Progress toward E-157: a 1 GeV plasma wakefield accelerator

Author

Assmann, R. ; Chen, P. ; Decker, F.J. ; Iverson, R. ; Hogan, M.J. ; Rokni, S. ; Siemanu, R.H. ; Walz, D. ; Whittum, D. ; Catravas, P. ; Chattopadhyay, S. ; Esarey, E. ; Leemans, W.P. ; Volfbeyn, P. ; Clayton, C. ; Hemker, R. ; Joshi, C. ; Marsh, K. ; Mori

Author_Institution

Linear Accel. Center, Stanford, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

330

Abstract

A plasma based wakefield acceleration (PWFA) experiment, scheduled to run this summer, will accelerate parts of a 28.5 GeV bunch from the SLAC linac by up to 1 GeV over a length of 1 meter. A single 28.5 GeV bunch will both induce the wakefields in the one meter long plasma and witness the resulting acceleration fields. The experiment will explore and further develop the techniques that are needed to apply high-gradient PWFA to large scale accelerators. This paper summarizes the goals of the first round of experiments as well as the status of the individual components: construction and diagnosis of the homogeneous lithium oven plasma source and associated ionization laser, commissioning of the electron beam, simulated performance of the electron beam energy measurement, and first PIC simulations of the full meter long experiment

Keywords

electron accelerators; particle beam bunching; plasma production; wakefield accelerators; 1 GeV; 1 m; 28.5 GeV; E-157; Li; Li oven plasma source; PIC simulation; SLAC; bunch; electron beam energy measurement; ionization laser; plasma wakefield accelerator; Acceleration; Electron beams; Ion accelerators; Large-scale systems; Linear particle accelerator; Lithium; Ovens; Plasma accelerators; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999

Conference_Location

New York, NY

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5573-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1999.795697

Filename

795697