17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

ELI-NP Gamma-ray Beam System - status update and future

THP2124
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Board: Thursday roquefort: RC30
Poster Presentation MC2.A26: Photon sources: Compton sources Poster session

Speaker

Guangling Chen (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering)

Description

The high brilliance ELI – Gamma-ray Beam System (ELI-GBS) is under implementation at Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP) in Romania. The system uses an 800 MeV S-band accelerator driver as an Inverse Compton Scattering (ICS) source coupled to an interaction laser and in the future to a high-finesse optical cavity.

The γ-ray beam will be available with energies up to 19.5 MeV to drive an ambitious scientific program which requires high spectral density (larger than 5×10^3 photons/s/eV), narrow bandwidth of 0.5%, and linear polarization higher than 95%. The ELI-GBS is foreseen to be finalized in an initial configuration in 2026. Details of the status of the LINAC, interaction laser system, and challenges for completing the system will be highlighted.

Funding Agency

This work was carried out in part under the contract PN 23 21 01 06 sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization

Paper status Proceeding files received

Author

Catalin Matei (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics)

Co-authors

Guangling Chen (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Cornel Dinu Cirdei (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Piotr Tracz (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Emil Udup (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Hermann Schubert (Horia Hulubei National Institute for R and D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering) Aurelian Ionescu (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Dr Gabriel Suliman (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Dr Dan Ghita (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Dr Nicolae Militaru (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Alexandru Boianu (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Laurentiu Teodorescu (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics) Liviu Neagu (Extreme Light Infrastructure - Nuclear Physics)

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