PARTICIPANTS DESY, Germany INFN, Italy CNR, Italy CNRS, France University of Strathclyde, UK IST-ID, Portugal STFC, UK SOLEIL, France University of Manchester, UK University of Liverpool, UK ENEA, Italy CEA, France Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy Universität Hamburg, Germany Imperial College London, UK University of Oxford, UK
ASSOCIATED PARTNERS (October 2016) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Tsinghua University Beijing, China ELI Beamlines, International PHLAM Université de Lille, France
CONTACT US: Project Coordination Dr. Ralph Assmann DESY (Coordinator) Dr. Arnd Specka CNRS/IN2P3 (Deputy) Primary Coordinator Contact Mrs. Ruth Mundt, DESY eupraxia-admin@desy.de Media Enquiries Prof. Dr. Carsten P. Welsch Cockcroft Institute/University of Liverpool carsten.welsch@cockcroft.ac.uk
www.eupraxia-project.eu
Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Germany HZDR (Helmholtz), Germany LMU München, Germany Wigner Fizikai Kutatóközpont, Hungary CERN, International Kansai Photon Science Institute, Japan Osaka University, Japan RIKEN SPring-8, Japan
BRINGING THE POWER OF LIGHTNING
Lunds Universitet, Sweden Stony Brook University & Brookhaven NL, USA LBNL, USA UCLA, USA
TO PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Institute of Applied Physics, Russia Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russia Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Italy
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant No 653782. The information herein reflects only the views of its authors and the Research Executive Agency is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained.
EUROPEAN PLASMA RESEARCH ACCELERATOR WITH EXCELLENCE IN APPLICATIONS
DESIGNING THE FUTURE
© DESY, Heiner Müller-Elsner
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION The EuPRAXIA consortium is preparing a conceptual design for the world’s first multibillion volt laser-plasma accelerator with enough quality for industrial applications, x-ray sources and particle physics research.
Particle accelerators are essential tools in science and technology. From huge colliders like the LHC to van-sized accelerators used in hospitals and factories, these machines are routinely used in a wide range of applications like cancer therapy, food sterilization, manufacturing, and fundamental research.
EuPRAXIA brings together a consortium of 16 laboratories and universities from 5 EU member states, with the support of 22 associated institutions. The consortium holds open international events on a regular basis to strengthen collaborations and to assess the development of the project.
Image of a plasma cell. © DESY, Heiner Müller-Elsner
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES A new technology has emerged that may reduce dramatically the size and cost of accelerators, facilitating the access of hospitals and universities to these tools and multiplying their applications.
So-called laser-plasma accelerators use high-power lasers to create a channel of plasma (like a lightning bolt) in a gas cell. Generating several billion of volts in just a few millimeters, electrons can be accelerated to near the speed of light in a much smaller distance than in a conventional accelerator.
The project is coordinated by DESY and funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme.