Activities

Objective O1

Investigation of gamma radiation effects on the rare earth doped fluoride crystals

Activities - Objective O1

1.1 Optimization of crystal growth process.

1.2 Preparing the gamma irradiation experiments.

1.3 Growth of pure CaF₂ and BaF₂ crystals.

1.4 Gamma irradiation of pure CaF₂ and BaF₂ crystals.

1.5 Characterization of CaF₂ and BaF₂ crystals before / after irradiation.

1.6 Growth of various YbF₃ and ErF₃ concentrations doped CaF₂ crystals.

1.7 Gamma irradiation of YbF₃ and ErF₃ doped CaF₂ crystals.

1.8 Characterization of YbF₃ and ErF₃ doped CaF₂ crystals before and after irradiation.

1.9 Growth of various YbF₃ and ErF₃ concentrations doped BaF₂ crystals.

1.10 Gamma irradiation of YbF₃ and ErF₃ doped BaF₂ crystals.

1.11 Characterization of YbF₃ and ErF₃ doped BaF₂ crystals before / after irradiation UVT.

Objective O2

Optimization of the gamma flux production obtained via laser interaction through numerical simulations

Activities - Objective O2

2.1 Adaptation of the PIC code EPOCH on the IBM BlueGene/P super-computer and comparison with the PICLS code for electron acceleration.

2.2 Scaling analysis for EPOCH on two clusters (UVT BG/P and IFIN-HH cluster).

2.3 Numerical study for electron acceleration from CO₂ and N₂ gas targets. Optimizations for different laser spot sizes and plasma densities

2.4 Numerical study for electron acceleration from Ar and He gas targets. Optimizations for different laser spot sizes and plasma densities.

2.5 Numerical study for electron acceleration from different gas mixtures tar-gets. Optimizations for different laser spot sizes and plasma densities.

Objective O3

Optimization of large-flux proton beams generated via laser interaction through numerical simulations

Activities - Objective O3

3.1 Parametric numerical study for laser proton acceleration from gas and foam targets using the PICLS code.

3.2 Parametric numerical study for laser proton acceleration from micro-structured targets using the PICLS code.

3.3 Optimization for proton acceleration studies for ELI-NP experiments using the PICLS code.

Objective O4

Investigation of proton irradiation effect on solar cells operation

Activities - Objective O4

4.1 Preparing the proton irradiation experiments.

4.2 Preparing the experimental setup for characterizing the solar cells and the probes.

4.3 Mono-junction solar cells irradiation with protons.

4.4 Numerical models for irradiated mono-junction solar cells. Development, testing, calibration and validation

4.5 Triple-junction solar cells irradiation with protons.

4.6 Numerical models for irradiated triple-junction solar cells. Development, testing, calibration and validation.

4.7 Numerical study of triple-junction solar cells operating in space-like conditions.

Physical and numerical experiments for studying the laser accelerated particles and their interaction with crystalline materials