Scaling of energy gain with plasma parameters in a plasma wakefield accelerator

P. Muggli, T. Katsouleas, E. Oz, I. Blumenfeld, F. J. Decker, M. J. Hogan, R. Ischebeck, R. Iverson, N. Kirby, R. Siemann, D. Walz, C. E. Clayton, C. Huang, C. Joshi, W. Lu, K. A. Marsh, W. B. Mori, M. Zhou

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Abstract

We have recently demonstrating the doubling of the energy of particles of the ultra-short, ultra-relativistic electron bunches of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center [1]. This energy doubling occurred in a plasma only 85 cm-long with a density of ≈2.6x1017?? e-/cm -3. This milestone is the result of systematic measurements that show the scaling of the energy gain with plasma length and density, and show the reproducibility and the stability of the acceleration process. We show that the energy gain increases linearly with plasma length from 13 to 31 cm. These are key steps toward the application of beam-driven plasma accelerators or plasma wakefield accelerators (PWFA) to doubling the energy of a future linear collider without doubling its length.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07
Pages3076-3078
Number of pages3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07 - Albuquerque, NM, United States
Duration: Jun 25 2007Jun 29 2007

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Particle Accelerator Conference

Other

OtherIEEE Particle Accelerator Conference, PAC07
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAlbuquerque, NM
Period6/25/076/29/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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