-Marco Alameddine
  • Kaixin Zhu
  • Karam Kaspar
  • Konstantin Borozdin
  • Kristjan Poder
  • Liangwen Chen
  • Manar Gamal
  • Maxime Gouzevitch
  • Maximilian Pérez Prada
  • MEHAR ALI SHAH
  • Michael Tytgat
  • Mohammad Rezaei-Pandari
  • Nate Dzbenski
  • Peter Filip
  • Richard Kouzes
  • Roberto Versaci
  • Sandro Gonzi
  • Sarah Barnes
  • Shereen Aly
  • Siew Yan Hoh
  • Simon Bouteille
  • Simon Vallières
  • Yu Wang
  • Zahraa Zaher
  • Zheng Gong
  • Ziwen Pan
  • Óscar Amaro
  • Wednesday, 19 March
    • 14:30 16:40
      Session 1: Laser-Driven muon production technology
      Convener: Gabriele Maria Grittani (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
    • 16:40 17:20
      Session 2: Companies and Industrial Partners
    • 17:20 18:20
      Round Table
  • Thursday, 20 March
    • 14:30 15:40
      Session 3: Introduction to ELI and laser-driven muon sources
      Convener: Dr Anna Cimmino (ELI Beamlines)
      • 14:30
        ELI, User calls, R&D and Grants 20m
      • 14:50
        Introduction to Laser-Driven Muon Production 30m
      • 15:20
        Muons at ELI Beamlines (ELBA and future lines) 20m
        Speakers: Dr Anna Cimmino (ELI Beamlines), Gabriele Maria Grittani (Fyzikální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i.)
    • 15:40 15:50
      Coffee&Tea 10m
    • 15:50 18:30
      Session 4: Muons and their applications
      • 15:50
        Muons for nuclear safety and homeland security 25m
        Speaker: Andrew Erlandson (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)
      • 16:15
        Muons for geology and archeology 25m
      • 16:40
        Muons for HEP and New Physics 25m
      • 17:05
        Round Table 1h