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EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB

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

European Facility, will be able to accommodate any machine configuration resulting from the EuPRAXIA Design Study. In order to achieve this goal and to meet the EuPRAXIA requirements, some important preparatory actions must be taken at LNF:

  • provide LNF with a new infrastructure with the size of about 160 m x 45 m, as the one required to host the EuPRAXIA facility;
  • design and build the first-ever 1 GeV X-band RF linac and an upgraded FLAME laser up to the 0.5 PW range;
  • design and build compact FEL sources, equipped with user beamline at 3-10 nm and 50-150 nm wavelengths, driven by a high gradient plasma accelerator.

The EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB facility by itself will equip LNF with a unique combination of a high brightness GeV-range electron beam generated in a state-of-the-art linac, and a 0.5 PW-class laser system. Even in the case of LNF not being selected and/or of a failure of plasma acceleration technology, the infrastructure will be of top-class quality, user-oriented and at the forefront of new acceleration technologies. These unique features will enable at LNF new promising synergies between fundamental physics oriented research and high social impact applications, especially in the domain of Key Enabling Technologies (KET) and Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3), as supported by EU research funding programs. EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB is in fact conceived by itself as an innovative and evolutionary tool for multi-disciplinary investigations in a wide field of scientific, technological and industrial applications. It could be progressively extended to be a high brightness “particles and photons beams factory“: it will be eventually able to produce electrons, photons (from THz to $\gamma$-rays), neutrons, protons and positrons, that will be available for a wide national and international scientific community interested to take profit of advanced particle and radiation sources. More details can be found in the TDR and the more recent publications.

 

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Direct TDR download for compressed PDF (low quality pictures) file here.

 

Publication Highlights:

  • “Plasma boosted electron beams for driving Free Electron Lasers”, A. R. Rossi et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 54, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.092
  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Design study towards a compact FEL facility at LNF”, M. Ferrario et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 134, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.094
  • “Preliminary RF design of an X-band linac for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project“, M. Diomede et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 243, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.032
  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: The high-brightness RF photo-injector layout proposal“, A. Giribono et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 282, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.03.009
  • “Free Electron Laser in the water window with plasma driven electron beams”, V. Petrillo et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 303, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.036
  • “EUPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: Beam dynamics studies for the X-band Linac“, C. Vaccarezza et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 314, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.01.100
  • “Conceptual design of electron beam diagnostics for high brightness plasma accelerator“, A. Cianchi et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 909 (2018) pag. 350, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2018.02.095
  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB CDR”, 2018, internal note, http://www.lnf.infn.it/sis/preprint/pdf/getfile.php?filename=INFN-18-03-LNF.pdf

 

  • “The Potential of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB for Radiation Based Techniques”, A. Balerna et al., Condens. Matter vol. 4 (2019) pag. 30, doi: 10.3390/condmat4010030

 

  • “Photon beam line of the water window FEL for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project”, F. Villa et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. vol. 1596 (2020) pag. 012039, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1596/1/012039
  • “High transformer ratio resonant PWFA ideal working point design for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, S. Romeo et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. vol. 1596 (2020) pag. 012061, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/1596/1/012061

 

  • “Design and Studying Physical Properties of Cavity BPM Pickup for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, S. Bilanishvili, Phys. Atom. Nuclei, vol. 84 (2021), pag. 1991, doi: 10.1134/S1063778821100069

 

  • “ARIA – A VUV beamline for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, F. Villa et al., Condens. Matter vol. 7 (2022) pag. 11, doi: 10.3390/condmat7010011
  • “European facilities for advanced accelerators development”, P. Muggli et al., JINST vol. 17 (2022) pag. T05008, doi:10.1088/1748-0221/17/05/T05008
  • “Short period Apple-X Undulator modeling for the AQUA line of the future EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB facility”, A. Petralia et al., Proceedings of 20th Int. FEL conf. (2022), pag. WEP38, doi: 10.18429/JACoW-FEL2022-WEP38
  • “Design of the superconducting undulator for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, C. Boffo et al., Proceedings of 20th Int. FEL conf. (2022), pag. WEP39, doi: 10.18429/JACoW-FEL2022-WEP39

 

 

  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB status update”, F. Villa et al., SPIE Proc. Volume 12581, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Advances in Source Development and Instrumentation VI (2023); pag 125810H, doi:  10.1117/12.2668643
  • “Study of the transfer and matching line for a PWFA-driven FEL”, P. Iovine et al., Proceedings 14th IPAC (2023), pag: TUPA059, doi: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2023-tupa059
  • “On the betatron radiation in cylindrically symmetric plasma-ion channels”, D. Francescone et al., Proceedings 14th IPAC (2023), pag: TUPL182, doi: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2023-tupl182
  • “Transfer line design for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, M. Rossetti Conti et al., Proceedings 14th IPAC (2023), pag: WEPL048, doi: 10.18429/jacow-ipac2023-wepl048

 

  • “Optimizing beam dynamics in the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB RF injector”, G. J. Silvi et al., Il nuovo cimento, vol. 47 C (2024) pag 323, doi: 10.1393/ncc/i2024-24323-5
  • “Preliminary results on X_band structures for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB project”, F. Cardelli et al., Proceedings 15th IPAC (2024), pag: TUPR10, doi: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2024-TUPR10
  • “Electron beam analysis and sensitivity studies for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB RF injector”, A. Giribono et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 2687 (2024) pag. 032022, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2687/3/032022
  • “Numerical studies for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB plasma beam driven working point”, S. Romeo et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 2687 (2024) pag. 042008, doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2687/4/042008
  • “Beam dynamics optimization of EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB RF injector”, G. J. Silvi et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 2687 (2024) pag. 062024, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/2687/6/062024

 

  • “Beam dynamics studies for advanced – compact RF photoinjector for PWFA”, G. J. Silvi, PhD. thesis (2025), https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14242/189871
  • “FEL performance and tolerance studies of the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB beamline AQUA”, F. Nguyen et al., Nucl. Instrum. Meth. Phys. Res. A vol. 1074 (2025) pag. 170291, doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2025.170291
  • “Biological applications at the AQUA beamline of the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB free electron laser”, E. De Santis et al., Eur. Biophys. J. (2025) doi: 10.1007/s00249-025-01778-4
  • “Preliminary R&D on X-band components for the X-band based user facility EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, F. Cardelli et al., Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top., vol. 234 (2025), pag. 8137, doi: 10.1140/epjs/s11734-025-01828-0
  • “Design of Spectrometer Energy Measurement Setups for the Future EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB and SSRIP Linacs”, D. Quartullo et al., Instrum., vol. 9 (2025), pag. 34, doi: 10.3390/instruments9040034
  • “Novel Radiation Facilities Based on Plasma Acceleration: The Future of Free Electron Lasers”, M. Coreno et al., Condens. Matter, vol. 10 (2025), pag. 25, doi:  10.3390/condmat10020025
  • “Technical status report on plasma components and systems in the context of EuPRAXIA”, A. Biagioni et al., Phys. Plasmas, vol. 32 (2025), pag. 110501, doi: 10.1063/5.0286730
  • “Magnet Design and Magnetic Measurements at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati”, A. Vannozzi et al., IEEE Trans. on App. Supercond., vol. 36 (2025), pag. 49008006, doi: 10.1109/TASC.2025.3631023
  • “Evaluation of an X-band LLRF prototype for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB linac”, P. D. Meruga et al., Proceedings 16th IPAC (2025), pag: THPS042, doi: 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-THPS042
  • “The EuPRAXIA project: a plasma-based FEL user facility for the next decade”, M. Ferrario and M. Galletti, Proc. SPIE PC13536, X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers: Advances in Source Development and Instrumentation VII, PC1353603 (2025); doi: 10.1117/12.3057828
  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB: Status Update”, A. Del Dotto et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. vol. 3124 (2025), pag. 012003, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3124/1/012003
  • “FEL Performance of the APPLE-X Undulators for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB AQUA Beamline”, M. Opromolla et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. vol. 3124 (2025), pag. 012010, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3124/1/012010
  • “Beam Dynamics Simulation of a High Brightness, High Repetition Rate RF C-band Photoinjector for Future EuPRAXIA@SPARC LAB Upgrade”, G. J. Silvi et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. vol. 3124 (2025), pag. 012017, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3124/1/012017

 

  • “EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB TDR”, D. Alesini et al.,Technical Design Report (2026), doi: 10.15161/oar.it/aye3c-2cx65
  • “Simulations and experimental activities on electron diagnostics for EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB”, F. Demurtas, PhD. thesis (2026), https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1758912
  • “Consideration for a gamma source at EuPRAXIA”, V. Petrillo et al., arXiv:2601.07897 [physics.acc-ph] (2026) doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2601.07897
  • “Beamlines of the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB X-Ray FEL Facility”, F. Nguyen, Eng. Innov., vol. 19 (2026), pag. 31, doi: 10.4028/p-1astY2
  • “Design, realization, and testing of a brazing-free C-band radio frequency photogun”, D. Alesini et al., Phys. Rev. Acc. Beams, vol. 29 (2026), pag. 012001, doi: 10.1103/jrth-j9sf
  • “Wakefield mitigation in the High-Energy EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB X-Band Linac”, G. J. Silvi et al., J. Phys: Conf. Ser., vol. 3266 (2026), pag. 012004, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3266/1/012004
  • “Design and tolerance studies of the Undulators for the EuPRAXIA@SPARC_LAB Free-Electron Laser lines”, M. Opromolla et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Ser., vol. 3266 (2026) pag. 012003, doi: 10.1088/1742-6596/3266/1/012003

 

Contact people:
M. Ferrario, massimo.ferrario@lnf.infn.it, tel. (+39) 069403 2216
D. Alesini, david.alesini@lnf.infn.it, tel. (+39) 069403 5214

 

Last update: 09/2019