Laser-wakefield accelerators (LWFAs) were proposed more than three decades ago, and
while they promise to deliver compact, high energy particle accelerators, they will also …

Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

Laser-driven plasma-based accelerators, which are capable of supporting fields in excess of
100 GV∕ m, are reviewed. This includes the laser wakefield accelerator, the plasma beat …

This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …

Particle accelerators are used in a wide variety of fields, ranging from medicine and biology
to high-energy physics. The accelerating fields in conventional accelerators are limited to a …

Laser-driven accelerators, in which particles are accelerated by the electric field of a plasma
wave (the wakefield) driven by an intense laser, have demonstrated accelerating electric …

Gigaelectron volt (GeV) electron accelerators are essential to synchrotron radiation facilities
and free-electron lasers, and as modules for high-energy particle physics. Radiofrequency …

We use three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations to study laser wake field acceleration
(LWFA) at highly relativistic laser intensities. We observe ultra-short electron bunches …

Laser-driven plasma accelerators provide acceleration gradients that are three orders of
magnitude greater than those generated by conventional accelerators, offering the potential …

A method, which utilizes the large difference in ionization potentials between successive
ionization states of trace atoms, for injecting electrons into a laser-driven wakefield is …