High-field plasma acceleration in a high-ionization-potential gas

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

doi:10.1038/ncomms11898

High-field plasma acceleration in a high-ionization-potential gas

Journal Article · Fri Jun 17 04:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11898· OSTI ID:1272103

^[1]; Adli, E. ^[2]; Allen, J. M. ^[3]; ^[4]; Clarke, C. I. ^[3]; Clausse, B. ^[3]; Clayton, C. E. ^[4]; Delahaye, J. P. ^[3]; Frederico, J. ^[3]; Gessner, S. ^[3]; Green, S. Z. ^[3]; Hogan, M. J. ^[3]; Joshi, C. ^[4]; Litos, M. ^[3]; Lu, W. ^[5]; Marsh, K. A. ^[4]; Mori, W. B. ^[4]; ^[4]; Walz, D. ^[3]; Yakimenko, V. ^[3]

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

Plasma accelerators driven by particle beams are a very promising future accelerator technology as they can sustain high accelerating fields over long distances with high energy efficiency. They rely on the excitation of a plasma wave in the wake of a drive beam. To generate the plasma, a neutral gas can be field-ionized by the head of the drive beam, in which case the distance of acceleration and energy gain can be strongly limited by head erosion. In our research, we overcome this limit and demonstrate that electrons in the tail of a drive beam can be accelerated by up to 27 GeV in a high-ionization-potential gas (argon), boosting their initial 20.35 GeV energy by 130%. Particle-in-cell simulations show that the argon plasma is sustaining very high electric fields, of ~150 GV m^-1, over ~20 cm. Lastly, the results open new possibilities for the design of particle beam drivers and plasma sources.

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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

OSTI ID:: 1272103

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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