AWAKE UK - phase II
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Planned Impact
Included in main proposal.
Organisations
- University of Liverpool (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Oslo (Collaboration)
- Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) (Collaboration)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald (Collaboration)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) (Collaboration)
- Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Collaboration)
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Collaboration)
- TRIUMF (Collaboration)
- Philipp University of Marburg (Collaboration)
- Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) (Collaboration)
- University of Strathclyde (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Institute for Physics (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Carsten Welsch (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Assmann R
(2020)
EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report
in The European Physical Journal Special Topics
Batsch F
(2021)
Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
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
Gorn A
(2020)
Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Gschwendtner E
(2022)
The AWAKE Run 2 programme and beyond
Gschwendtner E
(2022)
The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond
in Symmetry
Guisao-Betancur A
(2025)
Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images
in Instruments
Hafych V
(2021)
Analysis of Proton Bunch Parameters in the AWAKE Experiment
Morales Guzmán P
(2021)
Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients
in Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Nechaeva T
(2024)
Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma.
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
Turner M
(2025)
Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator.
in Physical review letters
Verra L
(2023)
Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma
in Physics of Plasmas
Verra L
(2024)
Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma.
in Physical review. E
Verra L
(2022)
Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
Wolfenden J
(2023)
Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators.
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
Wolfenden J
(2022)
Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area
| Description | Please see report under main project AWAKE. |
| Exploitation Route | Please see report under main project AWAKE. |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | Please see report under main project AWAKE. |
| Title | CTR and CSR imaging to measure particle bunch compression |
| Description | Raw data from single pyroelectric pixel and pyroelectric linear array for CTR and CSR imaging to measure particle bunch compression |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Paper under review, currently available on arXiv: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.04689 |
| URL | https://datacat.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3025 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Max Planck Institute for Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics - Greifswald |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Philipp University of Marburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | TRIUMF |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | University of Oslo |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | AWAKE Project |
| Organisation | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Our team contributes experimental accelerator physics expertise and leads the design, development and validation of advanced beam diagnostics and associated analysis methods that support AWAKE's plasma wakefield acceleration programme. We provide intellectual input on measurement strategy, diagnostic requirements and interpretation of beam-plasma interaction signatures, and translate these into practical instrumentation and analysis workflows that can be deployed in the experimental environment. A core contribution is R&D on optical and radiation-based diagnostics for challenging beam conditions, including optical transition radiation (OTR) microlens-array imaging concepts for high-resolution beam characterisation and coherent transition radiation (CTR) approaches for longitudinal/bunch-length information. Alongside hardware development, we build and maintain data-processing pipelines and modelling/ML-enabled "virtual diagnostic" methods to infer hard-to-measure beam properties from available signals, improving the speed and robustness of experimental decision-making. We also contribute through training and supervision of early-career researchers working on AWAKE-related instrumentation and analysis, supporting safe and effective operation during experimental periods, and sharing tools, methods and know-how across the collaboration to increase diagnostic capability and data quality. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners provide the core facility, infrastructure and expertise that enable AWAKE's experimental programme. CERN and the AWAKE team deliver access to the beamline, controls and a radiation-safe operational environment, and lead the planning and execution of multiple experimental campaigns. Partner institutes contribute essential subsystems (including plasma-source development, beam transport and timing/synchronisation), complementary diagnostics, and the theory/simulation capability required to design experiments and interpret beam-plasma interaction signatures. Together, this has enabled numerous experimental programmes that have produced a substantial body of outputs, including peer-reviewed journal articles and conference talks. This partner-led experimental throughput and dissemination has directly supported our outcomes by providing opportunities to integrate and validate our diagnostic developments under realistic conditions, to benchmark against independent measurements, and to contribute technical input to collaboration publications and presentations. That joint authorship and presentation activity has helped raise the profile of both the AWAKE programme and our diagnostic work more widely, strengthening visibility, uptake and impact across the accelerator and plasma-wakefield community. |
| Impact | Guisao-Betancur et al. (2025), Instruments - Designing a Femtosecond-Resolution Bunch Length Monitor Using Coherent Transition Radiation Images: 10.3390/instruments9040029 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2025), Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 155001 - Experimental Observation of the Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.134.155001 Wolfenden et al. (2025), arXiv preprint - First demonstration of coherent radiation imaging for bunch-by-bunch longitudinal compression monitoring: 10.48550/arXiv.2509.04689 Cooke et al. (2024), arXiv preprint - Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment: 10.48550/arXiv.2411.08681 Nechaeva et al. / AWAKE Collab (2024), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 075001 - Hosing of a Long Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.075001 Verra et al. (2024), Phys. Rev. E 109, 055203 - Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevE.109.055203 Verra et al. (2023), Physics of Plasmas 30, 083104 - Development of the self-modulation instability of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma: 10.1063/5.0157391 Wolfenden et al. (2023), Sensors 23(4), 2248 - Cherenkov Radiation in Optical Fibres as a Versatile Machine Protection System in Particle Accelerators: 10.3390/s23042248 Gschwendtner et al. (2022), Symmetry 14(8), 1680 - The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond: 10.3390/sym14081680 Verra et al. (2022), Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 024802 - Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.024802 Wolfenden et al. (2022), JACoW LINAC'22 - Application of Virtual Diagnostics in the FEBE Clara User Area: 10.18429/JACoW-LINAC2022-MOPORI05 Hafych et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), JINST 16, P11031 - Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/11/P11031 Batsch et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 164802 - Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.164802 Chappell et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 011301 - Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.011301 Morales Guzmán et al. / AWAKE Collab (2021), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 24, 101301 - Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with linear density gradients: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.24.101301 Assmann et al. (2020), EPJ Special Topics - EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report: 10.1140/epjst/e2020-000127-8 Braunmüller et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 - Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801 Gorn et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 62, 125023 - Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements: 10.1088/1361-6587/abc298 Turner et al. / AWAKE Collab (2020), Phys. Rev. Accel. Beams 23, 081302 - Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in plasma: 10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.23.081302 |
| Start Year | 2017 |