Publications

2017

Journal Papers

'RILIS-ionized mercury and tellurium beams at ISOLDE CERN', Day Goodacre, T., Billowes, J, Chrysalidis, K, et al.,  Hyperfine interactions 238:41 (2017)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10751-017-1398-6

'The investigation of autoionizing states of atomic chromium for resonance laser photo-ionization at the ISOLDE-RILI', Day Goodacre, T., Chrysalidis, K, Fedorov, D. V., et al., Spectrochimica Acta B, 129, pp. 58-63 (2017) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2017.01.001

'Penning-trap mass spectrometry and mean-field study of nuclear shape coexistence in the neutron-deficient lead region', V. Manea, V., Ascher, P., Atanasov, D.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al., PRC, 054322. (2017) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.95.054322

2016

Journal Papers

'Blurring the boundaries between ion sources: The application of the RILIS inside a FEBIAD type ion source at ISOLDE', Day Goodacre, T., Billowes, J., Catherall R., et al., NIMB, 376, pp. 39-45 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.03.005

'Laser resonance ionization scheme development for tellurium and germanium at the dual Ti:Sa–Dye ISOLDE RILIS', Day Goodacre, T., Fedorov, D., Fedosseev, V.N., et al., NIMA, 830, pp. 510-514., (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.066

'The 68mCu/68Cu isotope as a new probe for hyperfine studies: The nuclear moments', Fenta, A.S., Pallada, S., Correia J.G.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al.,  EPL, 115 62002. (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/115/62002

'Laser and decay spectroscopy of the short-lived isotope 214Fr in the vicinity of the N=126 shell closure', Farooq-Smith, G.J., Cocolios, T.E., Billowes, B.,...,Day Goodacre, T, et al., PRC, 054305. (2016) https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.054305

'Changes in nuclear structure along the Mn isotopic chain studied via charge radii', Heylen, H., Babcock, C., Beerwerth, R.,..., Day Goodacre, T, et al., PRC, 054321, (2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.94.054321

'Quadrupole moments of odd-A 53−63Mn: Onset of collectivity towards N = 40', Babcock, C., Heylen, H., Bissell, M.L.,..., Day Goodacre, T, et al.,  PLB, 760, pp. 387-392, (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2016.07.016

'Advances in surface ion suppression from RILIS: Towards the Time-of-Flight Laser Ion Source (ToF-LIS)', Rothe, S., Catherall, R., Crepieux, B.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al., NIMB, 376, pp. 86-90, (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.02.060

'Laser ion beam production at CERN-ISOLDE: New features – More possibilities', Rothe, S., Day Goodacre, T., Fedorov, D.V. et al., NIMB, 376, pp. 91-96, (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.03.005

'Recent Results for the ECHo Experiment', Hassel, C., Blaum, K., Day Goodacre, T., et al., Journal of Low Temperature Physics, pp. 1-12 (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10909-016-1541-9

'Combined high-resolution laser spectroscopy and nuclear decay spectroscopy for the study of the low-lying states in 206Fr, 202At, and 198Bi', Lynch, K. M., Cocolios, T. E., Billowes, J.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al. PRC, 93, 014319, (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.93.014319

'High-resolution laser spectroscopy with the Collinear Resonance Ionisation Spectroscopy (CRIS) experiment at CERN-ISOLDE', Cocolios, T. E. de Groote, R. P., Billowes, J.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al.,  NIMB, 376, pp. 284-287, (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.11.024

'Towards optical polarization control of laser-driven proton acceleration in foils undergoing relativistic transparency', Bruno Gonzalez-Izquierdo, Martin King, Ross J. Gray, Robbie Wilson, Rachel J. Dance, Haydn Powell, David A. Maclellan, John McCreadie, Nicholas M.H. Butler, Steve Hawkes, James S. Green, Chris D. Murphy, Luca C. Stockhausen, David C. Carroll, Nicola Booth, Graeme G. Scott, Marco Borghesi, David Neely & Paul McKenna, Nature Communications 7, Article number: 12891 (2016). doi:10.1038/ncomms12891

'3D printing of gas jet nozzles for laser-plasma accelerators', A. Döpp, E. Guillaume, C. Thaury, J. Gautier, K. Ta Phuoc and V. Malka, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 073505 (2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4958649

'An all-optical Compton source for single-exposure x-ray imaging', A. Döpp, E. Guillaume, C. Thaury, J. Gautier, I. Andriyash, A. Lifschitz, V. Malka, A. Rousse and K. Ta Phuoc, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 1–5 (2016) doi:10.1088/0741-3335/58/3/034005

'Energy boost in laser wakefield accelerators using sharp density transitions', A. Döpp, E. Guillaume, C. Thaury, A. Lifschitz, K. Ta Phuoc and V. Malka, Phys. Plasmas 23, 056702 (2016) http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4946018

'Simulation of ELBE SRF gun II for high-bunch-charge applications', P. Lu, A. Arnold, J. Teichert, H. Vennekate, R. Xiang, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016). doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.05.087

'Ion acceleration and plasma jet formation in ultra-thin foils undergoing expansion and relativistic transparency', M. King, R.J. Gray, H.W. Powell, D.A. MacLellan, B. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, L.C. Stockhausen, G.S. Hicks, N.P. Dover, D.R. Rusby, D.C. Carroll, H. Padda, R. Torres, S. Kar, R.J. Clarke, I.O. Musgrave, Z. Najmudin, M. Borghesi, D. Neely, P. McKenna, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.032

'Coulomb field strength measurement by electro‐optic spectral decoding system at the CALIFES beam line', R. Pan, S.P. Jamison, T. Lefevre, W.A. Gillespie, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.03.043

'Laser diode self-mixing technique for liquid velocimetry', A. Alexandrova, C.P. Welsch, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.042

'A bremsstrahlung gamma-ray source based on stable ionization injection of electrons into a laser wakefield accelerator', A. Döpp, E. Guillaume, C. Thaury, A. Lifschitz, F. Sylla, J-P. Goddet, A. Tafzi, G. Iaquanello, T. Lefrou, P. Rousseau, E. Conejero, C. Ruiz, K. Ta Phuoc, V. Malka, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.01.086

'Experimental results of the laserwire emittance scanner for LINAC4 at CERN', Thomas Hofmann, Gary E. Boorman, Alessio Bosco, Enrico Bravin, Stephen M. Gibson, Konstantin O. Kruchinin, Uli Raich, Federico Roncarolo, Francesca Zocca, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.018

'Tomographic characterisation of gas-jet targets for Laser Wakefield Acceleration', J.P. Couperus, A. Köhler, T.A.W. Wolterink, A. Jochmann, O. Zarini, H.M.J. Bastiaens, K.J. Boller, A. Irman, U. Schramm, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2016), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.099

Conference Contributions

'Beam Dynamics Studies into Grating-based Dielectric Laser-driven Accelerators', Y. Wei, et al., Proc. IPAC16, Busan, Korea (UPOY027) (2016)

'Laser Applications at Accelerators', C. P. Welsch, Proc. IPAC16, Busan, Korea (THPMY042) (2016)

2015

Journal Papers

Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 1-66, International Conference on Laser Applications at Accelerators, LA³NET 2015, 25-27 March 2015, Mallorca, Spain, edited by Michael Budde, Allan Gillespie, Enrique Conejero Jarque, Nathalie Lecesne and Carsten P. Welsch (2015)

'Electron Bunch Shape Measurements Using Electro-optical Spectral Decoding', A. Borysenko, N. Hiller, A.-S. Müller, B. Steffen, P. Peier, Y. Ivanisenko, R. Ischebeck, V. Schlott, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 3-8 (2015)

'Single Shot Radiography Using an All-optical Compton Backscattering', A. Döpp, E. Guillaume, C. Thaury, J. Gautier, A. Lifschitz, E. Conejero, C. Ruiz, V. Malka, A. Rousse, K. Ta Phuoc, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 9-14 (2015)

'Developing Ti: Sa Laser Systems for REGLIS3', L. Hijazi, N. Lecesne, J.L. Henares, R. Leroy, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 15-20 (2015)

'Time of Flight Measurements for Neutrons Produced in Reactions Driven by Laser-Target Interactions at Petawatt level', S. Kisyov, F. Negoita, M.M. Gugiu, D.P. Higginson, L. Vassura, M. Borghesi, L. Bernstein, D.L. Bleuel, F. Gobet, B.L. Goldblum, A. Green, F. Hannachi, S. Kar, H. Petrascu, D. Pietreanu, L. Quentin, A.-M. Schroer, M. Tarisien, M. Versteegen, O. Willi, P. Antici, et al., Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 29-33 (2015)

'X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy Studies of Cesium Antimonide Photocathodes for Photoinjector Applications', Irene Martini, Eric Chevallay, Valentin Fedosseev, Christoph Hessler, Holger Neupert, Valentin Nistor, Mauro Taborelli, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 34-41 (2015)

'Stability and Resolution Studies of HOMBPMs for the 1.3 GHz Superconducting Accelerating Cavities at FLASHO', L. Shi, N. Baboi, R.M. Jones, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 42-49 (2015)

'Numerical Study of a Multi-stage Dielectric Laser-driven Accelerator', Yelong Wei, Guoxing Xia, Jonathan. D.A. Smith, Kieran Hanahoe, Oznur Mete, Steve P. Jamison, Carsten P. Welsch, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 50-57 (2015)

'Photocathodes for High Brightness Photo Injectors', Rong Xiang, Jochen Teichert, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 58-65 (2015)

'Electron beam final focus system for Thomson scattering at ELBE', J.M. Krämer, M. Budde, F. Bødker, A. Irman, A. Jochmann, J.P. Kristensen, U. Lehnert, P. Michel, U. Schramm, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2015), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.067

'Laser resonance ionization scheme development for tellurium and germanium at the dual Ti:Sa–Dye ISOLDE RILIS', T. Day Goodacre, D. Fedorov, V.N. Fedosseev, L. Forster, B.A. Marsh, R.E. Rossel, S. Rothe, M. Veinhard, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2015), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.066

'Simulations of radiation pressure ion acceleration with the VEGA Petawatt laser', Luca C. Stockhausen, Ricardo Torres, Enrique Conejero Jarque,Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2015), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.068

'Hot-cavity studies for the Resonance Ionization Laser Ion Source', J.L. Henares, N. Lecesne, L. Hijazi, B. Bastin, T. Kron, J. Lassen, F. Le Blanc, R. Leroy, B. Osmond, S. Raeder, F. Schneider, K. Wendt, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A (2015), doi:10.1016/j.nima.2015.10.061

'Demonstration of a laserwire emittance scanner for hydrogen ion beams at CERN', T. Hofmann, K. O. Kruchinin, A. Bosco, S. M. Gibson, F. Roncarolo, G. Boorman, U. Raich, E. Bravin, J. K. Pozimski, A. Letchford, C. Gabor, Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams 18, 122801 (2015) (18.122801)

'International Conference on Laser Applications at Accelerators, LA³NET 2015, 25-27 March 2015, Mallorca, Spain', edited by Michael Budde, Allan Gillespie, Enrique Conejero Jarque, Nathalie Lecesne and Carsten P. Welsch, Physics Procedia, Volume 77, Pages 1-66,  (2015) (18753892/77)

'Proton acceleration enhanced by a plasma jet in expanding foils undergoing relativistic transparency', H. W. Powell, M. King, R. J. Gray, D. A. MacLellan, B. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, L. C. Stockhausen, G. Hicks, N. P. Dover, D. R. Rusby, D. C. Carroll, New J. Phys. 17 (2015) 103033 (10.1088)

‘Electron Rephasing in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator’, E. Guillaume, A. Döpp, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 155002 dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.155002 (2015) (155002)

'Radially and azimuthally polarized laser induced shape transformation of embedded metallic nanoparticles in glass', Mateusz A. Tyrk, Svetlana A. Zolotovskaya, W. Allan Gillespie, and Amin Abdolvand Opt. Express 23, 23394-23400 (2015) (23394)

'Demonstration of relativistic electron beam focusing by a laser-plasma lens', C. Thaury, E. Guillaume, A. Döpp, et al., Nature Communications 6, Article number: 6860 doi:10.1038/ncomms7860 (2015) (7860)

'Laser diode self-mixing interferometry for velocity Measurements', A.S. Alexandrova, V. Tzoganis and C.P. Welsch, Optical Engineering 54(3), 034104 (2015) (2195791)

Conference Contributions

'Design of a Laser-based Profile Monitor for LINAC4 Commissioning at 50 MeV and 100 MeV’, T. Hofmann et al., Proc. IBIC2015, Melbourne, Australia (2015) (tupb055)

'Beam Characterization Using Laser Self-Mixing', A.S. Alexandrova, C.P. Welsch, Proc. IBIC2015, Melbourne, Australia (2015) (tupb070)

'Electron Bunch Shape Measurements at 40 MeV Beam Energy Using Electro-Optical Spectral Decoding', Andrii Borysenko, Nicole Hiller, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) 

'Visible Light Diagnostics at the ANKA Storage Ring', Benjamin Kehrer, Andrii Borysenko, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (MOPHA037)

'Studies for a Wakefield-Optimized Near-Field EO Setup at the ANKA Storage Ring', Patrik Schönfeldt, Andrii Borysenko, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (MOPHA038)

'A Fast Gated Intensified Camera Setup for Transversal Beam Diagnostics at the ANKA Storage Ring', Paul Schütze, Andrii Borysenko, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (MOPHA039)

'Status of the Accelerator Physics Test Facility FLUTE', Michael Johannes Nasse, Axel Bernhard, Ingrid Birkel, Andreas Böhm, Andrii Borysenko,S et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (TUPWA042)

'First Results of Energy Measurements with a Compact Compton Backscattering Setup at ANKA', Cheng Chang, et al.,  Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (MOPHA040)

'Surface Characterization at CERN of Photocathodes for Photoinjector Applications', Irene Martini, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (TUPJE040)

'Recent Results on the Performance of Cs3Sb Photocathodes in the PHIN RF-Gun', Christoph Hessler, Eric Chevallay, Steffen Doebert, Valentin N. Fedosseev, Irene Martini, Mikhail Martyanov, Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (TUPJE039)

'Investigations into Dielectric Laser-driven Accelerators using the CST and VSIM Simulation Codes', Yelong Wei, et al., Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (WEPWA051)

'Studies into Electron Beam Generation, Acceleration and Diagnostics within LA³NET', C. P. Welsch, Proc. IPAC 15, Richmond, VA, USA (2015) (WEPTY002)

2014

Journal Papers

'Azimuthal asymmetry in collective electron dynamics in relativistically transparent laser-foil interactions', R. J. Gray, D. A. MacLellan, B. Gonzalez-Izquierdo, H. W. Powell, D. C. Carroll, C. D. Murphy, L. C. Stockhausen, D. R. Rusby, G. G. Scott, R. Wilson, N. Booth, D. R. Symes, S. J. Hawkes, R. Torres, M. Borghesi, D. Neely, P. McKenna (2014) New Journal of Physics, 16. ISSN 1367-2630

'Numerically optimized structures for dielectric asymmetric dual-grating laser accelerators', A. Aimidula, M. A. Bake, F. Wan, B. S. Xie, C. P. Welsch, G. Xia, O. Mete, M. Uesaka, Y. Matsumura, M. Yoshida, and K. Koyama, Physics of Plasmas, Vol.21, Issue 2 (2014) (1.4866020)

'RILIS applications at CERN/ISOLDE', Marsh, B. A., Fedosseev, V. N., Fink, D.A.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al,  Hyperfine Interact, 227, 101–111, (2014)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10751-014-1051-6

Conference Contributions

'Simulation of the ELBE SRF gun II', Pengnan Lu, Proc. IPAC 14, Dresden, Germany (2014)

'Investigation of the Beam Loading Effect in Laser Wakefield Acceleration', Jurjen Couperus, Proc. IPAC 14, Dresden, Germany (2014)

'Electro-optical Bunch Length Monitor for FLUTE: Layout and Simulations', Andrii Borysenko, Proc. IPAC 14, Dresden, Germany (2014)

'Beam Energy Measurements by Detection of Compton Backscattered Photons', Cheng Chang, Proc. IPAC 14, Dresden, Germany (2014)

'Final Focus System for Thomson Scattering at ELBE', Jakob Krämer, Proc. IPAC 14, Dresden, Germany (2014)

2013

Journal Papers

'Picosecond pulsed laser induced optical dichroism in glass with embedded metallic nanoparticles', Mateusz A. Tyrk, W. Allan Gillespie, Gerhard Seifert and Amin Abdolvand, Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 19, pp. 21823-21828 (2013) (21823)

'New developments of the in-source spectroscopy method at RILIS/ISOLDE', Marsh, B. A., Andel, B., Andreyev, A. N.,..., Day Goodacre, T., et al., NIMB, 317, 550-556, (2013) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2013.07.070

Conference Contributions

'Characterisation of gas-jet targets for laser-plasma acceleration', J.P. Couperus, A. Köhler, et al., Proc. Laser and Plasma Accelerator Workshop, Goa, India (2013)

'Laser Diode Velocimeter-Monitor Based on Self-Mixing Technique‌', A. Alexandrova, C. P. Welsch, Proc. IBIC13, Oxford UK (2013) 

'Laser-based Beam Instrumentation R&D within LA³NET‌', C. P. Welsch, Proc. IBIC13, Oxford, UK (2013) 

'Progress of Resonant Ionization Laser Ion Source Development at GANIL', J.L. Henares,et al., Proc. 15th International Conference on Ion Source, Chiba, Japan, September, 2013 (HenICIS) (AIP1.4828370)

'Transverse Emittance Measurement by Slit-scan Method for an SRF Photo Injector', P. Lu, A. Arnold, et al., Proc. FEL 2013, Manhattan, USA (2013) (tupso44)

'FEL R&D within LA³NET', C. P. Welsch, Proc. FEL 2013 , Manhattan, USA (2013) (tupso91)

'Picosecond pulsed laser-assisted reshaping of metallic nanoparticles embedded in a glass matrix', M.A. Tyrk, W.A. Gillespie, and A. Abdolvand, Proc. CLEO/Europe - IOEC 2013, Munich, Germany (2013)

'Preliminary studies and design for laser-driven electron and x-ray sources at the Salamanca High-Power Laser Facility', A. Döpp, C. Ruiz, Proc. 1st European Advanced Accelerator Concepts workshop EAAC2013, Isola d’Elba, Italy (2013)

'Design of a Photonic Crystal Accelerator for Basic Radiation Biology', A. Aimidula, C.P. Welsch, K. Koyama, Y. Matsumura, T. Natsui, M.Y. Yoshida, M. Uesaka, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (tupea065)

'Electro-optical Bunch Length Measurements at the ANKA Storage Ring', N. Hiller, A. Borysenko, E. Hertle, E. Huttel, V. Judin, B. Kehrer, S.Marsching, A.-S. Müller, M.J. Nasse, A. Plech, M. Schuh, S.N. Smale, P. Peier, V. Schlott, B. Steffen, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (mopme014)

'Numerical Wakefield Calculations for Electro-optical Measurements', B. Kehrer, A. Borysenko, E. Hertle, N. Hiller, V. Judin, S.Marsching, A.-S. Muller, M.J. Nasse, M. Schuh, M. Schwarz, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (mopme015)

'Studies of Cs3Sb Cathodes for the CLIC Drive Beam Photoinjector Option', I. Martini, E. Chevallay, S. Doebert, V.N. Fedosseev, C. Hessler, M. Martyanov, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (mopfi058)

'Laser Based Stripping System for Measurement of the Transverse Emittance of H- Beams at the CERN LINAC4', T. Hofmann, E. Bravin, U. Raich, F. Roncarolo, B. Cheymol, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (mopme075)

'R&D into Laser Applications for Accelerators', C.P.Welsch, Proc. IPAC13, Shanghai, China (2013) (thpwa044)

'Employability in Europe: Enhancing Post Graduate Complementary Skills Training', G.P. Wall, C.P. Welsch, Proc. HEA STEM: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference, Birmingham, UK (2013)

'Electro-optical bunch shape measurements – possible temporal resolution limits', Andrii Borysenko, Proc. DPG Tagungen 2013 (T 127.2), Dresden, Germany (2013)

'Studies for the determination of the beam energy with Compton backscattering', Cheng Chang, Proc. DPG Tagungen 2013 (T 118.3), Dresden, Germany (2013)

2012

Conference Contributions

'LA³NET - An international network on laser applications at accelerators', C. P. Welsch, Proc. IPAC12, New Orleans, USA (2012)

'Beam Diagnostics Developments Within LA³NET', C. P. Welsch, Proc. BIW12, Virginia, USA (2012)