Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP), 'Horia Hulubei' National R&D Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 30 Reactorului Street, 077125 Măgurele, jud. Ilfov, Romania. IPN Orsay, IN2P3-CNRS and University Paris-Sud, 91406 Orsay Cedex, France.
Rep Prog Phys. 2018 Sep;81(9):094301. doi: 10.1088/1361-6633/aacfe8. Epub 2018 Jun 28.
The European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) has selected in 2006 a proposal based on ultra-intense laser fields with intensities reaching up to 10-10 W cm called 'ELI' for Extreme Light Infrastructure. The construction of a large-scale laser-centred, distributed pan-European research infrastructure, involving beyond the state-of-the-art ultra-short and ultra-intense laser technologies, received the approval for funding in 2011-2012. The three pillars of the ELI facility are being built in Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. The Romanian pillar is ELI-Nuclear Physics (ELI-NP). The new facility is intended to serve a broad national, European and International science community. Its mission covers scientific research at the frontier of knowledge involving two domains. The first one is laser-driven experiments related to nuclear physics, strong-field quantum electrodynamics and associated vacuum effects. The second is based on a Compton backscattering high-brilliance and intense low-energy gamma beam (<20 MeV), a marriage of laser and accelerator technology which will allow us to investigate nuclear structure and reactions as well as nuclear astrophysics with unprecedented resolution and accuracy. In addition to fundamental themes, a large number of applications with significant societal impact are being developed. The ELI-NP research centre will be located in Măgurele near Bucharest, Romania. The project is implemented by 'Horia Hulubei' National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH). The project started in January 2013 and the new facility will be fully operational by the end of 2019. After a short introduction to multi-PW lasers and multi-MeV brilliant gamma beam scientific and technical description of the future ELI-NP facility as well as the present status of its implementation of ELI-NP, will be presented. The science and examples of societal applications at reach with these electromagnetic probes with much improved performances provided at this new facility will be discussed with a special focus on day-one experiments and associated novel instrumentation.
欧洲研究基础设施战略论坛（ESFRI）于 2006 年选择了一项基于强度高达 10-10 W cm 的超强激光场的提案，称为“ELI”，即极端光基础设施。一个涉及超越最先进的超短超强激光技术的大型以激光为中心的、分布式的泛欧研究基础设施的建设，在 2011-2012 年获得了资金批准。ELI 设施的三个支柱正在捷克共和国、匈牙利和罗马尼亚建造。罗马尼亚支柱是 ELI-核物理（ELI-NP）。新设施旨在为广泛的国家、欧洲和国际科学界服务。其使命涵盖了涉及两个领域的知识前沿的科学研究。第一个是与核物理、强场量子电动力学和相关真空效应相关的激光驱动实验。第二个是基于一种康普顿背散射高亮度和高强度低能伽马束（<20 MeV），这是激光和加速器技术的结合，将使我们能够以前所未有的分辨率和精度研究核结构和反应以及核天体物理学。除了基础主题外，还正在开发大量具有重大社会影响的应用。ELI-NP 研究中心将位于罗马尼亚布加勒斯特附近的 Magurele。该项目由“霍里亚·胡鲁贝克”国家物理与核工程研究所（IFIN-HH）实施。该项目于 2013 年 1 月开始，新设施将于 2019 年底全面投入运营。在简要介绍多 PW 激光和多 MeV 明亮伽马束的科学和技术描述之后，将介绍未来 ELI-NP 设施的现状以及其实施的现状。将讨论这些电磁探针的科学和社会应用实例，以及在新设施中提供的性能大大提高的电磁探针，将特别关注第一天的实验和相关的新型仪器。
