Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient



Braunmueller, F, Nechaeva, T, Adli, E, Agnello, R, Aladi, M, Andrebe, Y, Apsimon, O ORCID: 0000-0002-5410-7706, Apsimon, R, Bachmann, A-M, Baistrukov, MA
et al (show 93 more authors) (2020) Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 125 (26). 264801-.

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Abstract

We study experimentally the effect of linear plasma density gradients on the self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch. Results show that a positive or negative gradient increases or decreases the number of microbunches and the relative charge per microbunch observed after 10 m of plasma. The measured modulation frequency also increases or decreases. With the largest positive gradient we observe two frequencies in the modulation power spectrum. Results are consistent with changes in wakefields' phase velocity due to plasma density gradients adding to the slow wakefields' phase velocity during self-modulation growth predicted by linear theory.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: AWAKE Collaboration
Divisions: Faculty of Science and Engineering > School of Physical Sciences
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2021 15:09
Last Modified: 18 Jan 2023 21:29
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801
Open Access URL: https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/Phys...
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3136241