Producing multi-coloured bunches through beam-induced ionization injection in plasma wakefield accelerator

Vafaei-Najafabadi, Navid; Amorim, L. D.; Adli, E.; An, W.; Clarke, C. I.; Clayton, C. E.; Corde, S.; Gessner, S.; Green, S. Z.; Hogan, M. J.; Joshi, C.; Kononenko, O.; Lindstrøm, C. A.; Litos, M.; Lu, W.; Marsh, K. A.; Mori, W. B.; San Miguel Claveria, P.; O'Shea, B.; Raj, G.; Storey, D.; White, G.; Xu, Xinlu; Yakimenko, V.

doi:10.1098/rsta.2018.0184

Title: Producing multi-coloured bunches through beam-induced ionization injection in plasma wakefield accelerator

Journal Article · 24 June 2019 · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0184 · OSTI ID:1547028

^[1]; Amorim, L. D. ^[1];

^[2]; An, W. ^[3]; Clarke, C. I. ^[4]; Clayton, C. E. ^[3];

^[5]; Gessner, S. ^[6]; Green, S. Z. ^[4]; Hogan, M. J. ^[4]; Joshi, C. ^[3]; Kononenko, O. ^[5];

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^[7]; Lu, W. ^[8]; Marsh, K. A. ^[3]; Mori, W. B. ^[3]; San Miguel Claveria, P. ^[5]; O'Shea, B. ^[4]; Raj, G. ^[5] more »

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Univ. of Oslo (Norway)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)

Our work discusses the properties of electron beams formed in plasma wakefield accelerators through ionization injection. Specifically, the potential for generating a beam composed of co-located multi-colour beamlets is demonstrated in the case where the ionization is initiated by the evolving charge field of the drive beam itself. The physics of the processes of ionization and injection are explored through OSIRIS simulations. Experimental evidence showing similar features are presented from the data obtained in the E217 experiment at the FACET facility of the SLAC National Laboratory.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); European Research Council (ERC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: 715807; OCI-1036224; PHY-1415386; PHY-1734315; ACI-1339893; PHY-0960344; SC0010064; SC0008491; SC0008316; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1547028

Journal Information:: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A, Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Vol. 377, Issue 2151; ISSN 1364-503X

Publisher:: The Royal Society PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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