Accelerator Research and Development

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Modern accelerator facilities and systems represent a decisive technology of the future. They are indispensable when it comes to answering the major questions of our time. Today, accelerator systems are not only used in fundamental research, but also for innovations in materials research, bio and nano sciences, active ingredients research, and medical applications such as cancer therapy. The development of innovative accelerators is already today and also continues to be in the future a driving force for the exploration of new high tech fields. The Helmholtz Association's research centers in Hamburg, Darmstadt, Berlin, Jülich, Karlsruhe and Dresden have now joined forces to optimally use their synergies in this sector. In addition, an important task of the cooperation partners revolves around the education and training of young scientists.

Already today, the research facility ELBE – which is based on a superconducting electron linear accelerator operated by the HZDR – permits the acceleration of ultrashort electron bunches in a quality which allows scientists to conduct significantly more and better experiments within a shorter period of time than with comparable, normal conducting accelerators. Within the scope of the research topic “Accelerator Research and Development,” which is also a Helmholtz portfolio topic, methods for electron beam diagnostics on superconducting accelerators are to be optimized further so that it will be possible to operate light sources with improved properties. Other research topics include, for example, innovative particle sources, electron-photon interactions, and ultrashort particle bunches as well as innovative concepts for circular accelerators and accelerators with ultrahigh gradients.

Press Releases

• When electrons ride a wave
• Helmholtz-Gemein­schaft fördert ATHENA-Projekt mit 29,99 Mio. Euro
• Graphene enables clock rates in the terahertz range
• Extremely small and fast: laser ignites hot plasma
• Wie der Teilchenstrahl seine Struktur bekommt
• Fusion by strong lasers
• Laser-plasma accelerators without limits
• A closer look at superconductors
• Seven at one pulse
• Dynamic, yet inertial – and definitely futuristic
• Zeitreise zum Urknall
• Power boost thanks to gold lamellae: Research team develops new material system to con­vert and generate terahertz waves
• Digital fron­tier­ runners: CASUS involved in development of the world's largest supercompu­ter Fron­tier­

Involved HZDR institutes

• Institute of Radiation Physics
• Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research

Collaborations

• Karlsruher Institut für Techno­logie
• Deutsches Elek­tronen­-Synchrotron DESY
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Material­ien und Energie
• For­schungs­zentrum Jülich
• GSI Helmholtz­zentrum für Schwerionen­for­schung

Contacts

• Prof. Dr. Peter Michel
• Prof. Dr. Thomas Cowan
• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schramm

Publications

• Kiriyama, H.; Pirozhkov, A. S.; Nishiuchi, M. et al.
  Petawatt Femtosecond Laser Pulses from Titanium-Doped Sapphire Crystal
  Crystals 10(2020), 783 (10.3390/cryst10090783)
• Dover, N. P.; Nishiuchia, M.; Sakaki, H. et al.
  Demonstration of repetitive energetic proton generation by ultra-intense laser interaction with a tape target
  High Energy Density Physics 37(2020), 100847 (10.1016/j.hedp.2020.100847)
• Nishiuchi, M.; Dover, N.; Hata, M. et al.
  Dynamics of laser-driven heavy-ion acceleration clarified by ion charge states
  Physical Review Research 2(2020), 033081 (10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033081)
• Curry, C. B.; Schoenwaelder, C.; Goede, S. et al.
  Cryogenic Liquid Jets for High Repetition Rate Discovery Science
  Journal of Visualized Experiments 159(2020), e61130 (10.3791/61130)
• Fan, X.; Naumann, L.; Siebold, M. et al.
  A UV laser test facility for precise measurement of gas parameters in gaseous detectors
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 988(2021), 164929 (10.1016/j.nima.2020.164929)
• Levy, D.; Bernert, C.; Rehwald, M. et al.
  Laser-plasma proton acceleration with a combined gas-foil target
  New Journal of Physics 22(2020), 103068 (10.1088/1367-2630/abbf6d)
• Raj, G.; Kononenko, O.; Gilljohann, M. F. F. et al.
  Probing ultrafast magnetic-field generation by current filamentation instability in femtosecond relativistic laser-matter interactions
  Physical Review Research 2(2020), 023123 (10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023123)
• Brümmer, T.; Debus, A.; Pausch, R. et al.
  Design study for a compact laser-driven source for medical x-ray fluorescence imaging
  Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 23(2020), 031601 (10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.031601)
• Kondo, K.; Nishiuchi, M.; Sakaki, H. et al.
  High-Intensity Laser-Driven Oxygen Source from CW Laser-Heated Titanium Tape Targets
  Crystals 10 (9)(2020), 837 (10.3390/cryst10090837)
• Teichert, J.; Arnold, A.; Ciovati, G. et al.
  Successful user operation of the superconducting radio-frequency photo electron gun with Mg cathodes at ELBE
  Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 24(2021), 033401 (10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.033401)
• Kon, A.; Nishiuchi, M.; Kiriyama, H. et al.
  Single-Shot Measurement of Post-Pulse-GeneratedPre-Pulse in High-Power Laser Systems
  Crystals 10(2020)8, 657 (10.3390/cryst10080657)
• Bock, S.; Marie Herrmann, F.; Püschel, T. et al.
  Characterization of Accumulated B-Integral of Regenerative Amplifier Based CPA Systems
  Crystals 10(2020)9, 847 (10.3390/cryst10090847)
• Maier, A. R.; Kajumba, N.; Guggenmos, A. et al.
  Water-Window X-Ray Pulses from a Laser-Plasma Driven Undulator
  Scientific Reports 10(2020), 5634 (10.1038/s41598-020-62401-4)
• Lumpkin, A. H.; Laberge, M.; Rule, D. W. et al.
  Coherent Optical Signatures of Electron Microbunching in Laser-Driven Plasma Accelerators
  Physical Review Letters 125(2020), 014801 (10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.014801)
• Mukharamova, N.; Lazarev, S.; Meijer, J.-M. et al.
  Femtosecond laser produced periodic plasma in a colloidal crystal probed by XFEL radiation
  Scientific Reports 10(2020), 10780 (10.1038/s41598-020-67214-z)
• Brack, F.-E.; Kroll, F.; Gaus, L. et al.
  Spectral and spatial shaping of laser-driven proton beams using a pulsed high-field magnet beamline
  Scientific Reports 10(2020), 9118 (10.1038/s41598-020-65775-7)
• Carmesin, C. M.; Peter, K.; Enno, G. et al.
  Quantum and classical phase-space dynamics of a free-electron laser
  Physical Review Research 2(2020), 023027 (10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.023027)
• Huebl, A.; Rehwald, M.; Obst-Huebl, L. et al.
  Spectral Control via Multi-Species Effects in PW-Class Laser-Ion Acceleration
  Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62(2020)12, 124003 (10.1088/1361-6587/abbe33)
• Lu, P.; Arnold, A.; Teichert, J. et al.
  Simulation of ELBE SRF gun II for high-bunch-charge applications
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 830(2016), 536-544 (10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.087)
• Xiang, R.; Arnold, A.; Kamps, T. et al.
  Experimental studies of dark current in a superconducting RF photo-injector
  Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams 17(2014)4, 043401 (10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.17.043401)
• Teichert, J.; Arnold, A.; Büttig, H. et al.
  Free-Electron Laser Operation with a Superconducting Radio-Frequency Photoinjector at ELBE
  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 743(2014), 114-120 (10.1016/j.nima.2014.01.006)

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