AWAKE: a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at CERN
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
Please see previous proposal and JeS.
Planned Impact
Please see previous proposal and JeS.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Guoxing Xia (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Adli E
(2019)
Experimental Observation of Proton Bunch Modulation in a Plasma at Varying Plasma Densities.
in Physical review letters
Adli E
(2018)
Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch.
in Nature
Apsimon O
(2019)
A numerical approach to designing a versatile pepper-pot mask for emittance measurement
in Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Batsch F
(2021)
Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma.
in Physical review letters
Braunmüller F
(2020)
Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient.
in Physical review letters
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
Gorn A
(2020)
Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Gschwendtner E
(2022)
The AWAKE Run 2 Programme and Beyond
in Symmetry
Gschwendtner E
(2019)
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration in AWAKE.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Li Y
(2019)
High-quality positrons from a multi-proton bunch driven hollow plasma wakefield accelerator
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
| Description | The AWAKE experiment is the world first and the only proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. The technology demonstrated during 2017-2020 has proven the effectiveness of this method. The advantage of this proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration is to accelerate the electron bunch to the energy frontier in a single stage of acceleration. The experiments conducted in 2017-2020 have shown the stable proton micro bunch generation and electrons acceleration in a 10 m long plasma. We have gained deep understanding about the physical process of the beam-plasma interactions and the experiment results. The results pave the way for our next phase of AWAKE experiment, so-called AWAKE Run 2 with the aim to achieve high quality electron beams in proton driven plasma wakefield. |
| Exploitation Route | The technology developed at AWAKE experiment can be used for other experiments, e.g. the plasma source, the diagnostics, the simulation softwares, etc. |
| Sectors | Education,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Other |
| URL | https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/AWAKE/AwakePublic. |
| Description | Collaboration with Strathclyde and DESY |
| Organisation | Deutsches Electronen-Synchrotron (DESY) |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborated on laser-ionized gas jet experiment in August of 2015 at Daresbury Laboratory/VELA. Potential for future use of accelerators at Daresbury. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Computing time on the supercomputer JURECA at FZ-Juelich. |
| Impact | Simulation results have been incorporated into work presented at conferences and in publications. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Collaboration with Strathclyde and DESY |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Collaborated on laser-ionized gas jet experiment in August of 2015 at Daresbury Laboratory/VELA. Potential for future use of accelerators at Daresbury. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Computing time on the supercomputer JURECA at FZ-Juelich. |
| Impact | Simulation results have been incorporated into work presented at conferences and in publications. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Collaboration with University College London, University of Liverpool, Royal Holloway University of London |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We contributed to the simulation study of proton beam-plasma interactions, short electron bunch diagnostic using coherent Cherenkov Diffraction radiation (collaboration with RHUL, UCL, Liverpool University and CERN), accelerated electron beam emittance measurement using betatron spectroscopy. In addition we are working on the high energy collider based on plasma accelerators and other key issues in plasma based accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partner universities gave contributions to the AWAKE project on the energy spectrometer, booster linac, electron and proton beam diagnostics. |
| Impact | We applied the AWAKE grant together and gave key contributions to the experiment |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with University College London, University of Liverpool, Royal Holloway University of London |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Ophthamology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Hospitals |
| PI Contribution | We contributed to the simulation study of proton beam-plasma interactions, short electron bunch diagnostic using coherent Cherenkov Diffraction radiation (collaboration with RHUL, UCL, Liverpool University and CERN), accelerated electron beam emittance measurement using betatron spectroscopy. In addition we are working on the high energy collider based on plasma accelerators and other key issues in plasma based accelerators. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partner universities gave contributions to the AWAKE project on the energy spectrometer, booster linac, electron and proton beam diagnostics. |
| Impact | We applied the AWAKE grant together and gave key contributions to the experiment |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | I co-organized the Tactile Collider event in our School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On 28th November 2018, I co-organized the Tactile Collider event in our School of Physics and Astronomy. We introduced the physics of particle accelerators and Higgs boson to students who are blind or partially sighted. The event attracted more than 60 students from the local area of Manchester. We received very kind feedback from those students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | I organised and participated the Manchester Science Festival at MOSI |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I helped organise and participated the Manchester Science Festival at MOSI on 29th October 2017. We received about 1100 school kids and their parents. The key theme was about particle accelerators in Daresbury lab and how these particle accelerators work. I also introduced the LHC and how the plasma accelerators work to the audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |