AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Publications
Adli E
(2019)
Experimental Observation of Proton Bunch Modulation in a Plasma at Varying Plasma Densities.
in Physical review letters
Adli E
(2018)
Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch.
in Nature
Batsch F
(2021)
Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
Bauche J
(2019)
A magnetic spectrometer to measure electron bunches accelerated at AWAKE
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Caldwell Allen
AWAKE: On the path to particle physics applications
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
Chappell James
(2019)
Progress Towards a Single-Shot Emittance Measurement Technique at AWAKE
Cooke D
(2021)
Measurement and application of electron stripping of ultrarelativistic 208 Pb 81 +
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Gorgisyan I
(2018)
Commissioning of beam instrumentation at the CERN AWAKE facility after integration of the electron beam line
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
| Description | The AWAKE collaboration set out to do a proof-of-principle experiment to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. This acceleration scheme could lead to new accelerator technology that shortens the length of future accelerators. During the grant, we showed that we could accelerate electrons to high energies over relatively short distances using this scheme and so confirming the principle of this scheme. These results were published in Nature. |
| Exploitation Route | The outcomes led to the next stage of AWAKE, Run 2, which is currently being pursued. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | AWAKE Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Members of AWAKE Collaboration along with about 20 other institutes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is the lead partner and experiment host. |
| Impact | Development of experiment |
| Start Year | 2009 |