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Title: The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator

Abstract

An overview is presented of the design of a 10 GeV laser plasma accelerator (LPA) that will be driven by a PW-class laser system and of the BELLA Project, which has as its primary goal to build and install the required Ti:sapphire laser system for the acceleration experiments. The basic design of the 10 GeV stage aims at operation in the quasi-linear regime, where the laser excited wakes are largely sinusoidal and offer the possibility of accelerating both electrons and positrons. Simulations show that a 10 GeV electron beam can be generated in a meter scale plasma channel guided LPA operating at a density of about 10{sup 17} cm{sup -3} and powered by laser pulses containing 30-40 J of energy in a 50-200 fs duration pulse, focused to a spotsize of 50-100 micron. The lay-out of the facility and laser system will be presented as well as the progress on building the facility.

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21428804
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1299; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 14. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Annapolis, MD (United States), 13-19 Jun 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3520352; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ACCELERATION; ACCELERATORS; BEAM PRODUCTION; BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DESIGN; ELECTRON BEAMS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; GEV RANGE; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; OPERATION; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA GUNS; POSITRON BEAMS; PULSES; BEAMS; ENERGY RANGE; LASERS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA; SIMULATION

Citation Formats

Leemans, W P, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Duarte, R, Fournier, S, Geddes, C G. R., Lockhart, D, Schroeder, C B, Toth, C, Vay, J -L, Zimmermann, S, Esarey, E, and University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557. The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.1063/1.3520352.
Leemans, W P, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Duarte, R, Fournier, S, Geddes, C G. R., Lockhart, D, Schroeder, C B, Toth, C, Vay, J -L, Zimmermann, S, Esarey, E, & University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557. The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520352
Leemans, W P, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, Duarte, R, Fournier, S, Geddes, C G. R., Lockhart, D, Schroeder, C B, Toth, C, Vay, J -L, Zimmermann, S, Esarey, E, and University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557. 2010. "The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520352.
@article{osti_21428804,
title = {The BErkeley Lab Laser Accelerator (BELLA): A 10 GeV Laser Plasma Accelerator},
author = {Leemans, W P and University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557 and University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Duarte, R and Fournier, S and Geddes, C G. R. and Lockhart, D and Schroeder, C B and Toth, C and Vay, J -L and Zimmermann, S and Esarey, E and University of Nevada, Reno, Reno NV 89557},
abstractNote = {An overview is presented of the design of a 10 GeV laser plasma accelerator (LPA) that will be driven by a PW-class laser system and of the BELLA Project, which has as its primary goal to build and install the required Ti:sapphire laser system for the acceleration experiments. The basic design of the 10 GeV stage aims at operation in the quasi-linear regime, where the laser excited wakes are largely sinusoidal and offer the possibility of accelerating both electrons and positrons. Simulations show that a 10 GeV electron beam can be generated in a meter scale plasma channel guided LPA operating at a density of about 10{sup 17} cm{sup -3} and powered by laser pulses containing 30-40 J of energy in a 50-200 fs duration pulse, focused to a spotsize of 50-100 micron. The lay-out of the facility and laser system will be presented as well as the progress on building the facility.},
doi = {10.1063/1.3520352},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21428804}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1299,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010},
month = {Thu Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010}
}