9 GeV energy gain in a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator

Litos, M.; Adli, E.; Allen, J. M.; An, W.; Clarke, C. I.; Corde, S.; Clayton, C. E.; Frederico, J.; Gessner, S. J.; Green, S. Z.; Hogan, M. J.; Joshi, C.; Lu, W.; Marsh, K. A.; Mori, W. B.; Schmeltz, M.; Vafaei-Najafabadi, N.; Yakimenko, V.

doi:10.1088/0741-3335/58/3/034017

9 GeV energy gain in a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0741-3335/58/3/034017· OSTI ID:1249057

Litos, M. ^[1]; Adli, E. ^[2]; Allen, J. M. ^[1]; An, W. ^[3]; Clarke, C. I. ^[1]; Corde, S. ^[4]; Clayton, C. E. ^[3]; Frederico, J. ^[1]; Gessner, S. J. ^[1]; Green, S. Z. ^[1]; Hogan, M. J. ^[1]; Joshi, C. ^[3]; Lu, W. ^[5]; Marsh, K. A. ^[3]; Mori, W. B. ^[3]; Schmeltz, M. ^[1]; Vafaei-Najafabadi, N. ^[3]; Yakimenko, V. ^[1]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Univ. of Oslo (Norway)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Univ. of Paris-Saclay, Palaiseau (France)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)

An electron beam has gained a maximum energy of 9 GeV per particle in a 1.3 m-long electron beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator. The amount of charge accelerated in the spectral peak was 28.3 pC, and the root-mean-square energy spread was 5.0%. The mean accelerated charge and energy gain per particle of the 215 shot data set was 115 pC and 5.3 GeV, respectively, corresponding to an acceleration gradient of 4.0 GeV m^-1 at the spectral peak. Moreover, the mean energy spread of the data set was 5.1%. Our results are consistent with the extrapolation of the previously reported energy gain results using a shorter, 36 cm-long plasma source to within 10%, evincing a non-evolving wake structure that can propagate distances of over a meter in length. Wake-loading effects were evident in the data through strong dependencies observed between various spectral properties and the amount of accelerated charge.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0010064

OSTI ID:: 1249057

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22541663
OSTI ID: 1261067

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Journal Name: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 58; ISSN 0741-3335

Publisher:: IOP ScienceCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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