Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)

E6 Experimental Area

E6 experimental area is built to host up to 10 PW laser driven electron acceleration and QED studies, with a strong emphasis on laser wakefield acceleration methods on complex gas targets aimed at obtaining GeV electron beams optimized for charge, energy, and stable operation.
Such relativistic electron beams can then be collided with high electromagnetic fields resulted from up to 10 PW focused laser light in order to test extreme QED conditions.

Main Activities

Laser-driven electron acceleration
Development of gas targets for stable, ultra-relativistic electron beams
Experiments with 1 PW or 10 PW laser beams focused by a mirror of very long focal length
Multi GeV electron beam spectroscopy
High-Field / QED experiments with 2 laser beams
R&D of novel diagnostics of relevance for the research topics

Equipment

24 m³ interaction chamber
ISO-7 clean room
Opto-mechanical components
Gas targets of various types
30 m long focal, large aperture spherical mirror
Laser and Plasma Diagnostics (1^st or 2^nd harmonic)
Multi GeV electron spectrometers
Gamma ray spectrometer

Topics

Laser-driven leptonic beams
Plasma optics
Multi-jet supersonic nozzles
Secondary x-ray and gamma sources
Radiation Reaction
Breit-Wheeler process
Vacuum birefringence

Photo Gallery

Installation of the E6 interaction chamber

Overview of the LBTS, E6 interaction chamber and its clean room on the left side

E6 interaction chamber door

Flange with multiple viewports for diagnostics

Internal crane for heavy loads installation

Chamber hosting the 30m long focal lens spherical mirror

Contact Us

Department Secretary

office.ldedeli-np.ro

(+4)037.467.63.23

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