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Accepted manuscript

Laser-Driven Multi-GeV Muon Sources: Production and Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2026

A. Cimmino Open the ORCID record for A. Cimmino [Opens in a new window] ,
R. Versaci Open the ORCID record for R. Versaci [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Balaceanu ,
F. Bossi ,
S.V. Bulanov Open the ORCID record for S.V. Bulanov [Opens in a new window] ,
L. Calvin ,
L. Chen ,
C. Daponta Open the ORCID record for C. Daponta [Opens in a new window] ,
T. Ditmire  and
M. Dobre
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A. Cimmino*
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
R. Versaci
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
A. Balaceanu
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
F. Bossi
Affiliation:
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 54, 00044 Frascati (RM), IT
S.V. Bulanov
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
L. Calvin
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
L. Chen
Affiliation:
Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Lanzhou 730000, CN
C. Daponta
Affiliation:
Technical University of Crete, Lab of Matter Structure and Laser Physics, Chania, Crete, GR
T. Ditmire
Affiliation:
Dep. of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, 2515 Speedway, C1600, Austin, TX 78712-1192, USA
M. Dobre
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
D. Doria
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
S. Eliezer
Affiliation:
Applied Physics, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, IL
A. Erlandson
Affiliation:
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, Chalk River Lab., 286 Plant Rd, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, CA
K. Fleck
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
T. Foster
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
E. Gerstmayr
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
P. Ghenuche
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
Y. Gu
Affiliation:
Shanghai Institute of Laser Plasma, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Shanghai 201800, CN
Z. Henis
Affiliation:
Applied Physics, Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Yavne, IL
H. Maguire
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
D. Margarone
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
B. Miao
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
S.D. Moustaizis
Affiliation:
Technical University of Crete, Lab of Matter Structure and Laser Physics, Chania, Crete, GR
M. Nevrkla
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
I. Ploumistakis
Affiliation:
Technical University of Crete, Lab of Matter Structure and Laser Physics, Chania, Crete, GR
B. Reagan
Affiliation:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
E. Rockafellow
Affiliation:
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
B. Rus
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
A. Saftoiu
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
G. Sarri
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
J.E. Shrock
Affiliation:
Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
J. Sisma
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, ČVUT, Břehová 7, 11519 Prague, CZ
D. Terzani
Affiliation:
Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator Center, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
M. Tytgat
Affiliation:
Inter-University Institute for High Energies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, BE
P. Valenta
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
C. Vancea
Affiliation:
IFIN-HH, Extreme Light Infrastructure-Nuclear Physics, Str. Reactorului no.30, P.O. box MG-6, 077125 Magurele, RO
W. Wang
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics and CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics CAS, Shanghai 201800, CN
J. Williams
Affiliation:
Dep. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523, USA
F. Zhang
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Laser Fusion Research Center, Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, CN
F. Zhou
Affiliation:
National Key Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Laser Fusion Research Center, Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, CN
G.M. Grittani
Affiliation:
ELI Beamlines Facility, The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC, Za Radnicí 835, 252 41 Dolní Břežany, CZ
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Email: anna.cimmino@eli-beams.eu
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Keywords

laser wakefield accelerationmuon beamsBethe–Heitler processchirped pulse amplificationpetawatt lasers

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High Power Laser Science and Engineering , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 24
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