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Abstract
The Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA) is a research centre dedicated to providing high energy particle beams and high peak brightness radiation pulses for users across all scientific and engineering disciplines. A pair of Ti:Sapphire femtosecond laser systems (40 TW peak power at 10 Hz pulse repetition rate and 350 TW at 5 Hz, respectively) are the drivers for a suite of laser-plasma accelerator beamlines housed across a series of radiation shielded areas. The petawatt-scale laser delivers 45 W of average power that establishes it as the world leader in its class. The University of Strathclyde has had an operational laser wakefield accelerator since 2007 as the centrepiece of the ongoing Advanced Laser Plasma High-energy Accelerators towards X-rays (ALPHA-X) project. SCAPA, which is a multipartner venture under the auspices of the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, continues the dedicated beamline approach pioneered by ALPHA-X and represents a significant expansion in the UK's experimental capability at the university level in laser-driven acceleration. The new centre supports seven radiation beamlines across three concrete shielded bunkers that each nominally specialise in a different aspect of fundamental laser-plasma interaction physics and radiation sources: GeVscale electron beams, MeV/c proton and ion beams, X-rays, gamma rays and so on. Development of application programmes based on these sources cover a wide range of fields including nuclear physics, radiotherapy, space radiation reproduction, warm dense matter, high field physics and radioisotope generation.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of SPIE |
Editors | MinSup Hur, Dino A. Jaroszynski |
Place of Publication | Bellingham, Washington |
Number of pages | 11 |
Volume | 11036 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510627383 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 Apr 2019 |
Event | Relativistic Plasma Waves and Particle Beams as Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources - Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 3 Apr 2019 → 4 Apr 2019 Conference number: 11036 https://spie.org/EOO/conferencedetails/relativistic-plasma-waves-particle-beams?SSO=1 |
Conference
Conference | Relativistic Plasma Waves and Particle Beams as Coherent and Incoherent Radiation Sources |
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Country/Territory | Czech Republic |
City | Prague |
Period | 3/04/19 → 4/04/19 |
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Keywords
- plasma accelerator
- femtosecond lasers
- wakefield
- ion beams
- Ti:sapphire
- laser-plasma applications
- radiation sources
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Nonlinear Optics and Dynamics of Relativistically Transparent Plasmas
McKenna, P., Gray, R. & King, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/11/17 → 31/10/22
Project: Research
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Laser-driven radiation beamlines at SCAPA (EPSRC Capital Equipment Portfolio)
McKenna, P., Boyd, M., Gray, R., Hidding, B., Jaroszynski, D., McArthur, S. & Sheng, Z.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/17 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
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Lab in a bubble
Jaroszynski, D., Boyd, M., Brunetti, E., Ersfeld, B., Hidding, B., McKenna, P., Noble, A., Sheng, Z., Vieux, G., Welsh, G. H. & Wiggins, M.
EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
1/04/16 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Scottish Centre for the Application of Plasma-based Accelerators (SCAPA)
Dino Jaroszynski (Manager)
PhysicsFacility/equipment: Facility
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Towards a high efficiency amplifier based on Raman amplification
Gregory Vieux (Speaker)
8 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk