Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics

New acceleration technology is mandatory for the future elucidation of fundamental particles and their interactions. A promising approach is to exploit the properties of plasmas. Past research has focused on creating large-amplitude plasma waves by injecting an intense laser pulse or an electron bun...

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Main Author: Assmann, R. (author)
Other Authors: Bingham, R. (author), Bohl, T. (author), Bracco, C. (author), Buttenschön, B. (author), Butterworth, A. (author), Caldwell, A. (author), Chattopadhyay, S. (author), Cipiccia, S. (author), Feldbaumer, E. (author), Fonseca, R. A. (author), Goddard, B. (author), Gross, M. (author), Grulke, O. (author), Gschwendtner, E. (author), Holloway, J. (author), Huang, C. K. (author), Jaroszynski, D. (author), Jolly, S. (author), Kempkes, P. (author), Lopes, N. C. (author), Lotov, K. (author), Machacek, J. (author), Mandry, S. R. (author), McKenzie, J. W. (author), Meddahi, M. (author), Militsyn, B. L. (author), Moschuering, N. (author), Muggli, P. (author), Najmudin, Z. (author), Noakes, T. C. Q. (author), Norreys, P. (author), Öz, E. (author), Pardons, A. (author), Petrenko, A. (author), Pukhov, A. (author), Rieger, K. (author), Reimann, O. (author), Ruhl, H. (author), Shaposhnikova, E. (author), Silva, L. O. (author), Sosedkin, A. (author), Tarkeshian, R. (author), Trines, R. M. G. M. (author), Tückmantel, T. (author), Vieira, J. (author), Vincke, H. (author), Wing, M. (author), Xia, G. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration
Accelerators
Plasma physics
Online Access:https://ciencia.iscte-iul.pt/public/pub/id/17804
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/8162
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Summary:New acceleration technology is mandatory for the future elucidation of fundamental particles and their interactions. A promising approach is to exploit the properties of plasmas. Past research has focused on creating large-amplitude plasma waves by injecting an intense laser pulse or an electron bunch into the plasma. However, the maximum energy gain of electrons accelerated in a single plasma stage is limited by the energy of the driver. Proton bunches are the most promising drivers of wakefields to accelerate electrons to the TeV energy scale in a single stage. An experimental program at CERN—the AWAKE experiment—has been launched to study in detail the important physical processes and to demonstrate the power of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. Here we review the physical principles and some experimental considerations for a future proton-driven plasma wakefield accelerator.

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