AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN



Gschwendtner, E, Adli, E, Amorim, L, Apsimon, R, Assmann, R, Bachmann, A-M, Batsch, F, Bauche, J, Olsen, VK Berglyd, Bernardini, M
et al (show 81 more authors) (2016) AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 829. pp. 76-82.

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Abstract

The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) aims at studying plasma wakefield generation and electron acceleration driven by proton bunches. It is a proof-of-principle R&D experiment at CERN and the world׳s first proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. The AWAKE experiment will be installed in the former CNGS facility and uses the 400 GeV/c proton beam bunches from the SPS. The first experiments will focus on the self-modulation instability of the long (rms ~12 cm) proton bunch in the plasma. These experiments are planned for the end of 2016. Later, in 2017/2018, low energy (~15 MeV) electrons will be externally injected into the sample wakefields and be accelerated beyond 1 GeV. The main goals of the experiment will be summarized. A summary of the AWAKE design and construction status will be presented.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: AWAKE, Proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration, Linear accelerators, Plasma wakefield, Electron acceleration
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 26 Sep 2016 08:56
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:34
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.026
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3002132