New Journal of Physics (Jan 2021)
2020 roadmap on plasma accelerators
- Félicie Albert,
- M E Couprie,
- Alexander Debus,
- Mike C Downer,
- Jérôme Faure,
- Alessandro Flacco,
- Leonida A Gizzi,
- Thomas Grismayer,
- Axel Huebl,
- Chan Joshi,
- M Labat,
- Wim P Leemans,
- Andreas R Maier,
- Stuart P D Mangles,
- Paul Mason,
- François Mathieu,
- Patric Muggli,
- Mamiko Nishiuchi,
- Jens Osterhoff,
- P P Rajeev,
- Ulrich Schramm,
- Jörg Schreiber,
- Alec G R Thomas,
- Jean-Luc Vay,
- Marija Vranic,
- Karl Zeil
Affiliations
- Félicie Albert
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , Livermore, CA 94550, United States of America
- M E Couprie
- Synchrotron SOLEIL , L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
- Alexander Debus
- ORCiD
- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Mike C Downer
- Physics Department, University of Texas-Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States of America
- Jérôme Faure
- ORCiD
- LOA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris , Palaiseau, France
- Alessandro Flacco
- LOA, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris , Palaiseau, France
- Leonida A Gizzi
- Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory , Istituto Nazionale di Ottica—CNR, Area della Ricerca del CNR, Pisa, Italy
- Thomas Grismayer
- GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
- Axel Huebl
- ORCiD
- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States of America
- Chan Joshi
- ORCiD
- Department of Electrical Engineering, UCLA , Los Angeles, California 90095, United States of America
- M Labat
- Synchrotron SOLEIL , L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX, France
- Wim P Leemans
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Andreas R Maier
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- Stuart P D Mangles
- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London , SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
- Paul Mason
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- François Mathieu
- Laboratoire d’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique , 91128 Palaiseau, France
- Patric Muggli
- ORCiD
- Max Planck Institute for Physics , München, Germany
- Mamiko Nishiuchi
- QST, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology , Chiba, Japan
- Jens Osterhoff
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
- P P Rajeev
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Ulrich Schramm
- ORCiD
- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany
- Jörg Schreiber
- Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich , Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- Alec G R Thomas
- ORCiD
- Gérard Mourou Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States of America
- Jean-Luc Vay
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States of America
- Marija Vranic
- ORCiD
- GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa , 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
- Karl Zeil
- Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf , 01328 Dresden, Germany
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abcc62
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 23,
no. 3
p. 031101
Abstract
Plasma-based accelerators use the strong electromagnetic fields that can be supported by plasmas to accelerate charged particles to high energies. Accelerating field structures in plasma can be generated by powerful laser pulses or charged particle beams. This research field has recently transitioned from involving a few small-scale efforts to the development of national and international networks of scientists supported by substantial investment in large-scale research infrastructure. In this New Journal of Physics 2020 Plasma Accelerator Roadmap, perspectives from experts in this field provide a summary overview of the field and insights into the research needs and developments for an international audience of scientists, including graduate students and researchers entering the field.
Keywords
- plasma accelerators
- laser–plasma interactions
- laser wakefield acceleration
- particle beams
- strong field QED
- free electron lasers
