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Projects and Collaborations

We operate an extensive network of collaborations, internally at HHU, nationally and internationally. At HHU, we collaborate e.g. with the groups of Prof. Georg Pretzler, Prof. Alexander Pukhov, and Prof. Carsten Müller on experiments, simulations and theory.   

 

Major projects are 

  • The ERC-funded NeXource Consolidator Grant project. In “NeXource: Next-generation Plasma-based Electron Beam Sources for High-brightness Photon Science”, we pursue various experimental and simulation-based thrusts towards generation of ultrahigh brightness beams and their application. 
  • The STFC-funded PWFA-FEL project. In this simulation-based project, we explore the feasibility and range of ultrahigh brightness electron beams for driving X-ray free-electron lasers.    

Nationally, we collaborate with universities and research centres e.g. in Dresden, Munich, Jena, Hamburg and Jülich on various topics. Major international collaborations are 

  • Hybrid plasma wakefield acceleration collaboration: formed by groups and researchers in Munich, Dresden, Paris, Hamburg and Strathclyde, this team is pursuing the vision of compact, synchronized PWFA systems by high current electron beams from LWFA with increasing success
  • SLAC FACET-II collaboration: we lead several experiments at this linac-based accelerator test facility, including the E-310: Trojan Horse-II collaboration, aiming at producing ultrahigh brightness beams from plasma. Next to SLAC, important collaborators are from UCLA and RadiaBeam Technologies in Los Angeles, UC Boulder, and Strathclyde.    
  • EuPRAXIA: In this large European infrastructure project on the ESFRI roadmap, European and groups around the world collaborate with the goal of user-ready infrastructures of beam generation with LWFA, PWFA, and hybrid LWFA-PWFA.  

 

 

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