Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) 4 Pillars (2009): I. CZECH REPUBLIC: Secondary Sources 10PW II. HUNGARY: Short Pulses 10PW III. ROMANIA: Nuclear Physics

Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI)Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI)

4 Pillars (2009)4 Pillars (2009)::I. CZECH REPUBLIC: Secondary Sources 10PWI. CZECH REPUBLIC: Secondary Sources 10PW

II. HUNGARY: Short Pulses 10PWII. HUNGARY: Short Pulses 10PW

III. ROMANIA: Nuclear Physics 10PWIII. ROMANIA: Nuclear Physics 10PW

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IV. HIGH FIELD – 200PW (site choice after 2012)IV. HIGH FIELD – 200PW (site choice after 2012)

Gheorghe CATA-DANIL NuPECC, Bergen, 11-12june 2010Gheorghe CATA-DANIL NuPECC, Bergen, 11-12june 2010

ESFRI list ESFRI list (laser facility),(laser facility), FP7: ELI-PP FP7: ELI-PP (2007-2010)(2007-2010)

Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI)

NuPECC, Bergen, 11-12june 2010NuPECC, Bergen, 11-12june 2010

ELI-NP “Start-up” Activities www.eli-np.ro

I. February 1-2, 2010, Bucharest-Magurele, Workshop ‘Physics at ELI-NP’,participation of the laser and nuclear physics communities, 4 working groups (laser, gamma beam, experiments, civil

engineering)Executive Committee for ELI-NPInternational Advisory Board for ELI-NP

II. April 12-13, 2010, Bucharest – Magurele, Meeting of the Executive Committee for ELI – NPparticipation: members of the ELI-PP, Executive Committee

and International Advisory Board of ELI-NP, experts from Europe, USA and Japan

decisions on ELI-NP Facilitydecisions on ELI- NP Scientific Programme


ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)

National Project Coordinator : Dr. Nicolae Victor ZAMFIRNational Project Coordinator : Dr. Nicolae Victor ZAMFIRNational National ConsortiumConsortium1.1. IFIN-HH (Nuclear)IFIN-HH (Nuclear)2.2. INFLPR (Laser and Plasma)INFLPR (Laser and Plasma)3.3. INCDFM (Materials Science)INCDFM (Materials Science)4.4. Univ. POLITEHNICA BucharestUniv. POLITEHNICA Bucharest5.5. Univ. BucharestUniv. Bucharest

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European level: A Consortium of the 3 host countries was formed and other interested countries are expected to join. This Consortium will evolve in an European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), a framework recently adopted by EC

ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)““Extreme Light” Extreme Light”

10 PW lasers, output energy higher than 200 J,10 PW lasers, output energy higher than 200 J,

20-30 fs, intensity higher than 1020-30 fs, intensity higher than 102323W/cmW/cm22

the most brilliant γ beam, <19.5 MeV, BW:10the most brilliant γ beam, <19.5 MeV, BW:10-3-3

produced by Compton scattering on a 600 MeV electron beam produced by Compton scattering on a 600 MeV electron beam (in 2 stages: I. LINAC-X band , II. ERL)(in 2 stages: I. LINAC-X band , II. ERL)


ELI-NP Gamma Source (I) PHASE-I (2011-2015) similar withe the MEGa-ray source under development at LLNL but

extendedfrom 250 MeV to 600 MeV.

ELI-NP Gamma Source (II)

PHASE-II (2015-2017)

Upgrade to 100-mA ERL can be made by adding superconducting ERL cavities under development. After upgrade to 100-mA ERL, the electron accelerator can be operated with parameters:

80 pC, 130 MHz for the high-flux mode and 8 pC, 1.3 GHz for the high-brilliance mode.

The flux and brilliance will be enhanced by 2 orders of magnitude. One can get a gamma flux of of 5x1015 ph/sec and a bandwidth of 4x10-5.

ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)ELI Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP)


ELI-NP: Gamma SourceELI-NP: Gamma Source

From Ch. Barty From Ch. Barty (LLNL)(LLNL)

ELI – NP Research agendaELI – NP Research agendawww.eli-np.rowww.eli-np.ro

At the ELI-NP pillar is approached a new frontier in At the ELI-NP pillar is approached a new frontier in physics - the laser-nuclear physics frontier:physics - the laser-nuclear physics frontier:

Nuclear Physics experiments to characterize Nuclear Physics experiments to characterize

laser – target interaction.laser – target interaction. Photonuclear reactions and astrophysical Photonuclear reactions and astrophysical

applications.applications. Exotic and frontier Nuclear Physics. Exotic and frontier Nuclear Physics. Nuclear methods and techniques based on high Nuclear methods and techniques based on high

intensity laser and γ beams.intensity laser and γ beams.

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ELI – NP Scientific Case (1) ELI – NP Scientific Case (1) White BookWhite Book

Draft#1– (june/10/2010)Draft#1– (june/10/2010)http://www.eli-np.ro/documents/Scientific_Case.pdfhttp://www.eli-np.ro/documents/Scientific_Case.pdf

contributions:contributions:

~ 90 authors~ 90 authors

from 29 institutions (4 from Romania)from 29 institutions (4 from Romania)

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ELI – NP Scientific Case (2)ELI – NP Scientific Case (2)Contents1 Foreword 42 Executive Summary 52.1 Basic Objectives . . 52.2 The Scientific Case of ELI-Nuclear Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Introduction to Envisioned Experiments at ELI Nuclear Physics Facility

4 Stand-alone APOLLON Experiments 11

4.1 A Laser-Accelerated Th Beam is used to produce Neutron-Rich Nucleiaround the N = 126 Waiting Point of the r-Processvia the Fission-Fusion Reaction Mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114.2 From Radiation Pressure Acceleration (RPA) and Laser-Driven Ion Pistonsto Direct Laser Acceleration of Protons at Intensities up to 1024W/cm2 . . . . . . . . 134.3 Deceleration of Very Dense Electron and Ion Beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154.4 The development and application of ultra-short duration high brilliancegamma rays probes for nuclear physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174.5 A Relativistic Ultra-thin Electron Sheet used as a Relativistic Mirrorfor the Production of Brilliant, Intense Coherent °-Rays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.6 Nuclear Techniques for Characterization of Laser-Induced Radiations . . . . . . . . . . 204.7 Modelling of High-Intensity Laser Interaction with Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244.8 Studies of enhanced decay of 26Al in hot plasma environments

ELI – NP Scientific Case (3)ELI – NP Scientific Case (3)5 APOLLON Laser + gamm/e− Beam 29

5.1 Probing the Pair Creation from the Vacuum in the Focus ofStrong Electrical Fields with a High Energy ° Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . 295.2 The Real Part of the Index of Refraction of the Vacuumin High Fields: Vacuum Birefringence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 325.3 Cascades of e+e− Pairs and °-Rays triggered bya Single Slow Electron in Strong Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. 345.4 Compton Scattering and Radiation Reactionof a Single Electron at High Intensities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . 405.5 Nuclear Lifetime Measurements by Streaking ConversionElectrons with a Laser Field. . .

ELI – NP Scientific Case (4)ELI – NP Scientific Case (4)

6 Standalone gamma/e experiments for nuclear spectroscopy

6.1 Measuring Narrow Doorway States, embedded in Regions of High Level Densityin the First Nuclear Minimum, which are identified by specific(°, f), (°, ®), (°, p), (°, n) Reactions and allow to map out theNuclear Potential Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506.2 Precision Tests of Fluctuating Quantities in Nuclear Physics of Highly ExcitedNuclear Levels in Comparison to Random-Matrix-Theory and Quantum Chaos . . . . 516.3 Precision measurement of the dipole polarizability αD of 208Pbwith high intensity, monoenergetic MeV γ-radiation for the evaluationof neutron skin and the enhancement of UNEDF theory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536.4 High Resolution Inelastic Electron Scattering (e,e’) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556.5 Nuclear Transitions and Parity-violating Meson-Nucleon Coupling . . . . . . . . . . . 566.6 Study of pygmy and giant dipole resonances in lead isotopes by direct γ excitation 586.7 Gamma scattering on nucleiThe Pygmy Dipole Resonance (PDR) of deformed nuclei . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596.8 Fine-structure of Photo-response above the Particle Threshold:the (γ ,α), (γ,p) and (γ ,n) Reactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646.9 Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence on Rare Isotopes and Isomers6.10 Multiple Nuclear Excitons . .

ELI – NP Scientific Case (5)ELI – NP Scientific Case (5)7 Stand-alone gamma/e− Facility for Astrophysics 71

7.1 Neutron Capture Cross Section of s-Process Branching Nuclei with Inverse Reactions 717.2 Measurements of (γ, p) and (γ, α) Reaction Cross Sections for p-Process Nucleosynthesis 73

8 Applications and Industry Relevant Developments at ELI-NP 75

8.1 Industrial Applications for the Management of Nuclear Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . 758.2 Radioscopy and Tomography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808.3 High Resolution, high Intensity X-Ray Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828.4 Producing of medical isotopes via the (°, n) reaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.5 Extremely BRIlliant Neutron-Source produced via the (°, n) Reactionwithout Moderation (BRIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 878.6 Neutron diffraction techniques for materials science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888.7 Dual-range Instrumentation for Wide Applicability Neutron Techniques . . . . . . . . 908.8 Intense BRIlliant Positron-Source produced via the (γ, e+e−) Reaction (BRIP) . . . 928.9 Intense BRIlliant Positron-Source: Positrons in Applied Physics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 928.10 Positron-excited Auger Electron Spectroscopy (PAES) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 938.11 Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy (PAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968.12 AGPAS technique with high energy gamma beams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 998.13 Testing of radiation effects on commercial optical fibers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1008.14 Materials research in high intensity radiation fields


ELI-NP Timeline estimate

2010 to August : Feasibility Study (ongoing, funded)

Government decision on funding (~280 MEur)

2010 to December: EC Project (DG-Regions)

Construction: 2011-2015 (Phase I) 2015-2017 (Phase II)


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