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TY - UNPB AU - Maier, A.R. ED - Henderson, Stuart ED - Akers, Evelyn ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker R.W. TI - Laser-Plasma Acceleration in Hamburg J2 - Proc. of IPAC2015, Richmond, VA, USA, May 3-8, 2015 C1 - Richmond, VA, USA T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 6 LA - english AB - Plasma-based accelerators promise ultra-compact sources of highly relativistic electron beams, especially suited for driving novel x-ray light sources. The stability and reproducability of laser-plasma generated beams is, however, still not comparable to conventional machines. Within the LAOLA Collaboration, the University of Hamburg and DESY work closely together to combine university research with the expertise of a large and well-established accelerator facility. We will discuss the experimental programm and plasma-related activities in Hamburg, with a special focus on the recently commissioned 200 TW laser ANGUS. It drives two beamlines, REGAE and LUX, to study external injection of electrons from a conventional gun into a plasma stage, as well as plasma-driven undulator radiation. We present our progress in integrating the laser into the accelerator infrastructure at DESY, progress towards stable laser operation, as well as the commissioning of the LUX and REAGE beamlines. As an outlook, we will discuss the experimental strategies in Hamburg towards a first proof-of-principle FEL experiment using plasma-driven electron beams available today. PB - JACoW CP - Geneva, Switzerland ER -