Title :
Plasma wakefield acceleration experiments in overdense regime driven by narrow bunches
Author :
Kozawa, T. ; Ueda, T. ; Kobayash, T. ; Uesaka, M. ; Miya, K. ; Ogata, A. ; Nakanishi, H. ; Kawakubo, T. ; Arinaga, M. ; Nakajima, K. ; Shibata, H. ; Yugami, N. ; Nishida, Y. ; Whittum, D. ; Yoshida, Y.
Author_Institution :
Nucl. Eng. Res. Lab., Tokyo Univ., Japan
Abstract :
Experiments of plasma wakefield acceleration driven by narrow bunches were performed in the overdense regime at the University of Tokyo. Changes of energy and beam size of the test bunches caused by the driven bunches were observed. An acceleration gradient of about 1 MeV/m was observed
Keywords :
beam handling techniques; collective accelerators; electron accelerators; particle beam diagnostics; wakefield accelerators; acceleration gradient; beam size; energy; narrow bunches; overdense regime; plasma wakefield acceleration; test bunches; Cathodes; Linear particle accelerator; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma confinement; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Power engineering and energy; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Particle Accelerator Conference, 1995., Proceedings of the 1995
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2934-1
DOI :
10.1109/PAC.1995.504789
