A proposal for a 1 GeV plasma-wakefield acceleration experiment at SLAC

Author

Katsouleas, T. ; Lee, S. ; Chattopadhyay, S. ; Leemand, W. ; Assmann, R. ; Chen, P. ; Decker, F.J. ; Iverson, R. ; Kotseroglou, T. ; Raimondi, P. ; Raubenheimer, T. ; Eokni, S. ; Siemann, R.H. ; Walz, D. ; Whittum, D. ; Clayton, C. ; Joshi, C. ; Marsh, K.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 May 1997

Firstpage

687

Abstract

A plasma-based wakefield acceleration (PWFA) experiment is proposed that will accelerate parts of an SLC bunch by up to 1 GeV/m over a length of 1 m. A single SLC bunch is used to both induce wakefields in the one meter long plasma and to witness the resulting beam acceleration. The proposed experiment will explore and further develop the techniques that are needed to apply high-gradient plasma wakefield acceleration to large scale accelerators. The one meter length of the experiment is about two orders of magnitude larger than other high gradient PWFA experiments and the 1 GeV/m accelerating gradient is roughly ten times larger than that achieved with conventional metallic structures. Using existing SLAC facilities, the proposed experiment will allow the study of high gradient acceleration at the forefront of advanced accelerator research

Keywords

linear colliders; particle beam bunching; wakefield accelerators; 1 GeV; SLAC; SLC bunch; beam acceleration; high gradient acceleration; linear collider; plasma-wakefield acceleration experiment; Acceleration; Costs; Laser beams; Particle beams; Plasma accelerators; Plasma density; Plasma measurements; Proposals; Testing; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Particle Accelerator Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4376-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PAC.1997.749806

Filename

749806