a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
Lancaster University
Department Name: Engineering
Abstract
see Lead Document
Lancaster is involved with the delivery of the Electron Source Linac Task 1.1
Lancaster is involved with the delivery of the Electron Source Linac Task 1.1
Planned Impact
see lead document
Publications
Muggli P
(2018)
AWAKE readiness for the study of the seeded self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Adli E
(2018)
Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch.
in Nature
Adli E
(2019)
Experimental Observation of Proton Bunch Modulation in a Plasma at Varying Plasma Densities.
in Physical review letters
Gschwendtner E
(2019)
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration in AWAKE.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Turner M
(2019)
Experimental Observation of Plasma Wakefield Growth Driven by the Seeded Self-Modulation of a Proton Bunch.
in Physical review letters
Turner M
(2020)
Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Braunmüller F
(2020)
Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient.
in Physical review letters
Chappell J
(2021)
Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Henderson J
(2022)
Laser-to-RF Synchronisation Drift Compensation for the CLARA test facility
| Description | On the timescale of this project the Awake collaboration demonstrated proof of principle for the acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton beam at CERN. Repeatable accelation of 600MeV was achieved in the short plasma tube. This particular project delivered a Mach Zehnder Interferometer to assist with measurement of jitter between the laser beams and the RF for the injection linac. Our instrument could measure timing jitter at the level of tens of femtoseconds. |
| Exploitation Route | The next stage for AWAKE to generate more beam current, and more energy gain in a longer plasma. Timing an synchronisation will continue to be critical and more funding has been awarded to continuous improvement. |
| Sectors | Education |
| Description | AWAKE |
| Amount | £34,646 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | AWAKE collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Department | CERN - Other |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Membership of AWAKE collaboration board Develop electron linac |
| Collaborator Contribution | Development of plasma cell Development of beam line Development of laser synchronisation |
| Impact | Reported in linked journal papers |
| Start Year | 2016 |