ProgrammePN II / CAPACITIES Module III/ RO-CERN

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• Programme PN II / CAPACITIES Module III/ RO-CERN
  
• Project type FAIR
• Experiment SPARC
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• Project title
• Atomic interactions in supercritical fields
   theoretical and experimental investigations for
  FAIR-SPARC
• Acronym SCAFI
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• 2014 - 2016 (24 months)
• Project coordinator - INFLPR (The National
  Institute for Laser, Plasma Radiation Physics
• Partner 1 IFIN-HH (Horia Hulubei National
  Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering)
• Partner 2 ISS (Institute of Space Science)
• Contract value 443,687 lei
• 2014 74854 lei (INFLPR 22457 IFIN
  37427 ISS 14970)
• 2015 245889 lei (INFLPR 109284 IFIN
  102454 ISS 34151)
• 2016 122944 lei (INFLPR 68303 IFIN
  34151 ISS 20490)
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• PROJECT WORKPLAN

Year Stages/ Activities/ Partners Time schedule Results/ Documents presenting the results
2014 Stage I/ Preliminary studies on the atomic interactions in supercritical fields models and instrumentation for their investigation Month 1-6 Scientific Report ISI Paper Designs
Activity I.1 (CO) Study the fundamental mechanism governing laser electron acceleration in the long focus configuration Dec. 2014 Scientific Report
Activity I.2 (CO) Computation of the transition energies and related parameters in ionic systems of interest for Li-like ions spectroscopy with x-ray lasers Dec. 2014 Report on atomic data provided
Activity I.3 (P2) Elaboration of a theoretical model for the laser assisted inelastic electron scattering by excited hydrogen atoms Dec. 2014 Scientific Report, ISI paper
Activity I.4 (P1) Design of the detector prototype and of the test setup. Dec. 2014 Designs for the detector geometry, mask and mechanical mounting of the detector
2015 Stage II/ Progress Reports on the theoretical models and experimental tests for SPARC relevant topics in atomic interactions in supercritical fields Months 7-18 Scientific Report ISI Paper
Activity II.1 (CO) Design and development of a dedicated experiment for laser-electron acceleration in the long focus configuration. Dec. 2015 Report ISI paper
Activity II.2 (P2) Derivation of an analytical solution for laser assisted inelastic electron-excited hydrogen scattering. Dec 2015 Scientific Report
Activity II.3 (P1) Construction of the detector prototype and of the additional testing setup Dec. 2015 Summary of the first measurements performed off-line with radioactive sources
2016 Stage III/ Contribution to the realization of the SPARC experiments final report, concluding remarks and further directions of research Months 1 9-24 Scientific Report Report SPARC Scientific paper
Activity III.1 (CO) Grazing-incidence pumped x-ray laser and study of high harmonic generation. June 2016 Report
Activity III.2 (P2) Computation and analysis of the numerical results for laser assisted inelastic electron scattering by excited hydrogen atoms. June 2016 Scientific Report
Activity III.3 (P1) Tests of the detector prototype with heavy ion beams June 2016 Report of the obtained results to SPARC Colabora-tion written summary for the realization of the TDR Scientific paper
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• Project objectives
• Objective 1. The development of effective
  techniques producing highly efficient electron
  beams.
• Collaboration under WP 1.2
  and WP 3.11 (Laser/Ion Interaction Working
  Groups)
• Objective 2. The development of x-ray laser
  experiments and theoretical modeling of the high
  harmonic generation.
• Collaboration under WP 1.2
  and WP 3.11 (Laser/Ion Interaction Working
  Groups)
• Objective 3. Study of inelastic electron
  scattering by excited hydrogen atoms in a laser
  field
• Objective 4. Evaluation of detection
  performances of a vacuum compatible Diamond-based
  segmented detector for
• relativistic highly-charged
  ions
• Specific activities
• Li-like ions spectroscopy of 2s-2p transitions
  (WP 3.11, WP 1.2, FAIR Baseline Technical
  Report, Vol.5).
• Study the fundamental mechanism governing laser
  electron acceleration in the long focus
  configuration

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• Computation of the transition energies and
  related parameters in ionic systems of interest
  for Li-like ions spectroscopy with x-ray lasers
• c) Development of X-ray laser (WP3.11, WP 1.2)
• directed towards the x-ray interaction with
  stored ions in the HESR
• Grazing-incidence pumped x-ray laser and study of
  high harmonic generation
• d) Study of inelastic electron-atom scattering in
  an electromagnetic field, multiphoton ionization
  of atoms.
• The working packages WP 2.1 and WP 2.2
  (FBTR, Vol. 5) are concerned with setup
  preparation for
• single pass experiments with highly charged
  ions at high energies (1GeV/u to 10 GeV/u).
• Elaboration of a theoretical model for the laser
  assisted inelastic electron scattering by
  excited hydrogen atoms
• Derivation of an analytical solution for laser
  assisted inelastic electron-excited hydrogen
  scattering.
• Computation and analysis of the numerical
  results for laser assisted inelastic electron
  scattering
• by excited hydrogen atoms.
• e) The manufacturing of an Diamond-based detector
  prototype, lab tests and in-beam assessment
• of its performances.