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AWAKE, a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
- Source :
- AWAKE Collaboration 2016, ' AWAKE, a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN ', Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, vol. 273, pp. 175-180 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.022, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS PROCEEDINGS, Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, Nuclear and particle physics proceedings 273-275, 175-180 (20162016). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.022
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The AWAKE Collaboration has been formed in order to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration for the first time. This acceleration technique could lead to future colliders of high energy but of a much reduced length when compared to proposed linear accelerators. The CERN SPS proton beam in the CNGS facility will be injected into a 10 m plasma cell where the long proton bunches will be modulated into significantly shorter micro bunches. These micro-bunches will then initiate a strong wakefield in the plasma with peak fields above 1 GV/m that will be harnessed to accelerate a bunch of electrons from about 20 MeV to the GeV scale within a few meters. The experimental program is based on detailed numerical simulations of beam and plasma interactions. The main accelerator components, the experimental area and infrastructure required as well as the plasma cell and the diagnostic equipment are discussed in detail. First protons to the experiment are expected at the end of 2016 and this will be followed by an initial three-four years experimental program. The experiment will inform future larger-scale tests of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration and applications to high energy colliders. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- Subjects :
- electron
Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Proton
wake field [plasma]
self-modulation
01 natural sciences
7. Clean energy
wake field [acceleration]
Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas [Domínio/Área Científica]
Linear particle accelerator
010305 fluids & plasmas
Nuclear physics
Acceleration
CNGS
Plasma
Wakefields
Proof-of-principle
Physics::Plasma Physics
0103 physical sciences
AWAKE
hardware
ddc:530
Self-modulation
010306 general physics
Nuclear Experiment
QC
Physics
Large Hadron Collider
wakefields
protons
plasma [accelerator]
linear accelerator
CERN SPS
Plasma acceleration
Accelerators and Storage Rings
beam [p]
proof-of-principle
Bunches
high [energy]
Physics::Accelerator Physics
Protons
Beam (structure)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24056014
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- AWAKE Collaboration 2016, ' AWAKE, a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN ', Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, vol. 273, pp. 175-180 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.022, NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE PHYSICS PROCEEDINGS, Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings, Nuclear and particle physics proceedings 273-275, 175-180 (20162016). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysbps.2015.09.022
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....65b75df83b40fb822919b0830c75cb51