An overview of plasma-based accelerators and light sources
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LIP-Lisboa/3-311 - Sala de Seminários
LIP Lisboa
What is the origin of space, time, and matter? What happens when matter is subject to extreme conditions of pressure and temperature? Can we visualize and control the nano-world? Particle accelerators and light sources have become instrumental in addressing these long-standing scientific challenges. Because they can sustain much higher electric fields than conventional materials, plasmas promise a new generation of more compact, sustainable, and less expensive particle accelerators and light sources. They are a high research priority in the 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics and are being progressively incorporated into the main activities of large-scale laser facilities and accelerator laboratories. The intrinsic miniaturization in plasma acceleration brings unique challenges. Addressing them is an essential part of the research agenda. These challenges are multidisciplinary, and their solution depends on an integrated approach combining theory, simulation, and experimental physics. This talk will present an overview of these challenges, along with recent accomplishments and perspectives for the future of plasma-based accelerators and light sources for applications in high-energy physics, high-energy density science, and photon science.
Zoom link: https://cern.zoom.us/j/66999750378?pwd=6tmqvoW18z2SRrxZXkDLl7PW2EzFbL.1