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Driver-witness-bunches for plasma-wakefield acceleration at the MAX IV Linear Accelerator

Björklund Svensson, Jonas LU ; Ekerfelt, Henrik LU ; Lundh, Olle LU ; Andersson, Joel LU orcid ; Curbis, Francesca LU orcid ; Kotur, Marija LU ; Lindau, Filip LU ; Mansten, Erik LU ; Thorin, Sara LU and Werin, Sverker LU (2017) 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2017 p.1743-1746
Abstract

Beam-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration is an acceleration scheme promising accelerating fields of at least two to three orders of magnitude higher than in conventional radiofrequency accelerating structures. The scheme relies on using a charged particle bunch (driver) to drive a non-linear plasma wake, into which a second bunch (witness) can be injected at an appropriate distance behind the first, yielding a substantial energy gain of the witness bunch particles. This puts very special demands on the machine providing the particle beam. In this article, we use simulations to show that, if driver-witness-bunches can be generated in the photocathode electron gun, the MAX IV Linear Accelerator could be used for plasma-wakefield... (More)

Beam-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration is an acceleration scheme promising accelerating fields of at least two to three orders of magnitude higher than in conventional radiofrequency accelerating structures. The scheme relies on using a charged particle bunch (driver) to drive a non-linear plasma wake, into which a second bunch (witness) can be injected at an appropriate distance behind the first, yielding a substantial energy gain of the witness bunch particles. This puts very special demands on the machine providing the particle beam. In this article, we use simulations to show that, if driver-witness-bunches can be generated in the photocathode electron gun, the MAX IV Linear Accelerator could be used for plasma-wakefield acceleration.

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IPAC 2017 - Proceedings of the 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference
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TUPIK031
pages
4 pages
publisher
JACoW Publishing
conference name
8th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC 2017
conference location
Bella Conference Center, Denmark
conference dates
2017-05-14 - 2017-05-19
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  • scopus:85063532008
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978-3-95450-182-3
project
Extreme Electron Beams and Brilliant X-rays - Generation, Manipulation and Characterization of Relativistic Electron Beams for and from Plasma-Based Accelerators
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English
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93be3797-4683-439f-b03c-26213222b3e7
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http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2017/papers/tupik031.pdf
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  abstract     = {{<p>Beam-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration is an acceleration scheme promising accelerating fields of at least two to three orders of magnitude higher than in conventional radiofrequency accelerating structures. The scheme relies on using a charged particle bunch (driver) to drive a non-linear plasma wake, into which a second bunch (witness) can be injected at an appropriate distance behind the first, yielding a substantial energy gain of the witness bunch particles. This puts very special demands on the machine providing the particle beam. In this article, we use simulations to show that, if driver-witness-bunches can be generated in the photocathode electron gun, the MAX IV Linear Accelerator could be used for plasma-wakefield acceleration.</p>}},
  author       = {{Björklund Svensson, Jonas and Ekerfelt, Henrik and Lundh, Olle and Andersson, Joel and Curbis, Francesca and Kotur, Marija and Lindau, Filip and Mansten, Erik and Thorin, Sara and Werin, Sverker}},
  booktitle    = {{IPAC 2017 - Proceedings of the 8th International Particle Accelerator Conference}},
  isbn         = {{978-3-95450-182-3}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1743--1746}},
  publisher    = {{JACoW Publishing}},
  title        = {{Driver-witness-bunches for plasma-wakefield acceleration at the MAX IV Linear Accelerator}},
  url          = {{http://accelconf.web.cern.ch/AccelConf/ipac2017/papers/tupik031.pdf}},
  year         = {{2017}},
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