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EUROPEAN
PLASMA RESEARCH
ACCELERATOR WITH

EXCELLENCE IN
APPLICATIONS

EuPRAXIA is the first European project that develops a dedicated particle accelerator research infrastructure based on novel plasma acceleration concepts driven by innovative laser and linac technologies. EuPRAXIA is one of the projects on the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) Roadmap of 2021.

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EuPRAXIA - a distributed, compact and innovative accelerator facility based on plasma technology

The EuPRAXIA project aims at the construction of an innovative electron accelerator using laser- and electron-beam–driven plasma wakefield acceleration that offers a significant reduction in size and possible savings in cost over current state-of-the-art radiofrequency (RF)-based accelerators.

EuPRAXIA envisions a beam energy of 1 to 5 gigaelectronvolts (GeV) and a beam quality (single pulse) equivalent to present RF-based linacs. Its performance goals will enable versatile applications in various domains, e.g. as a compact free-electron laser (FEL), compact sources for medical imaging and positron generation, table-top test beams for particle detectors, as well as deeply penetrating X-ray and gamma-ray sources for material testing.

EuPRAXIA Preparatory Phase

EuPRAXIA Preparatory Phase will develop the organizational, legal, financial and technological aspects of the EuPRAXIA infrastructure. 

EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Sources

The EuPRAXIA Advanced Photon Sources (EuAPS) project foresees the construction of a laser-driven “betatron” X Ray user facility at the LNF SPARC_LAB laboratory.

EuPRAXIA Design Study

The EuPRAXIA project started in 2015 with a Design Study, which was funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme, and culminated at the end of 2019 with the publication of the worldwide first Conceptual Design Report for a plasma accelerator facility

EuPRAXIA
@SPARC_LAB

The EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project, intended to put forward LNF as host of the EuPRAXIA European Facility.

EuPRAXIA Doctoral Network

EuPRAXIA-DN offers exciting prospects for cutting edge research, technology innovations and a unique training program for a cohort of 12 Fellows, based at EuPRAXIA partner organizations.

EuPRAXIA will address the demand for increased access to FEL facilities in Europe; offers unique features in time resolution, pump-probe capabilities, spatial resolution for X-ray imaging and penetration depth for material analysis; will be the first Research Infrastructure worldwide to realize an accelerator facility based on novel concepts so far have only been used in experimental tests; provides unique opportunities for education and training in innovative technologies in the European Research Area and beyond.

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The EuPRAXIA design study paved the way for a compact European plasma accelerator with superior beam quality

The EuPRAXIA design study produced a Conceptual Design Report for the worldwide first high energy plasma-based accelerator that can provide industrial beam quality and user areas. 

It is the important intermediate step between proof-of-principle experiments and ground-breaking, ultra-compact accelerators for science, industry, medicine or the energy frontier.

OPENING NEW HORIZONS

THE WORLDWIDE FIRST 5 GEV PLASMA-BASED ACCELERATOR WITH INDUSTRIAL BEAM QUALITY AND USER AREAS

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