BELLA Petawatt Second Beamline Commissioning and Experimental Plans

ORAL

Abstract

The petawatt (PW) laser system of the BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA) has been successfully performing high intensity laser plasma interaction experiments since 2012, with emphasis on laser plasma wakefield acceleration (LPA). In 2021, the installation and commissioning of a second laser beam transport line (2BL) from the laser table to the target chamber has been completed. The PW laser pulses are split before compression, enabling two independently adjustable high intensity laser pulses in one target chamber with up to ~40J total energy. The completion of the BELLA PW 2BL enables the next generation of LPA experiments, such as high-efficiency staging, laser-driven waveguides for increased electron beam energy, and positron acceleration. We will give an overview of the 2BL capabilities and discuss the upcoming and potential experiments that are enabled by this new beamline.

*This work was supported by the Director, Office of Science, Office of High Energy Physics, of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231, and used the computational facilities at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC).

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Presenters

  • Marlene Turner

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Authors

  • Marlene Turner

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Anthony J Gonsalves

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Stepan S Bulanov

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Carlo Benedetti

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Davide Terzani

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jeroen van Tilborg

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Kei Nakamura

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Carl B Schroeder

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Zachary Eisentraut

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Cameron R Geddes

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Nathan Ybarrolaza

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Greg Mannino

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Jonathan S Bradford

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Haris Muratagic

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Csaba Toth

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Lieselotte Obst-Huebl

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Tyler Sipla

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Arturo Magana

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Joe Riley

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Paul M Centeno

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Thorsten Stezelberger

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • James Vuong

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Lucas Kistulentz

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Gregory L'Heureux

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Gregory Scharfstein

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Eric H Esarey

    • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory