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Numerical simulations of Laser-Plasma interaction
at POLIMI
Matteo PassoniPisa, 23/02/2017
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The group at Politecnico di Milano
NanoLab (Ed.19 ex-CeSNEF)
Via Ponzio 34/3 Milano
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The group at Politecnico di Milano
Matteo PassoniAssociate professor
Margherita Zavelani RossiAssociate professor
Valeria RussoResearcher
David Dellasegapost-doc
Alessandro Maffinipost-doc
Luca Fedelipost-doc
3 PhD students 1 Master’s student
Lorenzo Arianna Andrea Francesco
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The group at Politecnico di Milano
Matteo PassoniAssociate professor
Margherita Zavelani RossiAssociate professor
Valeria RussoResearcher
David Dellasegapost-doc
Alessandro Maffinipost-doc
Luca Fedelipost-doc
3 PhD students 1 Master’s student
Lorenzo Arianna Andrea Francesco
ERC-2014-CoG No.647554
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ENSURE project
Laser-driven ion accelerationTheoretical/numerical & experimental investigation
Materials scienceDevelopment of low-density foams & advanced targets forlaser-plasma experiments
Applications in materials and nuclear scienceMaterials characterization (e.g. PIXE) with laser-driven ionsSecondary neutron sources for radiography and detection[...]
Fundamental physics and laboratory astrophysicsLaser interaction with (near-critical) nanostructured plasmasCollisionless shock acceleration of ions
Main research interests:
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ENSURE projectMaterials science
Targets for collision-less shocks experiments
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1 mm
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Materials scienceTargets for collision-less shocks experiments
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A.Zani et al. Carbon 56, 358–365 (2013)I.Prencipe et al. Sci.Tech.Adv.Mat. 16, 25007 (2015)
Materials scienceTargets for collision-less shocks experiments
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Today2 ns Pulsed laser deposition (PLD)Thermal treatment systems
SEM, STM, AFM microscopyRaman spectroscopyBrillouin spectroscopy
Tomorrow (within 2017)Femtosecond-PLDHIPIMS magnetron sputtering
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Materials science: new facilities
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Numerical activity
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Numerical activity
PiccanteOpen source Particle-In-Cell code
Geant4Open source Monte Carlo code
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Numerical simulations
Nanostructured low-density materials
Support ion acceleration experiments Performed at GIST (Rep. of Korea) in 2015-2016and to be performed at HZDR (Germany) in 2017.
M.Passoni et al. PRAB 19, 061301 (2016)I.Prencipe et al. PPCF 58, 45001 (2016)
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Numerical simulations
Nanostructured low-density materials
Theoretical/numerical investigation of laser propagation in (nanostructured) near-critical plasmas
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Numerical simulations
Nanostructured low-density materials
Parametric study of the role played by the nanostructure (simple models)
x/λ x/λ
y/λ
y/λ
L.Cialfi, L.Fedeli, M.Passoni. PRE 94, 053201 (2016)L.Fedeli, A.Formenti, M.Passoni (in preparation)
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Numerical simulations
Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
Ion beam 1-3 MeV, low (pA) current
Unknown sampleX-ray emission
We are performing numerical simulations with GEANT4 to assess the feasibility (and possible advantages) of PIXE with laser-driven ions
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Numerical simulations
Proton Induced X-ray Emission (PIXE)
GEANT4: simulated PIXE experiment
Detector
Composition of the sample?
For standard PIXE this is done with proprietary softwares like GUPIX
Synthetic spectraE
dN/dE
Laser-driven ion source(from simple models,PIC simulations or experimental data)
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Numerical simulations
Laboratory astrophysics
PIC simulation of collisionless shocksOngoing collaboration with ILE - University of Osaka (Japan)
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Numerical simulations
Laboratory astrophysics
Some simulations with 1D radiation hydrodynamics codes are needed. We mainly rely on a collaborationwith Osaka University and CELIA (France) for this part.
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Numerical simulations
Laser-driven neutron sources
We are planning to study secondary neutron sources. Ongoing collaboration with SourceLAB (France).
ERC-PoC INTER
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Numerical simulations
PIC simulations at relativelylow intensity (a0 ≲ 1):ionization?collisional effects?
GEANT4 simulations of Neutron generation in Beryllium converters
Laser-driven neutron sources
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Numerical simulations
HPC facilities
MARCONI @ CINECA(Bologna) is our main HPC resource.Access mainly via ISCRA C / LISA grants2017 LISA SNAP: ~170 KCPUhours2016 ISCRA LIonFAT: ~150KCPUhours […]
MARCONI (12th in TOP500 as of Nov 2016)CINECA Cluster, Intel Xeon Phi 7250 68C 1.4GHz, Intel Omni-Path (241.000 cores)Linpack Performance: 6.2 PetaFlops
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Thank you for your attention
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More info on our website
www.ensure.polimi.it
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