This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure
EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique …

This review article highlights the tremendous evolution of the research on laser plasma
accelerators which has, in record time, led to the production of high quality electron beams …

A method, which utilizes the large difference in ionization potentials between successive
ionization states of trace atoms, for injecting electrons into a laser-driven wakefield is …

Experimental studies of electrons produced in a laser wakefield accelerator indicate
trapping initiated by ionization of target gas atoms. Targets composed of helium and …

Laser wakefield acceleration of electrons holds great promise for producing ultracompact
stages of GeV scale, high-quality electron beams for applications such as x-ray free electron …

Beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration using low-ionization-threshold gas such as Li is
combined with laser-controlled electron injection via ionization of high-ionization-threshold …

This article first gives the authors' perspectives on how the field of plasma-based
acceleration (PBA) developed and how the current experiments, theory, and simulations are …

During the past two decades of research, the ultra-relativistic beam-driven plasma wakefield
accelerator (PWFA) concept has achieved many significant milestones. These include the …

Plasma wakefield accelerators are capable of sustaining gigavolt-per-centimeter
accelerating fields, surpassing the electric breakdown threshold in state-of-the-art …

FACET—Facilities for Accelerator science and Experimental Test beams at SLAC—will
provide high-energy-density electron and positron beams with peak currents of roughly 20 …