Publications (24)
Remote sensing of tectonic induced stress across faults using high energy muon beams
L. Serafini, G. Muttoni, A. Bacci +10
We illustrate a theoretical study of a newly conceived technique using high-energy muon beams (TeV-class) propagating through thick (km-long) crystalline rock layers subject to tec…
RF injector design studies for the trailing witness bunch for a plasma-based user facility
A. Giribono, A. Bacci, E. Chiadroni +10
The interest in plasma-based accelerators as drivers of user facilities is growing worldwide thanks to its compactness and reduced costs. In this context the EuPRAXIA collaboration…
Free electron laser seeded by betatron radiation
A. Ghigo, M. Galletti, V. Shpakov +2
In this paper the use of betatron radiation as a seed for the Free Electron Laser (FEL) is presented. The scheme shown can be adopted from all FEL driven by plasma accelerated elec…
Gamma Factory at CERN -- novel research tools made of light
W. Placzek, A. Abramov, S. E. Alden +59
We discuss the possibility of creating novel research tools by producing and storing highly relativistic beams of highly ionised atoms in the CERN accelerator complex, and by excit…
A muon source based on plasma accelerators
L. Serafini, I. Drebot, A. Bacci +7
The conceptual design of a compact source of GeV-class muons is presented, based on a plasma based electron-gamma collider. Evaluations of muon flux, spectra and brilliance are pre…
Technical Design Report EuroGammaS proposal for the ELI-NP Gamma beam System
O. Adriani, S. Albergo, D. Alesini +106
The machine described in this document is an advanced Source of up to 20 MeV Gamma Rays based on Compton back-scattering, i.e. collision of an intense high power laser beam and a h…
Apparent superluminal advancement of a single photon far beyond its coherence length
S. Cialdi, I. Boscolo, F. Castelli +1
We present experimental results relative to superluminal propagation based on a single photon traversing an optical system, called 4f-system, which acts singularly on the photon's…
Pathway to a Compact SASE FEL Device
G. Dattoli, E. Di Palma, V. Petrillo +6
Newly developed high peak power lasers have opened the possibilities of driving coherent light sources operating with laser plasma accelerated beams and wave undulators. We specula…
Low emittance pion beams generation from bright photons and relativistic protons
L. Serafini, C. Curatolo, V. Petrillo
Present availability of high brilliance photon beams as those produced by X-ray Free Electron Lasers in combination with intense TeV proton beams typical of the Large Hadron Collid…
Laser Heater and seeded Free Electron Laser
G. Dattoli, V. Petrillo, E. Sabia
In this paper we consider the effect of laser heater on a seeded Free Electron Laser. We develop a model embedding the effect of the energy modulation induced by the heater with th…
IRIDE White Book, An Interdisciplinary Research Infrastructure based on Dual Electron linacs&lasers
D. Alesini, M. Alessandroni, M. P. Anania +211
This report describes the scientific aims and potentials as well as the preliminary technical design of IRIDE, an innovative tool for multi-disciplinary investigations in a wide fi…
High energy Free Electron Laser for nuclear applications
R. Brinkmann, F. Camera, I. Drebot +3
The capability of Free-Electron Lasers to generate photon beams with record performances in the domain of MeV-class photon energy for nuclear photonics applications is here analyze…
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: the high-brightness RF photo-injector layout proposal
A. Giribono, A. Bacci, E. Chiadroni +10
At EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB, the unique combination of an advanced high-brightness RF injector and a plasma-based accelerator will drive a new multi-disciplinary user-facility. The facil…
Plasma acceleration limitations due to betatron radiation
V. Shpakov, E. Chiadroni, A. Curcio +7
High energy spread caused by the longitudinal size of the beam is well known in wake-field acceleration. Usually this issue can be solved with beam loading effect that allows to ke…
High repetition rate and coherent Free-Electron Laser in the tender X-rays based on the Echo-Enabled Harmonic Generation of an Ultra-Violet Oscillator pulse
N. S. Mirian, M. Opromolla, G. Rossi +2
Fine time-resolved analysis of matter - i.e. spectroscopy and photon scattering - in the linear response regime requires a fs-scale pulsed, high repetition rate, fully coherent X-r…
Electron beam transfer line design for plasma driven Free Electron Lasers
M. Rossetti Conti, A. Bacci, A. Giribono +4
Plasma driven particle accelerators represent the future of compact accelerating machines and Free Electron Lasers are going to benefit from these new technologies. One of the main…
Plasma boosted electron beams for driving Free Electron Lasers
A. R. Rossi, V. Petrillo, A. Bacci +8
In this paper, we report results of simulations, in the framework of both EuPRAXIA \cite{Walk2017} and EuPRAXIA@SPARC\_LAB \cite{Ferr2017} projects, aimed at delivering a high brig…
EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF
M. Ferrario, D. Alesini, M. P. Anania +117
On the wake of the results obtained so far at the SPARC\_LAB test-facility at the Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati (Italy), we are currently investigating the possibility to design…
Analytical description of photon beam phase spaces in Inverse Compton Scattering sources
C. Curatolo, I. Drebot, V. Petrillo +1
We revisit the description of inverse Compton scattering sources and the photon beams generated therein, emphasizing the behavior of their phase space density distributions and how…
EUPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: Beam Dynamics studies for the X-band Linac
C. Vaccarezza, D. Alesini, A. Bacci +16
In the framework of the Eupraxia Design Study an advanced accelerator facility EUPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB has been proposed to be realized at Frascati (Italy) Laboratories of INFN. Two adv…
Intrinsic mono-chromatic emission of x and gamma-rays in symmetric electron-photon beam collisions
L. Serafini, V. Petrillo, A. Bacci +4
This paper explores the transition between Compton Scattering and Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS), which is characterized by an equal exchange of energy and momentum between the c…
STAR HE-Linac Complete Detailed Design Report
A. Bacci, L. Faillace, L. Pellegrino +18
This Document contains a complete technical description of the system devoted to the upgrade of the STAR Linear Accelerator (STAR Linac). According to the Contract signed between U…
Active interrogation of underground piezoelectric fabrics using high energy muon beams propagating across seismogenic faults
L. Serafini, A. Bacci, L. Bandiera +12
In this paper we extend a previous analysis of a newly conceived technique based on active interrogation of tectonic stress evolution in regions hosting active seismogenic faults.…
Deep Saturated Free Electron Laser Oscillators and Frozen Spikes
P. L. Ottaviani, S. Pagnutti, G. Dattoli +5
We analyze the behavior of Free Electron Laser (FEL) oscillators operating in the deep saturated regime and point out the formation of sub-peaks of the optical pulse. They are very…