18–22 Oct 2021
Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Asia/Tokyo timezone

LEAP: Polarized Electron Beams from LPA and their Polarimetry

18 Oct 2021, 20:30
30m
Room 305-306 (Kunibiki Messe)

Room 305-306

Kunibiki Messe

Parallel Session keynote talk (by invitation only) Acceleration, Storage and Polarimetry of polarized Beams Acceleration, Storage and Polarimetry of polarized Beams

Speaker

Jennifer Popp (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))

Description

In recent years, Laser Plasma Acceleration (LPA) has become a promising alternative to conventional RF accelerators. However, so far, it has only been theoretically shown that polarized LPA beams are possible.
The LEAP (Laser Electron Acceleration with Polarization) project at DESY aims to demonstrate this experimentally for the first time, using a prepolarized plasma target.
The electron polarization will be measured with photon transmission polarimetry. It makes use of the production of circularly polarized Bremsstrahlung during the passage of the electrons through a suitable target. The photon polarization is then measured with the aid of the transmission asymmetry related to the magnetization direction of an iron absorber.
In this contribution an overview of the LEAP project and the generation of polarized beams will be given and simulation studies and a design for the polarimeter will be presented.

Primary authors

Jennifer Popp (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)) Felix Stehr (DESY) Dr Simon Bohlen (DESY) Dr Jenny List (DESY) Prof. Gudrid Moortgat-Pick (University of Hamburg) Dr Jens Osterhoff (DESY) Dr Kristjan Poder (DESY)

Presentation materials