AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Publications
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
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
Batsch F
(2021)
Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
Caldwell Allen
AWAKE: On the path to particle physics applications
Description | The AWAKE collaboration set out to do a proof-of-principle experiment to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. This acceleration scheme could lead to new accelerator technology that shortens the length of future accelerators. During the grant, we showed that we could accelerate electrons to high energies over relatively short distances using this scheme and so confirming the principle of this scheme. These results were published in Nature. |
Exploitation Route | The outcomes led to the next stage of AWAKE, Run 2, which is currently being pursued. |
Sectors | Other |
Description | Production of high quality electron bunches in AWAKE Run 2 |
Amount | £286,284 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/T001879/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2020 |
End | 03/2024 |
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 |