AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
People |
ORCID iD |
| Matthew Wing (Principal Investigator) | |
| Lawrence Deacon (Researcher) |
Publications
Muggli P
(2018)
AWAKE readiness for the study of the seeded self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Gschwendtner E
(2016)
AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Gorgisyan I
(2018)
Commissioning of beam instrumentation at the CERN AWAKE facility after integration of the electron beam line
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Caldwell A
(2016)
VHEeP: a very high energy electron-proton collider
in The European Physical Journal C
Bracco C
(2016)
AWAKE: A Proton-Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN
in Nuclear and Particle Physics Proceedings
Adli E
(2018)
Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch.
in Nature
| Description | Further development of the AWAKE experiment |
| Exploitation Route | The AWAKE experiment is a collaboration in which all benefit from our developments. |
| Sectors | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Description | AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN |
| Amount | £363,608 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/N001613/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Research Grant |
| Amount | £662,135 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R002339/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Research Project Grant |
| Amount | £318,272 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | RPG-2017-143 |
| Organisation | The Leverhulme Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | AWAKE Collaboration |
| Organisation | European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Members of AWAKE Collaboration along with about 20 other institutes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | CERN is the lead partner and experiment host. |
| Impact | Development of experiment |
| Start Year | 2009 |