# Status report of the ESCULAP project at Orsay: External injection of low energy electrons in a Plasma

## TL;DR

The paper reports on the progress of the ESCULAP project, which investigates injecting low-energy electrons into plasma using advanced laser and photo injector technology, with simulation results indicating promising performance.

## Contribution

It provides an update on the development of a new experimental setup for plasma-based electron acceleration and presents simulation data on its expected capabilities.

## Key findings

- Preliminary work on the facility is underway.
- Simulations show promising acceleration performance.
- The project integrates laser and photo injector technologies.

## Abstract

The ESCULAP project aims at studying external injection of low energy (\SI{10}{MeV}) electrons in a plasma in the quasilinear regime. This facility will use the photo injector PHIL and the high power laser LASERIX. We will give a status report of the preliminary work on the facility and the status of the two machines. We will also present the results of simulations showing the expected performances of the facility.