AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN
AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN
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DOI:
10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.026
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发表时间:
2016-09-01
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Zhang, H.
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作者:
Gschwendtner, E.;Adli, E.;Zhang, H.
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 similar to 12 cm) proton bunch in the plasma. These experiments are planned for the end of 2016. Later, in 2017/2018, low energy (similar to 15 MeV) electrons will be externally injected into the sample wake fields 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. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.