Presentations from the 2nd ORION Workshop

摘要

ORION will be a dedicated user facility available for experimental research in plasma and laser acceleration of particles, beam-plasma physics, ultra-short pulse electron and radiation sources, and potentially laboratory astrophysics. It will bring together a diverse collection of researchers motivated to solve some of the most complex and fascinating problems in these fields. The ORION Facility will be based on the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator (NLCTA), an existing accelerator at SLAC capable of producing 60 to 350 MeV electron beams. The NLCTA will be augmented with a new photoinjector source, two experimental halls, extraction beamlines, a user laser room, and a data acquisition area. Facility construction is anticipated to start in October 2003, and first beam for experiments is planned for 2005. Program: Plenary Session - Working Group 1: Beam-Plasma Physics; Working Group 2: Laser Acceleration; Working Group 3: Laboratory Astrophysics; Working Group 4: Particle and Radiation Sources; Workshop Closing Session; and Working Group Summary Reports.