AWAKE-UK 2014-2015 bridging request
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Strathclyde
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
The AWAKE project at CERN aims to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield accelertaion for the first time. This will be carried out using the SPS proton beam in the CNGS facility. A wakefield will be excited in a plasma column which the modulates the current of the proton beam splitting it up into micro-bunches. These constructively interfere to create a high amplitude wakefield that will accelerate injected electrons from 15 MeV to 2 GeV in 6 m of plasma.
The understanding of the self-modulation process, the development of long, scalable and uniform plasma cells and the development of schemes for production and acceleration of short proton bunches could lead to a future stage of AWAKE in which electrons are accelerated to 100 GeV in 100 m of plasma. Application of this technology to high-energy particle facilities such as a future linear collider, LHeC, or a fixed-target and test-beam facility is the ultimate goal.
The understanding of the self-modulation process, the development of long, scalable and uniform plasma cells and the development of schemes for production and acceleration of short proton bunches could lead to a future stage of AWAKE in which electrons are accelerated to 100 GeV in 100 m of plasma. Application of this technology to high-energy particle facilities such as a future linear collider, LHeC, or a fixed-target and test-beam facility is the ultimate goal.
Planned Impact
See proposal
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Dino Anthony Jaroszynski (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Assmann R
(2014)
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
| Description | Progress has been made towards an experimental demonstration of a beam driven plasma wakefield accelerator. The experiments at CERN will be carried out over the next few years. The CERN team demonstrated the proton driven plasma accelerator. |
| Exploitation Route | na |
| Sectors | Education |