AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
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
Caldwell Allen
AWAKE: On the path to particle physics applications
Chappell James
(2019)
Progress Towards a Single-Shot Emittance Measurement Technique at AWAKE
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 |