The Laser Applications at Accelerators network (LA3NET) was selected for funding within the European Union's 7th Framework Programme. During its 4 year duration the project has successfully trained 19 Fellows and organized numerous events that were open to the wider laser and accelerator communities. The network linked research into lasers and accelerators to develop advanced particle sources, ...

Since its inception in the early 1980s, the field of plasma-based particle accelerators has made remarkable advances. Robust plasma accelerating structures can now be excited over centimeter scales using short laser pulses and over meter scales using ultrarelativistic particle beams. Accelerating fields in excess of tens of GV/m can be sustained over these lengths. Laser-driven plasma accelerat...

State-of-the-art techniques derived from particle accelerators, detectors, and physics computing are routinely used in clinical practice and medical research centers: from imaging technologies to dedicated accelerators for cancer therapy and nuclear medicine, simulations, and data analytics. Principles of particle physics themselves are the foundation of a cutting edge radiotherapy technique fo...

The ever increasing demands placed upon machine performance have resulted in the need for more comprehensive particle accelerator modeling. Computer simulations are key to success of accelerators. Many aspects accelerators rely on computer modeling at some point, sometimes requiring complex simulation tools and massively parallel supercomputing. Examples include beams extreme intensities densit...

With the development in ultra-short, ultra-intense laser technology, the potential of inventing novel table-size charged particle accelerators using laser-plasma interaction has attracted a lot of attentions due to its advantages comparing to classical accelerators. The accelerators have broad application aspects, such as medical imaging, cancer therapy, fast ignition in inertial fusion, and pr...

To investigate the fundamental nature of matter and its interactions, particles are accelerated to very high energies collided inside detectors, producing a multitude other that scattered in all directions. As charged traverse detector, they leave signals their passage. The problem track reconstruction is recover original trajectories from these signals. This challenging data analysis task will...