Danilo Giulietti Physics Department of the University and

Danilo Giulietti Physics Department of the University and INFN, Pisa, Italy danilo. giulietti@pi. infn. it Paris, 20 -21 / 02 / 2008 ELI kick off Meeting

ITALIAN PARTICIPATION TO THE ELI PREPARATORY PHASE • FUNDING AGENCY: Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca • TWO BENEFICIARIES COORDINATED BY INFN

INFN: the involved groups • INFN-PISA • INFN-LNF • INFN-MILANO B. • UNIV. ROMA 1

PLAsma acceleration and MONochromatic X-ray production @ LNF-INFN

6 J, 20 fs, 10 Hz

LINAC layout Features: • High brightnss e-beam • Very low emittance quadrupoles dipoles RF deflector collimator solenoid Photoinjector RF sections 25º 11º 1. 5 m 10. 0 m 5. 4 m 14. 5 m Diagnostic 1 -6 Undulator modules

LWFA acceleration of externally injected electrons in a gas-jet plasma

Tuneable X-ray radiation source based on Thomson Scattering

Project leader Steering committee G. Mourou Project manager J. P. Chambaret + System Engineer SAFETY BUILDING Safety Manager Laser system Attosecond Science P. Georges S. Karsch G. Tsakiris, D Charalambidis P. Audebert OPCPA Ti. Sa: ampli Diode pumping Coherent beam combining Adaptative optic Attosecond to zeptosecond Physics Ultra relativisitc optics Beam lines Proposed Applications Probe ultrafast dynamics (atom, molecule and plasma) Ultra Non Linear X-UV phenomena Electron dynamics Laser plasma accelerator D. Giulietti V. Malka Ultra relativistic plasma Electron beam Proton beam Ions beam Muons beam Beam lines Gamma imaging Radiotherapy Test and Calibration Probing plasmas Polarised beam High energy physics … Ultrafast X-ray radiation beams A. Rousse B. Rus Coherent (X, )-rays (FEL, HHG & plasma) Incoherent (X, )-ray beams (synchrotronlike, atomic) High field Science D. Habs D. Bernard NLQED Fundamendal physics Exotic physics Nuclear Physics Beam lines Probe ultrafast dynamics, image with high resolution (nano/bulk) & create new states of matter 1. (X, )-ray imaging 2. Ultrafast diffraction 3. Ultrafast absorption 4. Intense x-ray excitation Transmutation induced by laser

Steering committee Project leader G. Mourou Project manager J. P. Chambaret + System Engineer SAFETY BUILDING Safety Manager Laser plasma accelerator D. Giulietti, V. Malka Electron beam H. Videau Beam transport beam characterisation (emittance, bunch duration, charge, energy) electron polarisation, beam physics (with ultra short bunches) Target : gas cell, gas jet, Plasma, Channel, Discharge capillary Beam lines Proposed Applications To XFEL Gamma imaging Radiotherapy Test and Calibration Probing plasmas Polarised beam High energy physics Plasmas as Accelerators L. Silva Simulations (pic, hybrid, etc…) Single stage Multi stage Optimisation experiments Ion beam J. Fuchs Beam characterisation (emittance, bunch duration, charge, energy, species distribution) Polarisation Target : Droplet liquid jet, foam, Tape… Beam lines Proposed Applications Hadrontherapy Radio-isotopes production Test and Calibration Probing plasmas Polarised beam High energy physics Puons and muons

WP 8 TRANS-NATIONAL NETWORKING WP Responsible Catia Peduto & Antonella Varaschin

WP-8 GANTT CHART

INFN PARTICIPATION TO WPs WP 1 – Management (MANAGEMENT, 18 m-m) WP 6 – Safety and radio-protection (SUPPORT, 28 m-m) WP 7 B – Secondary sources (RTD, 57 m-m) WP 7 C – Infrastructures (RTD, 52 m-m) WP 8 - Transnational Networking (COORD, 16, m-m) WP 9 - International networking/communication (COORD, 3 m-m)

CONCLUSIONS ELI is an unique opportunity of merging several expertises from different Italian Institutions to attain, together with the European Partners, ambitious goals in forefront fields of science, technology and medicine.