SPARTA workshop 2026

11 Jun 2026, 09:00 → 12 Jun 2026, 21:00 Europe/Zurich

Seminar room 233, Helga Engs Hus (University of Oslo)

Carl A. Lindstrøm (University of Oslo (NO))

Designing the world's first high-energy, multistage plasma accelerator!

Thursday 11 June

Plenary talks

Convener: Dr Carl A. Lindstrøm (University of Oslo (NO))

1 Welcome and overview

Speaker: Dr Carl A. Lindstrøm (University of Oslo (NO))

Introduction and overview (Lindstrøm, SPARTA Workshop, 11 June 2026).pdf

2 Invited talk: Compression stability and ramped bunch profiles

Speaker: Jonas Björklund Svensson (Lund University, Sweden)

Arc_like_BCs.pdf

10:30 Coffee break

3 Progress report: nonlinear plasma lenses

Speaker: Pierre Bony Henri Drobniak (University of Oslo)

SPARTAWorkshop2026_PierreDrobniak_Progress report nonlinear plasma lenses _short.pdf

4 Progress report: Driver-delay chicanes

Speaker: Daniel Kalvik

SPARTA_workshop.key

5 Progress report: LMU plasma lensing

Speaker: Felipe Peña Asmus (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Oslo)

talk.pdf

12:30 Lunch

Discussions (Day 1)

6 Defining the vision, incl. applications

7 Global parameters, incl. drivers and geometry

8 Plasma stages

15:00 Coffee break

9 Interstages

10 Driver distribution system

11 Main-beam injector and delivery

17:30 Social activity

19:00 Dinner

Friday 12 June

Discussions (Day 2)

12 RF linac

13 Misc: Beam dumps, diagnostics, radiation safety, etc.

10:15 Coffee break

14 Mid-term demonstrations

15 Phased approach: what are the phases?

12:30 Lunch

Future planning

16 General discussion

17 Re-cap of work and task delegation

18 Building a wider SPARTA collaboration (and funding)

18:30 Dinner