Science and Applications of Plasma Wakefield Acceleration

15 May 2022, 17:00 → 18 May 2022, 15:30 Europe/Berlin

Sunday, 15 May

17:00 → 18:00 Registration

18:00 → 20:00 Buffet supper and informal get-together

Monday, 16 May

08:00 → 08:45 Breakfast

08:45 → 09:00 Welcome

09:00 → 10:30 Light Source Application: Light Source Applications

Convener: Andreas Maier

Convener: Andreas Maier

09:00 Introduction

Speaker: Andreas Maier

09:05 X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: State of the Art and Opportunities for Advanced Particle Accelerators

Speaker: Agostino Marinelli

Agostino_Marinelli_Heraeus.pdf

09:35 Laser Plasma Accelerators: Next Generation X-Ray Light Sources

Speaker: Félicie Albert

20220516_Heraus_Albert_nb.pdf

10:05 Discussion

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 → 12:30 Particle Physics Applications

Convener: Edda Gschwendtner

11:00 Introduction

Speaker: Edda Gschwendtner

11:05 HEP Applications of Plasma Wakefield Accelerators

Speaker: Beate Heinemann

11:35 Applications of Plasma-Wave Acceleration Techniques to Particle Colliders

Speaker: Brian Foster

Heraeus_0522_withoutSeeman.pptx

12:05 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:30 Health and Industrial Applications

Convener: Jörg Schreiber

14:00 Introduction

Speaker: Jörg Schreiber

20220516 Intro Schreiber.pdf

14:05 Laser Plasma Accelerators to Address the Industrial Inspection Market

Speaker: François Sylla

Sylla_Heraeus_15052022_short.pdf

14:35 Establishing Laser Accelerated Proton Beam Performance for Dose Controlled Irradiation Studies

Speaker: Ulrich Schramm

Schramm_Heraeus_2022.pdf

15:05 Discussion

15:30 → 16:00 Coffee/Tea Break

16:00 → 17:30 Simulation / Theory

Convener: Jean-Luc Vay

16:00 Introduction

Speaker: Jean-Luc Vay

Heraeus_2022_theory_simulations_intro.pdf

16:05 Theoretical Basis and Exascale Simula- tions

Speaker: Maxence Thévenet

ThevenetHeraeus2022.pdf

16:35 Laser-Electron Collisions and Laser- Plasma Interaction in QED Regime (Theory and Simulations)

Speaker: Marija Vranić

Presentation_BadHonnef2022_MV.pdf

17:05 Discussion

18:30 → 20:00 Heraeus Dinner

Tuesday, 17 May

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 .: Driver Technology

Convener: Jens Limpert

09:00 Introduction

Speaker: Jens Limpert

09:05 Ti:Sapphire Lasers as Drivers for Plasma-Based Accelerators

Speaker: Stefan Karsch

Heraeus_Seminar_2022_small.pdf

09:35 Laser Technology for LWFA

Speaker: Laura Corner

Corner_Heraeus_seminar_May_2022_submitted.pptx

10:05 Discussion

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 → 12:30 .: Plasma Technology

Convener: Patric Muggli (Max Planck Institute for Physics)

11:00 Introduction

Speaker: Patric Muggli

HeraeusIntroMuggli2.pdf

11:05 Overview of Plasma Technology for Accelerators

Speaker: Brigitte Cros

220517_Plasma_Cros_HS_BH.pdf

11:35 Optical Guiding of High Intensity Laser Pulses for Laser Wakefield Acceleration

Speaker: Howard Milchberg

HeraeusSeminar-2022 _Milchberg.pdf

12:05 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:30 Poster Session Introductions

15:30 → 17:30 Poster Session / Coffee

17:30 → 19:00 Workshop Dinner and Extended Discussions

Wednesday, 18 May

08:00 → 09:00 Breakfast

09:00 → 10:30 Plasma Astrophysics

Convener: Frank Jenko

09:00 Introduction

Speaker: Frank Jenko

Slides-Jenko.pdf

09:05 Cosmic-Ray Driven Instabilities

Speaker: Frederico Fiuza

Slides-Fiuza.pdf

09:35 The Surprising Effectiveness of Cosmic Ray Acceleration

Speaker: Tony Bell

Slides-Bell.pdf

10:05 Discussion

10:30 → 11:00 Coffee/Tea Break

11:00 → 12:30 Diagnostics

Convener: Mike Downer

11:00 Introduction

Speaker: Mike Downer

1. Diagnostics session intro (Downer).pdf

11:05 High-Resolution Diagnostics for Plasma-Based Accelerators - a Tool for Detailed Insights into the Interaction

Speaker: Malte Kaluza

HeraeusSeminar_220518_MalteKaluza.pdf

11:35 Electron Beam Diagnostics

Speaker: Enrica Chiadroni

ElectronBeamDiagnostics_Chiadroni_red.pdf

12:05 Discussion

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 → 15:30 .: Machine Learning in Wakefield Acceleration

Convener: Maxence Thévenet

14:00 Introduction

Speaker: Maxence Thévenet

14:05 Overview of Gaussian Processes and Bayesian Optimization for Plasma- Based Accelerators

Speaker: Remi Lehe

2022_Heraeus_Lehe.pdf

14:35 Overview of Adaptive Machine Learning Methods: Towards Virtual 6D Phase Space Diagnostics

Speaker: Alexander Scheinker

A_Scheinker_TimeVarying_6DPhase_Space.pdf

15:05 Discussion