Experimental studies of plasma wake-field acceleration and focusing

Conference · Tue Jul 18 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5843718

Rosenzweig, J B; Cole, B; Ho, C; Gai, W; Konecny, R; Mtingwa, S; Norem, J; Rosing, M; Schoessow, P; Simpson, J

More than four years after the initial proposal of the Plasma Wake-field Accelerator (PWFA), it continues to be the object of much investigation, due to the promise of the ultra-high accelerating gradients that can exist in relativistic plasma waves driven in the wake of charged particle beams. These large amplitude plasma wake-fields are of interest in the laboratory, both for the wealth of basic nonlinear plasma wave phenomena which can be studied, as well as for the applications of acceleration of focusing of electrons and positrons in future linear colliders. Plasma wake-field waves are also of importance in nature, due to their possible role in direct cosmic ray acceleration. The purpose of the present work is to review the recent experimental advances made in PWFA research at Argonne National Laboratory, in which many interesting beam and plasma phenomena have been observed. Emphasis is given to discussion of the nonlinear aspects of the PWFA beam-plasma interaction. 29 refs., 13 figs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA). High Energy Physics Div.
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5843718
• Report Number(s): ANL-HEP-CP-89-75; CONF-8905156-2; ON: DE89016718
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
430200* -- Particle Accelerators-- Beam Dynamics
Field Calculations
& Ion Optics
ACCELERATORS
BEAMS
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
ELECTRON BEAMS
EQUATIONS
FOCUSING
LEPTON BEAMS
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PARTICLE BEAMS
PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA WAVES
WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS