Simulations of Two-Bunch Plasma Wakefield Accelerator Experiments at FACET

Journal Article · Thu Nov 04 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3520367· OSTI ID:21428817

Weiming, An; Wei, Lu; Joshi, Chan; Mori, Warren B ^[1]; Chengkun, Huang ^[2]; Hogan, Mark J ^[3]; Martins, Samuel F; Silva, Luis O ^[4]

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1. University of California Los Angeles, CA (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM (United States)
3. Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (United States)
4. Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa (Portugal)

Simulation results of possible upcoming Plasma Wakefield Accelerator (PWFA) experiments at FACET are presented. In a two-bunch scenario, the second (accelerated) electron bunch can have multi-GeV energy gain and a small energy spread after less than 1 meter of propagation in a Cs plasma column.

• OSTI ID: 21428817
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1299, Issue 1; Conference: 14. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Annapolis, MD (United States), 13-19 Jun 2010; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3520367; (c) 2010 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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