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A New Line for Laser-Driven Light Ions Acceleration and Related TNSA Studies

Leonida Gizzi, Dario Giove, Carmen Altana, Fernando Brandi, Pablo Cirrone, Gabriele Cristoforetti, Alberto Fazzi, Paolo Ferrara, Lorenzo Fulgentini, Petra Koester, Luca Labate, Gaetano Lanzalone, Pasquale Londrillo, David Mascali, Annamaria Muoio, Daniele Palla, Francesco Schillaci, Stefano Sinigardi, Salvatore Tudisco, Giorgio Turchetti

Applied Sciences· Volume 7· Issue 10
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In this paper, we present the status of the line for laser-driven light ions acceleration (L3IA) currently under implementation at the Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (ILIL), and we provide an overview of the pilot experimental activity on laser-driven ion acceleration carried out in support of the design of the line. A description of the main components is given, including the laser, the beam transport line, the interaction chamber, and the diagnostics. A review of the main results obtained so far during the pilot experimental activity is also reported, including details of the laser-plasma interaction and ion beam characterization. A brief description of the preliminary results of a dedicated numerical modeling is also provided.
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OpenAlex topics: Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics · Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma · High-pressure geophysics and materials

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Affiliations

Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory (ILIL), Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (INO), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via G. Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Sezione di Pisa, Largo Pontecorvo 3, 56127 Pisa, Italy

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratorio Acceleratori e Superconduttività Applicata (INFN-LASA), Via Fratelli Cervi 201, 20090 Segrate, Italy

Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università degli Studi di Catania, 95123 Catania, Italy

Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, INFN, Via S. Sofia, 95125 Catania, Italy

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy

Dipartimento di Energia, Politecnico di Milano and INFN, Sezione di Milano, via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy

Università degli Studi di Enna Kore, Via delle Olimpiadi, 94100 Enna, Italy

Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna and INFN, Sez. di Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy

Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Pisa, 56124 Pisa, Italy

Institute of Physics Czech Academy of Science, ELI-Beamlines, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, Czech Republic

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