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 1022-1023 W cm-2 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.

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极光基础设施 - 核物理支柱 (ELI-NP)：高功率激光和明亮的伽马光束带来物理学的新视野。

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 1022-1023 W cm-2 的超强激光场的提案，称为极光基础设施的“ELI”。2011-2012 年，以激光为中心的大规模分布式泛欧研究基础设施的建设，涉及超越最先进的超短和超强激光技术。ELI 设施的三大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、欧洲和国际科学界提供服务。其使命涵盖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。第二个基于康普顿背散射高亮度和强低能伽马束 (<20 MeV)，这是激光和加速器技术的结合，使我们能够以前所未有的分辨率研究核结构和反应以及核天体物理学。准确性。除了基本主题之外，还有大量具有重大社会影响的应用程序正在开发中。ELI-NP 研究中心将位于罗马尼亚布加勒斯特附近的 Măgurele。该项目由“Horia Hulubei”国家物理与核工程研究所（IFIN-HH）实施。该项目于 2013 年 1 月启动，新设施将于 2019 年底全面投入运营。 在简要介绍多 PW 激光器和多 MeV 明亮伽马束科学和技术描述后，对未来 ELI-NP 设施以及将介绍其 ELI-NP 实施的现状。将讨论这些新设施提供的性能大大提高的电磁探头的科学和社会应用实例，并将特别关注第一天的实验和相关的新型仪器。