AWAKE-UK II
Lead Research Organisation:
Imperial College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
See lead Je-S form
People |
ORCID iD |
| Zulfikar Najmudin (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | AWAKE-II |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Developing plasma cells for longer length plasmas required for AWAKE-II experiment and developing associated diagnostics. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Preparation of the SPS beam line for the AWAKE experiment. Recent additions include adding a high performance electron injection beamline. |
| Impact | A number of high profile publications have resulted in the AWAKE project though none yet using the new plasma source. |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | IST AWAKE contribution |
| Organisation | University of Lisbon |
| Department | Instituto Superior Tecnico |
| Country | Portugal |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are collaborating with Dr Nelson Lopes to develop a next generation plasma cell for the AWAKE-II run. We have built a prototype in the Blackett Laboratory that will be expanded to 10m to be implemented in CERN. We are also contributing with diagnostics of the cell. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Dr Lopes was instrumental in the building of the cell, in design for the power supply (which uses solid-state switches to be low power) and in pitching the use of the cell to the AWAKE collaboration. |
| Impact | Dr Lopes has obtained seed-corn money from the FCT in Portugal to continue cell development, and we have recently been awarded money in the AWAKE-UK collaboration to build a cell for CERN. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | University of Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Start Year | 2004 |