LUXE workshop

16 Apr 2019, 08:00 → 17 Apr 2019, 18:00 Europe/Berlin

Sem Rm 1 (DESY)

Workshop to discuss all aspects of the LUXE experiment. For accommodation, we recommend that you book the DESY hostel: https://welcome-services.desy.de/hostel_in_hamburg/hostel's_info/index_eng.html

Tuesday 16 April

Overview

Convener: Dr Massimo Altarelli (Max-Planck-Institut Structure and Dynamics of Matter)

1 Welcome and logistics

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (DESY and Freiburg University)

Slides 20190416_LUXEworkshop_welcome.pdf

2 European XFEL

Speaker: Serguei Molodtsov (Eu.XFEL)

Slides LUXE_04_2019.pdf

3 LUXE overview

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (DESY and Freiburg University)

Slides 20190416_LUXEworkshop_intro.pdf

4 Other experiments in SFQED

Speaker: Dr Gianluca Sarri (Queen's University Belfast)

Slides Sarri_presentation_LUXE_DESY_2019_final.pdf Sarri_presentation_LUXE_DESY_2019_final.pptx

10:30 Coffee

Machine Aspects

Convener: Winfried Decking (DESY)

5 Conceptual design of the LUXE beam line

Speakers: Evgeny Negodin (MPY), Dr Florian Burkart (DESY)

Slides LUXE_workshop2019_FB_out.pptx

6 XFEL Beam Distribution Kicker System

Speaker: Markus Hüning (DESY)

Slides XFEL_Beam_Distribution_Kicker_System.pptx

12:00 Lunch

Theory Aspects

Convener: Matthew Wing (UCL)

7 Boiling the Vacuum in Photon Laser Collisions

Speaker: Andreas Ringwald (DESY)

Slides luxe_coll_boiling.pdf

8 Nonperturbative QED at the LUXE experiment

I will discuss the relevant strong field QED processes relevant to the LUXE experiment.

Speaker: Dr Anthony Hartin (DESY)

Slides Hartin_LUXE_workshop_DESY_Apr2019.pdf

9 Numerical Support for LUXE Collaboration

Speaker: Dr Nina Elkina (HI-Jena)

Slides luxe_Nina.pdf

10 Probing the ALP-electron coupling using intense lasers and beam dumps

Speaker: Dr Ben King (University of Plymouth)

Slides LUXE19_slides.pdf

15:30 Coffee/Tea

Laser Aspects

11 Laser diagnostics ideas

Speaker: Matt Zepf (HIJ)

Slides LUXE_LaserApr19_sp1.pdf

12 Laser talk 2 (title tbd)

Speaker: Andreas Maier (Universität Hamburg)

19:00 Dinner

Wednesday 17 April

Detector Aspects

Convener: Dr Jenny List (DESY Hamburg)

13 Introduction: challenges, simulation & overall plans

Speaker: Oleksandr Borysov (DESY)

Slides luxews_det_ob.pdf

14 Inputs & requirements for the e+e- detector system

Speaker: Mr Marius Hoffmann (DESY)

Slides Talk_Workshop.pdf

15 Potential e+e- tracking detector technologies

Speaker: Dr Noam Tal Hod (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Slides Noam_epdet_042019.pdf

16 Inputs & requirements for the forward photon detector system

Speaker: Dr Maryna Borysova (KINR)

Slides LuxeWS_Fphoton_170419.pdf

10:30 Coffee/Tea

Detector Aspects

Convener: Prof. Aharon Levy (Tel Aviv University)

17 Potential photon detector technologies

Speaker: Dr Yan Benhammou (Tel Aviv University)

Slides 170419_2.pptx

18 Requirements for DAQ system

Speaker: Matthew Wing (UCL)

Slides DAQ_Wing.pdf

19 Other detector topics

Summary

20 Summary and next steps

Speaker: Beate Heinemann (DESY and Freiburg University)

Slides 20190416_LUXEworkshop_summary.pptx

13:00 Lunch

PI meeting